Rahul Raveendranath

Loves technology, startups, coding and music. Recent interests: Quantum Computing, Clojure (Functional Programming), AI/ML, Vim.

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

"Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question."
- Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.
Great read. One of the most clear articulations of the stories (religion, nationalism, liberalism etc.) that have shaped our world.

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

@katfukui Sorry you had to go through this experience. Wouldn't it help to publish the list of GitHub accounts that trolled you publicly? That way we can report them. Losing all their contributions might teach them that actions have consequences. Their employers also might take notice.

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

@rbhar90 It's still vendor specific. But you can look into CloudFormation templates and Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for managing AWS infrastructure through code and version control. https://t.co/qYLooDv6XZ

[Uncle Bob Martin @unclebobmartin]

If you like Java, program in Java. If you like C#, program in C#. If you like Ruby, Swift, Dart, Elixr, Elm, C++, Python, or even C; by all means use those languages.

But whatever you do, learn Clojure, and learn it well.

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

@kunalb11 My recommendations here : https://t.co/TCPjqQZLY5

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

@tommycollison My current recommendations:

1. Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari
A brief history of humankind

2. Beginning of Infinity - David Deutsch
Explanations that Transform the World

3. Antifragile - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Things That Gain From Disorder

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

@tommycollison My current recommendations:

1. Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari
A brief history of humankind

2. Beginning of Infinity - David Deutsch
Explanations that Transform the World

3. Antifragile - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Things That Gain From Disorder

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

"One cannot draw general conclusions from rules of thumb." - David Deutsch, The Beginning of Infinity.
While he talks about this in a specific context, I find we as a society make this mistake all too often. This is especially true of programmers, when it comes to best practices.

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

@jaseemabid Although not mainstream, a lot of progress has been made in the last few decades on functional, immutable data structures. #Clojure being one of the programming languages to take advantage of these - https://t.co/IfbxDBFzSB

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

@manoj_g33k @SivadasSwetha Congrats! :)

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

Why Clojure is not just Yet Another Lisp.
https://t.co/LzqKX4oNaT
#Clojure #FunctionalProgramming

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

@gtcomputing Thanks 😊

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

@tradercoder @GTOMSCS Thanks! :)

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

After 3.5 years, finally completed my #OMSCS degree. Got my physical degree certificate over mail recently. I really enjoyed the journey. Learned a lot. Had fun. :)
My experiences - https://t.co/6QgOniwpPD

@GTOMSCS #GTComputing #GoJackets

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

@skirani This necessitates that they are empathetic. Also, really good engineers are also really good at estimating the time to deliver projects and setting expectations so they don't end up having to work on weekends or late nights.

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

@skirani I have had the good fortune to work with some great software engineers who are arguably an order of magnitude more productive/performant then the average engineer. However they usually do that by understanding the domain/customer so well that they can simplify complex solutions.

[Dmitry Alexandrov ✈️ @bercut2000]

It is sometime useful to have a senior developers in the team..

[🔎Julia Evans🔍 @b0rk]

@yminsky i made https://t.co/pH4fnxQIfA a while back which makes you guess how long things take!

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

@jose_r_varela @codinghorror Did you mean to say that DRY principle is overrated?

I agree. I find the "Rule of Three" more reasonable when it comes to refactoring: https://t.co/t1wRpYJ5yO

[Rahul Raveendranath @Rahulr92]

What is the single most important software engineering lesson that you have learned in the course of your career?

For me, it is that "the best code is no code at all". I am constantly amazed how most developers don't really appreciate this.
@codinghorror https://t.co/WWa0fVQ7zX