http://www.chetanislazy.com/blog ooh, shiny! Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:41:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Del.icio.us (sorry, it's just plain old "Delicious" now) 2.0 finally launched a few days ago and the response so far has been mixed. But now that the dust has settled some, it's time to think about just how we got here and if it was really worth all the trouble. ... http://www.chetanislazy.com/blog/2008/08/06/pointless-rewrite-probably/ MySQL is generally an all-around kickass piece of software, and like any good open source application, there are a host of tools you can use to squeeze every last drop of goodness out of it. Nearly all of them, however, are geared towards the operational DBA, leaving the wayward developer ... http://www.chetanislazy.com/blog/2008/07/29/ghetto-profiling-for-mysql/ I've been to a bunch of shows lately and even though they were all really good I haven't been moved to write anything about them. Well, here they are... recorded more for my poor memory than anything else. March 25 - Crystal Castles with Health (Studio B) April 8 - Explosions ... http://www.chetanislazy.com/blog/2008/06/01/concert-roundup/ Indians are everywhere in the software world --- from engineers to CEO's --- but they all share one thing in common: the products they've helped build are all for companies based outside of India and for the most part in the US. I had this very conversation with one of ... http://www.chetanislazy.com/blog/2008/03/17/made-by-india/ I still intend to finish the series of posts I started earlier, but this quote pretty much sums it up: In this regard management is also to blame, especially when it comes to dysfunctional schedules, wrong incentives, poor hiring, and demoralizing policies. http://www.chetanislazy.com/blog/2008/02/21/suits-suck/ Is just getting the job done always enough? One of my personal philosophies is that if you're not learning, you're not improving. If you're not improving, then what have you really accomplished? In fact, there's a pretty good chance that you've even gotten worse, if only because everyone else has ... http://www.chetanislazy.com/blog/2008/02/14/if-youre-not-outraged-youre-not-paying-attention/ “Commitment means being prepared to do extra things, going the extra mile” Without a commitment from all the concerned parties, how can one expect any enterprise to be successful? Be it business, government, military or otherwise. My group has shown it's commitment time and again, but we haven't seen the same ... http://www.chetanislazy.com/blog/2008/02/12/go-to-sleep/ Saw some cool sneaks today, but, alas, they only carry up to UK12 and I'm a UK12.5. http://www.chetanislazy.com/blog/2008/02/08/a-giant-among-men/ The traffic here is out of control, and, with the introduction of the 1 lakh car (which I think is fantastic, btw) it's bound to get a lot worse, at least in the near term. For a while I thought a big part of the problem was the lack of ... http://www.chetanislazy.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-signal-to-noise-ratio/ Is it weird that I don't think any of the items on this list are strange? hrm... Strange Things with Bacon http://www.chetanislazy.com/blog/2008/02/01/strange-bacons/