nirav

412 karma · joined January 22, 2009

Tech Enthusiast.

  email :: ${hn username} <dot> <last-name> <domain>
  dot   :: "."
  last-name :: "thaker"
  domain :: "gmail.com"

http://blog.nirav.name

Twitter: @nirav_thaker

http://github.com/niravthaker

niravon Index Compression algorithms used by Google

Thank you!

niravon Rapid Hiring & Firing to Build the Best Teams

I would not assume 'best' people are primarily motivated by salaries.

niravon MongoDB 0.9.9 Released

I am using it to store binary data (images) instead of regular DB, it looks pretty fast so far!

niravon Ask HN: Do you have any code or projects of your own you would like to talk about instead?

Handcoded XPath-like scriptlet interpreter for JDI and it's UI as eclipse plugin. Now giving finishing touches.

Code: http://github.com/niravthaker/evars/tree/master Short Intro: http://evars.googlecode.com/files/evars.swf

niravon Poll: What proportion of start-ups/non-start-ups use automated unit tests/TDD?

For a non-startup, I TDD where it makes sense, for example when I'm implementing from scratch and requirements are pretty vague. However, I try to cover existing code with automated tests where risk of change is very high (bad code).