Arkajit Dey

If you care to find me, look to the western sky.

Building distributed systems @uber, prev @google, @twitter where I helped build this app you're using ;)

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@noahmp And all people who are exactly as competitive as me totally get it!

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@l_if Haha! You know there are steps and handles in some corners of the pool too, right? :)

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@DanielleGuigli That's a great run! Still remember visiting you and the Bluefin crew in Boston after you joined! A decade of fond memories cannot be erased with these crazy last few days. Wishing you an even brighter chapter ahead! 💙

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@chanian There's probably a (short?) retention period on those slack messages, right?

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@kvlly @dxnielvaughn That's such a wonderful meet-cute! Would like to see the rom-com portrayal of this 😊

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@noahmp @TheWill @johnheywood @chanian All the usual suspects on this thread!

I'm pretty sure the last time I saw Noah IRL was at a sushi place.

And Ian: I'm only surprised it's taken you this long 😀

Maybe all of you sushi lovers can create a global food travel blog! 🍣

[Arkajit Dey @arkajit]

Love this. Wholeheartedly agree with the reading prescription.

[David Morris @wdmorrisjr]

Parents have to choose their battles.

8 fights worth picking with your kids:

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@shreyas Are you referring to decison-making framworks?

A good framework is just codified judgement, no? It's an implementation optimization since deliberate decision making is expensive.

But I agree with your premise, that frameworks need to be refined and updated periodically.

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@tardi_taskforce so sorry to hear this :( ... hoping they get better!

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@posco the appeal of NFTs does feel confusing to me as well, but I think they make a lot of sense for representing assets in online multiplayer games. Other uses will probably arise.

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@posco Nice! I also take my vim keybindings into every IDE I have to use. Makes even IntelliJ workable.

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@iamsridhar @LinkedIn Nice analogy! And yes I agree. It does seem as if all the social media platforms are converging in style.

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Words to live by! Would also recommend Josef Pieper's "Leisure: The Basis of Culture" as great reading on this important topic. https://t.co/rJw8EBGIbv

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Rest isn’t just something nice that we do on the weekends but a powerful act of liberation from the forces of labor and profit that seek to de-humanize us. Rest is a way of saying our jobs don’t own us, that we have inherent freedom and dignity as human beings.

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@jeanqasaur Totally! I've heard this described as being a multiplier vs adder. Both are good, but a positive multiplier can have more impact than solo addition. Boosting the team's energy and morale is a great way to multiply.

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@krishnansriram Sorry to hear that, but yeah definitely drink water! I always do when I'm pondering a problem ;)

Good luck with the pipe and the elementary school. Navigating return to school with covid seems tough.🤞for an improvement in February.

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An inspirational and heart-warming story. Love and admire the perseverance. ❤

[Helen 🚀 SwagUp @hi_rankin]

How does one go from being a cocktail waitress in Miami to owning a million-dollar business?

To make big moves in life, you sometimes have to take really unconventional paths…

Here’s mine 🧵

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@hi_rankin Thank you for sharing your wonderful story. So inspiring to see how you've repeatedly found ways to overcome adversity! I can totally relate to how you wanted to help your family and the purpose it instills in you. Rooting for you and your family ❤

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@athuras My eagle eye says that is Toronto?

[Madeleine Baker @madeleineebaker]

Among the many failings of the Jedi in the waning hours of the Republic, perhaps the most fateful was their invention of the dreaded "hybrid meeting format"

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Also I had so many philosophical thoughts after listening to the episode with @nasdaily!

Re: the discussion about reconciling your drive for singularity with the duality of your own life -- could your life be like a single coin with two sides? Not either/or, but both and ONE.

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Who's to say, but I think you all may like listening to @NonTechnicalPod by @yayalexisgay.

Really funny, insightful conversations about the lives of tech folks outside of work. Truly a great act of public service in humanizing techies and making us appear relatable :)

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Some fun things I learned. That @ellenjdasilva also likes hot chocolate. As a fellow hot chocolate lover and non-coffee drinker, it was so refreshing to hear someone NOT answer "Coffee. Black" to the "Coffee or Tea" question. 😂