I’m living in Bangalore, India and working at Google . Lake After Rain Our daughter is three and a half now. She goes to school, and we are slowly rediscovering what it’s like to have time and energy for ourselves. We took our first proper family vacation in six and a half years—a train trip to Kodaikanal —and despite all the rookie mistakes we made, it was wonderful. I’m still working in the…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working at Google . Photo of an empty road in morning, with cars and scooters parked on the sides. Taken in Bangalore, India, 2023. Our daughter is almost three now. She goes to the daycare for longer periods now and can play by herself. We are slowly finding our rhythms back after three years of hardcore parenting. I’m working in the Google Core Data team on…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working at Google . A parked mountain bike with the view of mountains and valleys in the background. Taken in Meghalaya, India, 2016. My daughter is almost two years old now. I spend a lot of time playing with her and listening to her imaginative stories. At work, I moved from the Google Search team to the Google Core Data team, and now I work on GoogleSQL AKA…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working at Google . Berlin, Germany, 2015. My wife and I had our first child in July of last year. My life has been very hectic since then. I had to pretty much pause every hobby, every side project, and even my physical activities. I spent most of my time taking care of my baby and helping my wife. Now that the baby is nine months old, I’m slowly getting back to…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working at Google . Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2017. I paused working through the Essentials of Compilation book for few months, as I got tired of reading about compilers all the time. Instead, I decided to spend some time learning Nix . Over the course of the last three months, I moved my VPS configuration from Docker compose to NixOS. This includes all the web apps that…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working at Google . Marina Bay, Singapore, 2019. Learning After working half way through Crafting Interpreters , I jumped on the Essentials of Compilation book, which—unlike the former book—is entirely practice based. Each chapter describes some theory and provides some hints, and the reader is supposed to write the code for the compiler. This has kept me very…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working (from home) at Google . Eiffel tower, Paris, 2017. Learning I’ve been slowly working through Crafting Interpreters . I hope to finish the book sometime early this year (or late, I’ve lot track of the years now). I’ve been implementing the interpreters from the book in Haskell, and trying out different variations to learn various techniques. It’s taking a…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working (from home) at Google . Outer Ring Road, Bangalore, 2019. Learning I’ve been slowly working through Crafting Interpreters . I hope to finish the book sometime early this year (or late, I’ve lot track of the years now). I’ve been implementing the interpreters from the book in Haskell, and trying out different variations to learn various techniques. It’s…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working (from home) at Google . Bentota beach, Sri Lanka, 2017. Reading In 2021 I’m planning to read 30 books, now that I’m gotten up to speed in 2020 . This year I want to expand my horizons and read various genres that I’ve never tried before. Learning I’ve been slowly working through Crafting Interpreters . I hope to finish the book sometime early this year.…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working (from home) at Google . Intersection at night. Taken in Tokyo, 2019. Advent of Code 2020 I’m participating in Advent of Code 2020 and having a lot of fun solving the problems using Haskell. Reading This year has been unusually good for me in terms of reading books. I gorged on sci-fi by Arthur C Clarke, thoroughly enjoyed the first three books of the…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working (from home) at Google . Sunset over the ocean. Taken in Beruwala, 2017. Reading This year has been unusually good for me in terms of reading books. I gorged on sci-fi by Arthur C Clarke, thoroughly enjoyed the first three books of the Earthsea cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin, read a bunch of memoirs and anthropology/history books, even got one graphic novel…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working (from home) at Google . A Biergarten full of people. Taken in Berlin, 2016. Reading I’m reading more books this year than the last one. I’ve already finished seven books this year with few more in line. I’m alternating reading fiction and non-fiction books. Unfortunately, I’ve also given up halfway on many books this year but I hope that I’ll pick them up…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working (from home) at Google . Staircase. Taken in Paris, France. Reading I’m trying to get back into the habit of reading technical (and non-technical) books. This year I’m planning to devote more time to reading (and listening to) and finish at least twenty books. I’ve already finished a couple. Learning I’m spending some time learning Rust , the programming…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working at Google . A soft-serve icecream. Taken in Singapore. Reading I’m trying to get back into the habit of reading technical (and non-technical) books. The years 2018-19 were quite bad in terms of reading. This year I’m planning to devote more time to reading (and listening to) and finish at least fifteen books. Running and Cycling I’m training to run a half…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working at Flipkart . A Mountain Road. Taken in B. R. Hills, Karnataka, India. Conference I’m attending Functional Conf 2019 . Reading I’m trying to get back into the habit of reading technical (and non-technical) books. The year 2018 was quite bad in terms of reading; I was able to read only four books. This year I’m planning to devote more time to reading and…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working at Flipkart . A Mountain Road. Taken in B. R. Hills, Karnataka, India. Conference I’m planning (and preparing) to present in the Functional Conf 2019 . Reading I’m trying to get back into the habit of reading technical (and non-technical) books. The year 2018 was quite bad in terms of reading; I was able to read only four books. This year I’m planning to…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working at Flipkart . Boat on Sand Waves. Taken in Goa, India. Reading I’m trying to get back into the habit of reading technical (and non-technical) books. The year 2018 was quite bad in terms of reading; I was able to read only four books. This year I’m planning to devote more time to reading and finish at least ten books. Running I’m training to run a half…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working at Flipkart . Reading I’m trying to get back into the habbit of reading technical (and non-technical) books. The year 2018 was quite bad in terms of reading; I was able to read only four books. This year I’m planning to devote more time to reading and finish at least ten books. Running I’m training to run a half marathon for past couple of months. I’m yet…
I’m living in Bangalore, India and working at Flipkart . Conferences I’m preparing for presenting talks at two upcoming conferences: Many Ways to Concur - Functional Conf 2018 , Bangalore Introduction to Concurrency in Clojure - In/Clojure 2019 , Bangalore Advent of Code 2018 I’m solving Advent of Code 2018 puzzles in Haskell. The aim is to explore creative problem solving in Haskell, to learn and…