Himanshu Shekhar

An engineer who loves making software to keep himself content. Currently @databricks.

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

this is just one of the hundreds i meet on a daily basis. The surprising jerk is always impossible to maneuver.

@YTKDIndia @Bangalorereal1 @CivicOp_india @WFRising

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

The new menace on Bengaluru roads.
Idiots built/patched roads and manholes turned to a something worse than potholes.

You're cruising a 2-wheeler comfortably behind a car, and the next moment you hit this 6 inch deep jerk enough to get killed.

Location: https://t.co/ZWnid59ezO

[Mila @RealWiseWords]

I think the purest form of love is just wanting someone to notice life with you. "taste this. look at that. hear this song." again and again. until you can't imagine noticing life without them

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

Slowly turning to a China fanboy 🫡

[BYD @BYDCompany]

FASTEST CAR ON THE PLANET

The YANGWANG U9 Xtreme shattered the production-car speed record with a breathtaking run of 496.22 km/h at ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg.

Watch the full VBOX top-speed run now.

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

@BMTC_BENGALURU @CivicOp_india This is very common, and 2W close to the bus are usually at a very high risk. When they move from left lane to the mid lane, and when they move from mid lane to left/bus-stop, in both cases, they don't care or horn the vehicle ahead and it is a near miss many times.

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

@talk2anuradha Lifetime ban on any other road construction company created by the same contractor if one gets banned. Link it with their personal PAN.

Once the contractors are scared for their business, they'll stop bribing babus or ministers or negotiate better.

There has to be consequences.

[Abhijith Reddy @archerabi]

It might look like a million cars, but it's only about 500 cars, all these people could fit in 10 buses. Public transit scales, cars don't. Flyovers won't help.

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

Day 2 of using #AIMode in @Google search and I'm flattered by how fast it works.
No LLM product or deep research features were as quick as this one.

[Tejasvi Surya @Tejasvi_Surya]

The Bengaluru Tunnel Road project is yet another instance of Congress Govt systematically destroying public transport in the city.

From the word go, the Hebbal–SilkBoard tunnel idea is beset with problems.

Consider this.

- The tunnel road access is going to be only for 4-wheelers with a toll of ₹600 per return journey.

- DPR was prepared at a cost of Rs 9.5 crore by a consultant who was previously blacklisted elsewhere. Even after this exorbitant cost, many parts of the DPR were directly copied from another report.

- Tunnel road is an unscientific solution for Bengaluru’s mobility issues & bound to fail at ₹18,000 crore of the taxpayers' money.

- ⁠40% Viability Gap Funding: Further, the state government will bear an additional ₹7,200 crore to cover the gap between revenue and expenditure of the unviable project.

Thank you, @DKShivakumar, for neglecting crucial civic issues such as potholes, underfunding public transport, delaying Metro projects, withholding Fare Fixation Committee reports, and pushing forward with an unscientific project.

[Satya @solidview]

Bengaluru:

Save 45 minutes and pay 600 to travel in an unscientific car-only Tunnel Rd ?

OR

Build metro Phase 3a quickly and travel in air-conditioned metro paying around 80/- in fare

Car-only Tunnel is a stupid BBMP idea that has made Bengaluru a laughing stock of the world

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

@kozlovski Redis Streams gives you the flexibility of having a dynamic number of consumers. You can scale up and down without scaling infra (partitions in Kafka). It's in memory, and can be used as a cache too.
Be careful of memory use.

PG is simple to start but be careful connection pool.

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

@paraschopra I recently had a screening interview where the interviewer was an AI - https://t.co/M8Jnu31ufC

And it was quite natural to talk to.

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

@A_V_Speaks @east_bengaluru Do you think lack of funds is the reason for the pathetic state of ORR?

Do you metro could have been done 5 yrs back if there was no revenue sharing with center?

Do you think Namma metro was built without heavy grants from the center?

State needs to take some accountability.

[Pravar @bengawalk]

NEW VIDEO - on the state of Bengaluru's roads, BBMP's lust for more flyovers & tunnels, and India's urgent need for legitimate urban governments 🗳️

Enjoy!

https://t.co/e0wLKcvbkv

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

I've been to most major airports in India but nothing comes even close to BLR and I'm not referring to the new terminal T2, but the classic T1.

The ambience in and out, liveliness, design, hygiene, the cluster of eateries at the gates, the runway - all adds to it.
@BLRAirport

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

@AMalligavad the builder mafia is ruining lakes again

https://t.co/fXJQxO4sKj

[Civic Opposition of India @CivicOp_india]

@osd_cmkarnataka, ma’am!

We would like to bring your attention to Hadosidapura Lake in Bellandur. Currently, the lake is full of dead fish and is invaded by water hyacinth. This lake was rejuvenated, and sewage was not flowing directly into it. However, due to many upcoming residential projects, sewage flow has increased multifold. Please take immediate steps to save the biodiversity of this lake! 🙏

#SaveLakes #NammaKere

[Civic Opposition of India @CivicOp_india]

@osd_cmkarnataka, ma’am!

We would like to bring your attention to Hadosidapura Lake in Bellandur. Currently, the lake is full of dead fish and is invaded by water hyacinth. This lake was rejuvenated, and sewage was not flowing directly into it. However, due to many upcoming residential projects, sewage flow has increased multifold. Please take immediate steps to save the biodiversity of this lake! 🙏

#SaveLakes #NammaKere

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

@east_bengaluru @osd_cmkarnataka pathetic attitude from local bodies and the so-called Tier-1 builders in the area.
This is supposed to be a lake, not a sewer dump.

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

Long time GSuite fanboi, but
Microsoft PowerPoint >>>> Google Slides

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

Even in this application where the delivery failed, my details had a lot of typos. How come someone has my name written correctly in the form and emails but does a typo in the name which is going to get embossed on the card?

Absolute trash experience.

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

@delhivery this is absolutely ridiculous.
The delivery was not attempted even once. No one visited my flat or called me on either of my phone numbers.

No one came to the flat, how come they mark unavailability of code or any random reason??

This isn't the first time.

[Himanshu Shekhar @himanshub16]

@SBICard_Connect @TheOfficialSBI my previous credit card application was approved but the card never got delivered. Branch says that the courier returned but I never had any communication over sms/call/email over months.