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ramanujank

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developer advocate at Cloud Foundry Foundation.
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ramanujank··on OpenJev
All the "Doom" gameplay examples are sure indicative of this.
ramanujank··on Opal Tadpole – A webcam for laptops
I’d be happy to see comments on Linux compatibility. Could someone please link to the forums?
ramanujank··on Ask HN: Is American culture intentionally or organically pushed abroad?
Rammstein said it best … https://youtu.be/Rr8ljRgcJNM
ramanujank··on Removal of Heroku free product plans
Have you considered Cloud Foundry?
ramanujank··on Ask HN: Exercises to think, then speak, more clearly?
I haven't found many resources to impart this particular skill. However, two activites come to mind: 1. Read. Extensively. 2. Write. Learn to put thoughts into words as frequently as possible.
ramanujank··on Netlify raises $105M and acquires OneGraph
Congratulations to the Netlify team! They have a wonderful product and have managed to capture the imagination of the JavaScript universe!
ramanujank··on Apple announces Self Service Repair
or uRepair. I haven't gotten over the "My Computer"/"Your Computer" debate yet. Haha.
ramanujank··on The most brilliant bookshops in the world
Wonderful article, and as always love the additional mentions from the community!

Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA is my favourite. Fiercely independent. Great selection. Several calendar events.

ramanujank··on The World of Cricket Fighting
The timing on this!

Saw this after a heartbreaking defeat my home team suffered in the sport Cricket. The article turned out to be something else entirely. A bit of a shock, and a pleasant surprise.

ramanujank··on Jetson One – Personal Electric Aerial Vehicle
This is an amazing outcome! Three cheers to the founders and the team working on this project/company. As with most tech, it does seem like a Pandora's Box in terms of outcomes. Especially regulatory/safety issues.

I come from India, where median folks have a complete and utter disregard for traffic rules and safety regulations. I can't begin to think how we would adopt a technology like this. I mean, how would we start, how would traffic merge? Can we restrict/regulate the flow of vehicles in thin air?

The fact that this is a tech+social problem interests me even more.

ramanujank··on Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
Probably does. I'm also guilty of not having given Windows a chance recently.
ramanujank··on Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
My main reason for running Linux is the Terminal.

I'm 35. Began with computers ~10. Spent my first 10 years using Windows, followed by 10 years of the Mac. I'm (hopefully) in my 10-year Linux run?!

ramanujank··on Ask HN: It finally happened to me, how do you deal with burnout?
Move to a different city. Take an extended break. I’ve seen both these ideas work for me in the past.

Other ideas (ymmv): Pets

ramanujank··on Framework Laptop pre-orders are open, starting at $999
Congratulations to the founder(s) on the launch. Wishing you nothing but success! Nice to see a pluggable approach at a time when "repairability" is catching the fancy of the whole world.

If I had to nitpick, it would be the fact that Linux is unfortunately a second class citizen. However, I do see that support for mainstream distros is available. Can you possibly shed some light on that and be a bit more specific? What distros have you tested? What are the outcomes?

ramanujank··on Buildpacks vs. Dockerfiles
Maybe this video can help: https://youtu.be/vQkngZ2OsA0
ramanujank··on An open letter to India’s youth: Get off that smartphone. It can destroy you
This is a particularly non-issue as far as India goes. This applies to a lot of other places though.

So, in the spirit of the original article, I buy it.

ramanujank··on Do I Need Kubernetes?
Cloud foundry offers their old(er) architecture as well as 2 ways to get the “cf push” experience over Kubernetes. Check out KubeCF and cf-for-k8s. Both of these are open source projects that you can deploy to a Kubernetes infrastructure of choice.

[1] https://github.com/cloudfoundry-incubator/kubecf [2] https://github.com/cloudfoundry/cf-for-k8s

ramanujank··on Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A
Sensible design choices. Stock Android. Pocket friendly.

Such a clean offer. I'm amazed.

ramanujank··on How Did the Casio F91W Become a Terrorist Icon?
About Goldstar shoes which are made in Nepal - expressed in a similar vein.

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1247476/offbeat

ramanujank··on OnePlus Nord – Announced
Very few differences b/w the Nord vs 8... Snapdragon 700 vs 800. 6.44 vs 6.55 screen size. 4100 vs 4300 maH battery. Screen refresh rates 90 vs 120 hz.
ramanujank··on OnePlus Nord – Announced
Consistently amazed by the quality of products, product categories, launch events, price point, and everything else about OnePlus! Congratulations to the team.

One gripe though - why not a tablet?

ramanujank··on India, Jio, and the Four Internets
What's more interesting than the topic discussed is the fact that Jio has been generating a large volume of chatter among prominent netizens, particularly in the tech space. I can point out to a slew of talks by Lew Later [1] in the past 15-20 days. Engadget [2]. Now Ben/Stratechery.

It's nice to see India's part in the space that business ∩ tech ∩ people, apart from always being the focus of H1B related news.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lew+later+india [2] https://www.engadget.com/tag/Jio/

ramanujank··on OnePlus launches new TVs in India
Amidst a mobile app ban against China, border tussles, and grassroots activism about boycotting Chinese products, a rather big splash by the China-owned electronics giant.
ramanujank··on Ask HN: Moving from a startup to a big co, what should I be aware of?
Having gone through a similar experience, I would say that your experience may vary depending on org culture, sub-culture within individual teams, and the traits of your manager. That said, there are always loose ends that will need ownership and that's where your "entrepreneurial" chops would kick in. You approach to execution would/should reflect on the lessons you've learnt.

Startup - Enterprise does not mean a paradigm shift in everything. Yes, there are some aspects that would change. And then there will be a lot of scope for applying your self-made learning and leanings.

ramanujank··on Linux Productivity Tools (2019) [pdf]
I can't remember the last time I clicked on a close/minimize/maximize button. May be when I was in middle school 20 years ago.
ramanujank··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2020)
Location: India/Estonia

Remote: Sure!

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Developer Advocacy, Technology Evangelism

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_7vV8rGtj7TaXdJVnpSaHI4Mm...

Email: ramanujank@gmail.com

ramanujank··on Héctor Garcia-Molina, 1953–2019
Peace!

p.s. anyone else bothered by the ads on the post?

ramanujank··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2019)
Location: Tallinn, Estonia Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: (depends) Technologies: Languate/Tech agnostic. Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1W4zFbQETUuxYNKyl3y_WNqIduu... Email: ramanujank@gmail.com

Note: My most recent experience is in DevRel, Evangelism, GTM, Content marketing, Product marketing and the like. I specialized in developer marketing. Former full-stack dev and startup founder.

ramanujank··on Show HN: See Google's Data on Real User Site Performance for Any Site
Our engineering team (at Plumbr.io) built this as a marketing tool: https://ismysiteslow.com/.

All of the reports we show are based on crux data.

ramanujank··on Show HN: PHP Monitoring from Plumbr
Hey everyone! OP here. My name is Ram. I work for Plumbr. Plumbr is a real user monitoring tool. We're currently monitoring production software in several thousand organizations. Plumbr started about 7 years ago, and over this timeframe, we've evolved from being a simple JVM memory leak identifier to a general purpose real user monitoring tool.

We're proud to announce the Plumbr PHP Pilot program, which we're kicking off to introduce our PHP monitoring tool to the world! We invite all the participants of this community to come on board, try the tools we have and share your feedback.

Developer communities have been and important part of our product journey, especially HN! Developers from around the world share Plumbr's vision of making applications faster and more reliable. Help make the world a better place by improving our software too.

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