A few days back a feature in my software Geet Gatiroop stopped working. It prompted me to write this piece — Code can be so fragile. So many unknown factors. So many extraneous parties to connect to in so many different ways. Any of them may crack anytime. So many specifications to figure out. And… Continue reading Fragile Code, Fragile Life
Tag: technology
AI / ML for Peace, Beauty and Joy?
I like technology. I like doing something with technology. AI and ML (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning) seem to have pushed aside just about everything else in the technology world. I tried many a times to immerse my fingers in some AI / ML project. Each time I came away wondering. One reason is the headache… Continue reading AI / ML for Peace, Beauty and Joy?
The Lure Of Cacophony
What’s here is now invisible I search for life on internet. In this room and in this house, In this city I find nothing. For meaning I go to internet. To cacophonous thoughts that are More cacophonous than my mind I gravitate ― To find an end to loneliness, I turn towards the internet. To… Continue reading The Lure Of Cacophony
My Mind and The Internet – The Dangerous Divine Relationship
That was the most lonely and isolated period of my life. Then the internet came to me — when the world was, as per Jesus, in its late 1990s, and I was in my late 20s. My brother had bought home the first computer of the family, despite bitter criticism from my father. He also… Continue reading My Mind and The Internet – The Dangerous Divine Relationship
song of the software developer – 1
dear faceless bro of mine
i talk to you silenty
through the software
that i write
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What Are Your Needs? Explicit Self Communication
… Whereas if you take time to actually sit down and think about, okay for me, personally—and for my family—what is “enough?” … So I explicitly asked myself in a notebook: “What Are Your Needs?”
Resume Visualization
A company asked me recently to send them my updated resume. I enjoy data visualization. Also, I am now trying to simplify my life towards essentials. So this is what I came up with – Click on the image for the full hyper-linked PDF version. I like it for the following reasons: It is one… Continue reading Resume Visualization
florence nightingale: an inspiration for art
In my last post, I shared with you this painting of mine and said that it took shape by itself as I let my hand move any which ways it felt like. Its a rather unusual shape for a tree, isn’t it? As it took shape, I realized it was a sub-conscious inspiration from Florence… Continue reading florence nightingale: an inspiration for art
Of Languages, Animals and the Kitchen
a light-hearted take on the visual character of programming languages …
One of the things that I like about computer programming is to simply just look at the code. To see just what it looks like visually …