Comments before code

I used a very interesting technique in my college exams. I knew how long an answer should be for 10 marks (or whatever). After I got the question paper, I would decide which questions I will answer. Then take the answer sheet and start writing down the headings for each answer – leaving enough gap […]

Trouble with servers

We have a few dedicated servers with EV1. It’s been good so far, but we faced just too many problems in the last month. So much that we are thinking of dumping them. We detected bad sectors on one server’s harddisk. Since we had a backup harddisk on the server, we asked the server guys […]

On business ideas

We brainstorm about new business ideas every now and then. Some things I recently: We should think about the size of the idea, not just how good it sounds! How much revenue can it generate? The idea should provide a steady value addition and revenue stream. Anything that gives less than 20% growth in a […]

Monthly Reviews – lessons from September

First Tuesday of every month, is a review day for us at Magnet. We meet individual teams, discuss about the previous month and set out goals for the current month. It was quite interesting this time. We completed one month in the new office! But it feels it’s been much more! So many things happened […]

Foss.In 2006

foss.in/2006 is around the corner. It happens in Bangalore on 24th, 25th and 26th November. And looking at how it was last year, I am expecting a lot of excitement and happenings this year. I am thinking various things for the event: Talking about how to become an effective programmer Actually how about a track […]