Vaibhaw Pandey

Just another random person on the web. Technology | Startups | India | Computer Science | History

[Vaibhaw Pandey @_Vaibhaw]

I compare the #performance of #Redis to #MongoDB #Percona In-memory engine in my new blog. https://t.co/vNdmRiVrKO #NoSQL via @scalegridio

[Vaibhaw Pandey @_Vaibhaw]

@priyapillai06 @TataMotors @TataMotors_Cars yet another traumatic ownership experience!

@volklub, please advise, what is the best course of action here?

[Vaibhaw Pandey @_Vaibhaw]

@stevesi Loved it! Thanks for the doing the report.

Skipped a few sections though (PC, for instance).
Took me back to a decade ago the WIRED coverage for CES used to be good. This was better. :)

[Dev Ittycheria @dittycheria]

I have some news to share. After 11 incredible years, I’ve decided to retire as CEO of MongoDB. This was not an easy decision, but it’s the right time for a thoughtful transition.

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

We’re opening an office in Bengaluru, India in early 2026. We look forward to building with India’s developer community, deploying AI for social benefit, and partnering with enterprises.

Read more: https://t.co/x5otepbqs8

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

How Zapier measures AI fluency, role-by-role

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

The top 20 most mentioned books on my podcast

[Vaibhaw Pandey @_Vaibhaw]

@YkJoshi5 Congratulations sir, & thanks for taking the time to write this, for the benefit for future generations. Looking forward. Preordered. ☺️

[Vaibhaw Pandey @_Vaibhaw]

@USI_CAFHR Will be it delivered on campus or is online an option too?

[Sean Wright @SeanWrightSec]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[thaddeus e. grugq @thegrugq]

Technically those computers are more secure now than they’ve ever been before. Job well done, @CrowdStrike !

[Vaibhaw Pandey @_Vaibhaw]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary Damn. I am old. 😝

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

For whoever needs this right now:

1. Need help hiring your first salespeople: @jasonlk https://t.co/4xcwAGFms3

2. Want to get better at craft and design: @lil_dill https://t.co/B02z1Ro3a2

2. Trying to figure out SEO: @ethan_l_s https://t.co/KOdZuy5hyU

4. Struggling with positioning: @aprildunford https://t.co/vZdHBJVrZT

5. Struggling with fear: @mattmochary https://t.co/KqGVBHF947

6. Struggling with burnout: Andy Johns https://t.co/efXtDIfll0

7. Want to become a better storyteller: @MatthewDicks https://t.co/rm0jZMfsmR

8 Want to get better at vision: @ebiatawodi https://t.co/MSMcs2Iia6

9. Want to learn how to use JTBD: My chat with @bmoesta https://t.co/mEIcvQoaBw

10. Want to get better at strategy: @RichardRumelt https://t.co/01FcVMlQBZ

More here if you want to keep going down the rabbit hole: https://t.co/1qfa7kYbj8

[Kent Beck 🌻 @KentBeck]

This is your periodic reminder there's no such thing as a fractional engineer. If you're assigned 50% to this project & 50% to that, then someone is willing to accept 0 productivity from you in exchange for not telling someone up front that their project isn't being supported.

[Bertrand Meyer @Bertrand_Meyer]

We lost a titan of programming languages, programming methodology, software engineering and hardware design. Niklaus Wirth passed away on the first of January. We mourn a pioneer, colleague, mentor and friend.

[Livefist @livefist]

EXCLUSIVE🚨

Quarter century after the Kargil War, the Indian Air Force opens up officially about just what it took to bomb Tiger Hill and other Pakistani positions https://t.co/7QlEh9sWCG

[Jaana Dogan ヤナ ドガン @rakyll]

Taking vacation or faking vacation to be able to write code uninterruptedly is the unspoken truth of corporate jobs.

[François Chollet @fchollet]

The main thing I've learned from extremely successful people is that intelligence is overrated, but ambition is underrated.

[Vaibhaw Pandey @_Vaibhaw]

@StevenBartlett Hey.
Bought your book on @amazonIN & received a pirated copy. They couldn’t even get the title right! Amazon India needs to do better!

[ThePrimeagen @ThePrimeagen]

the act of purchasing a software book and not reading it is one of the most celebrated software engineering past times

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for “realistic” goals, paradoxically making them the most time- and energy-consuming.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.

Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Unreasonable and unrealistic goals are easier to achieve for yet another reason.

Having an unusually large goal is an adrenaline infusion that provides the endurance to overcome the inevitable trials and tribulations that go along with any goal. Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel.

If the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort.

The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits. There is just less competition for bigger goals.