Ajit Kumar

Engineer @coinbase | Real Madrid F.C

[The Software Engineer’s Guidebook @EngGuidebook]

When 'architecting' a system - aka planning how to build it, what components to put in place, what technologies to use - what are considerations you should take?

Here's an important one: capture the current business needs, and anticipate future ones:

[Venkat Subramaniam @venkat_s]

Found a bug? Write a failing test first. Then apply the fix.

[Ajit Kumar @akcps]

Agreed 😬

[Ben Gold @bengold]

Now that I no longer work there, I will say that something I really disliked about Google (and this may just be a Big Tech thing and not unique to them) is how much of the job was self promoting and the theatrics of demonstrating impact.

[The Psychology Of Money @Psy_of_Money]

"Happiness is just results minus expectations."

- The Psychology of Money

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"Networking is overrated. Become first and foremost a person of value and the network will be available whenever you need it."

@naval

[Ajit Kumar @akcps]

Hala Madrid ❤️

[Ajit Kumar @akcps]

I can relate to this

[Austen Allred @Austen]

The weird thing about startups is one clear-headed systems thinker can produce more output than 100 unorganized people working very hard.

And not just in code.

[Amanda Natividad @amandanat]

One of the mentally healthiest things I've done is to assume positive intent — that people are good, they're trying their best, and they mean well.

I am rarely proven wrong.

[Ajit Kumar @akcps]

@YogiKulkarni It’s always been hard for me to answer the question “How is the culture at <xyz>?”

How would you answer it?

[Ajit Kumar @akcps]

Code is by far the most reliable form of documentation.

[Ajit Kumar @akcps]

@piyushmasrani @finkd @elonmusk 😂😂

[Ajit Kumar @akcps]

@quartermiler You can try @joinditto
They claim to be spam free.

https://t.co/1LGPKR8GCC

[Ajit Kumar @akcps]

Future is always speculative.

No matter how much you think you know, there is always something you don’t know.

[Abhimanyu @quartermiler]

Happy to announce that @AgaraLabs is being acquired by @coinbase . Looking forward to continue working with @segmenta and the Agara team. And to work again with old mentor @pankaj !

[Coinbase 🛡️ @coinbase]

We’re excited to announce the acquisition of @AgaraLabs, an AI-powered support platform with operations in India and the US, to enhance our customer support with powerful machine learning technology.👇 https://t.co/cyKmZprJwZ

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"Don’t do things that you know are morally wrong. Not because someone is watching, but because you are. Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You’ll always know." -
@naval

[Vlad Mihalcea @vlad_mihalcea]

Keeping it simple is very hard

[Norman Maurer @normanmaurer]

Who else is blocking time in the calendar so its possible to actually get something done and not have a meeting scheduled ? Is it only me ?

[Piyush Masrani @piyushmasrani]

Textbook example of shorting, selling a yet to be written book! ;)

[Vlad Mihalcea @vlad_mihalcea]

If the prototype or POC works, it will often become the base of the actual product, therefore, accumulating technical debt right from the start.