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Why Learn Scala?
It was a long time ago that I read this masterpiece by the software engineering guru, Peter Norvig - Teach Yourself Programming In Ten Years. Peter advises wannabe programmers to learn at least half a dozen programming languages. Taking stock of myself earlier this year I realised having terribly missed out …
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Programming Is Hard To Manage
Couple of recent incidents triggered me to write this one. Few weeks ago, I met an old friend. A fellow software industry man. But unlike me, a people manager. As we shared our experiences in software development, my friend picked on my recently acquired MBA. Give me something to read …
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Concurrency on the JVM
Over the last few months I amused myself with an interesting pursuit. I spoke to a large number of people on the aspect of concurrency. I spoke to ex-colleagues. I spoke to engineers, architects at hackathons/meetups. And I interviewed a large number of senior engineers for a job at …
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Folding it the right way
I have been dabbling with Scala for a few months now. And one of the things that strikes me about functional programming is the beauty of the finished code. It sometimes gives me a feeling of being just the right mix of art and science! Gone are the dirty null …
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Algorithms Course-1 With Prof Sidgewick on Coursera
I did my engineering in electronics and communication systems. But my very first job was in software development. Having not studied theory of computing, databases, compilers and even algorithms/data-strutures as part of my graduation I went on to self-study these. However, deep down, have felt the need for more …