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shreyanshdon Lahja – A generic event bus implementation written in Python

“Lah ja” in Hindi means “take away”

shreyanshdon I Can't Do Anything for Fun Anymore; Every Hobby Is an Attempt to Make Money

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shreyanshdon Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?

  East of Eden - John Steinbeck
  Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
  The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
  Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
  Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl
  Deep Work - Cal Newport
  The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint
  The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Mark Manson
  Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
  Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person - Hugh Prather
  Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
  I Heart Logs: Event Data, Stream Processing, and Data Integration - Jay Kreps
  Kafka: The Definitive Guide - Neha Narkhede
  Effective Java - Joshua Bloch
  Algorithms - Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne

shreyanshdon Ask HN: What was the best decision you made in your career?

I am very early in my career and would like to do something similar. Can you elaborate on how the travel experience benefited you professionally?

shreyanshdon Ask HN: Types of questions to ask team members before accepting role?

This Julia Evans blog post lists many questions to ask before accepting a new role : https://jvns.ca/blog/2013/12/30/questions-im-asking-in-inter...

shreyanshdon Ask HN: Can engineers from Google or Facebook solve whiteboard questions easily?

For someone who is preparing for interviews, this is really good advice. Thank you.

shreyanshdon Ask HN: How can I prepare for a coding interview in a week?

+1 for interviewbit. But it cannot be completed in a week if OP tries to solve all the problems. Instead focus should be on solving few questions from each category.

shreyanshdon India: Google engineer latest victim of mob lynchings fueled by WhatsApp rumors

Indian here. Based on my observations, in India, the ‘whatsapp group’ feature has become a medium for spreading fake news, political propaganda, religious propaganda, pornography and other such activities that have a negative impact at a massive scale. Whatsapp is the most prominent messaging service in India, and though the ‘groups’ feature has many positive usecases, its mainly used for influencing the (huge) illiterate population of the country. IMO, Whatsapp should step in, and temporarily turn off the groups feature in India ASAP, atleast until the deaths due to such fake news have stopped completely.

shreyanshdon Ask HN: Which books have made you introspect?

East of Eden. Timshel — ‘Thou mayest’

shreyanshdon Triplebyte Raises $10M from Initialized Capital, Marissa Mayer and Paul Graham

Hey Harj, congrats! Any plans to launch TripleByte in India, or for engineers from India who want to interview with Bay Area companies?

shreyanshdon It's Getting Harder to Tell Banks from Tech Companies

I am sorry you have to spend half an hour downloading your statements. But what you’re complaining about comes under commercial banking tech, which is generally outsourced to IT consulting firms. Our tech platform is generally for institutional clients, who have systems on their end, and our systems interact with theirs to carry out business.

shreyanshdon It's Getting Harder to Tell Banks from Tech Companies

Tech is obviously not the only factor, but it certainly is an important one. One of the main factors in finacial services tech industry is time to market, efficienct algortihms, being compliant, handling huge bursts of volume and accuracy. Our systems ensure smooth functioning of the business across most exchanges in the world. I think the business is practically impossible without robust technology.

shreyanshdon It's Getting Harder to Tell Banks from Tech Companies

I work in technology for an investment bank and i hear “we are not a technology company” every quarter. Ironically, the tech we develop is a major factor, if not the only factor, for revenue. My motivation is instantly shattered when i hear that.

shreyanshdon Show HN: Ask a Dev

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