I love this.
Software gardening and death
I have came across the following article recently.
Software is a bit like this house plant: its wellbeing depends on the folks who constantly tend it. Without us around, it gradually erodes.
I used Google Orkut in the past and I loved it at that time. It was fun to send messages in the scrapbook, cool usernames, and enjoy all the other social media features that felt cool back then. But after the rise of Facebook and other giants, Google shut down Orkut. They sent us an email with a link to download our data archive and said goodbye. I still have those emails from Orkut, and when I read them recently, they gave me a nostalgic happiness.
What I realize now is that everything eventually comes to an end when the gardeners stop tending their gardens. We cannot take it for granted forever. Today we have access to some of the most amazing things in human history. We need to be grateful and enjoy the beauty of it. So keep on gardening, and cherish your fellow gardeners.
Reborn
I know I must
endure this suffering,
For there is no other way.
But I don’t know
how to bear the pain
The ache in my heart is real,
And it’s killing me
inch by inch.
I have lost
the last shred of courage
Yet, beyond this pain,
I hope to remain,
reborn as Buddha again.
The Friday
Its Friday, and I went to Mall of Galleria, Sumathi Valavu (Karzakan Forest) and Bahrain Bay. The summer was at its peak, but still I enjoy going outdoors.
The Recurring Cycle of 'Developer Replacement' Hype
This is an interesting read in the middle of AI era.
The pattern of technological transformation remains consistent—sysadmins became DevOps engineers, backend developers became cloud architects—but AI accelerates everything. The skill that survives and thrives isn’t writing code. It’s architecting systems. And that’s the one thing AI can’t do.
No More Boring Apps
Sometimes we all are tired of boring apps and this is letter to all boring apps.
Perhaps it’s part of maturing, but I’m at a point in my life where I don’t want more—I want better. When I use your app, I don’t want to see your company’s KPI. I want to see your point of view. The world should know that you made it. People should feel your passion vibrating off the screen.
I don’t why!
Sometimes we don’t realise the beauty of something we created until someone recognises it.
Maybe we are too humble to acknowledge our work is as good as someone else’s, or maybe we don’t have enough confidence to take pride in something we created.
I don’t know why!
PS: These paintings were done by my wife, and yet she still believes she can’t draw.
Let me know your comments on the above. Thank you!
Poet
I am the wizard
who can make you dream,
fall in love,
dance in the rain,
find peace,
and enlighten you.
Yes, I am a poet.
The Curse of Knowing How, or; Fixing Everything
The below line is so true and I can vouch with my life:
We write a new tool or a script because we are in a desperate need for a small victory. We write a new tool because we are overwhelmed. Refactor it, not because the code is messy, but your life is.