Here is a new platform for sharing fun stuff that we do at AgroStar Tech. — In the early days of any startup, the pace is so hectic that you don’t have time to sit back, reflect and feel proud of things you have achieved. But that time eventually comes, and we think it has just arrived for the AgroStar technology team. We are proud of…

Apart from the minor, unimportant fact that Google didn’t hire me. Humans are the only species that have to work for a living. It is a curse that we have invited upon us. OK, other animals have to make an effort to find food, seek a mate, or find a…

This is great, and the guidelines at the end are very succinct evaluation criteria. But there is this "story" that I need to write which is essentially a refactor which will improve scalability and save about 10% of our infrastructure costs. How do I suggest I justify this? It doesn't fit under any of the suggestions.

For some organizations, the year ends in March, and for some others, in December. The managers that work in the December-end organizations have my sympathies, because: They have the same amount of regular work as other days, They have half the time due to the holidays, They have paid time…

The story of an underprepared first-time marathoner The run-up I’d heard so much about the Mumbai Marathon, the crowds, the streets, the support of the people and the festive atmosphere. …

When you start with Scrum, do you go the whole hog and do it by the book? Or do you just do the daily stand-up and see how it goes? Are you even suited for Scrum? …

Often, when software engineering teams grow beyond a point, you find that productivity (defined as the amount of work produced per person) dips. Any feature addition seems to take forever. As you ponder what went wrong, you find solace in this famous quote: “Adding manpower to a late software project…

It’s not 10 minutes, it’s in fact an hour! — There are two interlinked concepts that make Bitcoin transactions slow. The first is related to the consensus mechanism and the second is related to the time it takes to transmit a new block to everyone else in the network. Consensus The consensus mechanism that Bitcoin uses is called Proof of Work…