Vikram RamakrishnanArticles Iโve read.
How to have better Arguments? โ Arguments are inevitable these days and it’s extremely important for us to understand the basics around arguing (why/how/when etc.). In addition to arming us with information, knowing these will help both us and the other person to get more out of the exchange.
Videos I Watched
You don’t actually know what your future self wants โ Profound talk by one of my favorite podcast hosts, Shankar Vedantam, this video is about coming to terms that our future self will not make the same decisions as we are making today and learning some ways to help craft the person we are to become.
Places Iโve Travelled
Completed a long pending trip to Sikkim & Darjeeling with the family. I’d highly recommend this as a place to visit for your next vacation. Sikkim is mind bogglingly beautiful with friendly people, interesting culture and history. Did you know that Sikkim was an independent country/Kingdom until 1975 when it was officially annexed and made the 22nd state of India. Here’s some photos from my trip.
Tech Readings
Resiliency in Distributed Systems – A good read on some fundamentals to consider when working on large scale systems specifically around downstream and upstream resiliency.
Quote I’m thinking about
Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay.
Dalai Lama
