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venkasub

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About venkasub

i solve problems

Recent public activity

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    Ask HN: Observing Kubernetes

    Folks, working with #Kubernetes ; two of the biggest challenges we face is: 1. When was the last deployment/scale of a service and when did it reach each pod? 2. What is the az spr…

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    Comment #24602114

    - Sales and Marketing go together, but the paths diverge once you know the importance of each function. It is good to get a broad idea of both. You can do some courses on coursera/…

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    Comment #23932860

    Stumbled on this which I felt was a very good compendium - https://dancres.github.io/Pages/ Would also recommend reading VLDB and DB it shows how distri algorithms are applied - ht…

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    Comment #14057032

    Efficiency? Not sure how one measures fairness.

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    Comment #14057022

    Is there any good paper on Consistency Models across different Network Partitions types?

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    Comment #13846449

    How did you manage to get the movie posters?

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    Comment #13800863

    'more' in terms of value? Then, take a break and roam the world. You can sustain for 2-3 years and do a RTW at a slow-n-steady pace and also make some money in the interim :)

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    Ask HN: Workflow for Capacity Planning on the Cloud?

    What is your workflow for planning capacity on the Cloud? How do you determine the compute/storage needs? And then, monitor and optimise for costs? Also, how do you chose vendors?

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    Comment #13795784

    'You see what you choose to See'. With experience, I have seen that people get the knack for reading what they are interested in and know to understand & appreciate the content on …

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    Comment #13791990

    Curious: how did you come up with that pricing?

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    Comment #13791952

    Do writers 'actually' follow this kind of a structured process? I thought the ink just flows when in the mood!...atleast that's what happens with me, when I want to write. Else, I …

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    Comment #13791856

    I did not get a chance to login and play around; but something along the lines of 'automatic' clustering(tip:ML) will be a definite value add. Alos, do include some Features, Solut…

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    Comment #13791830

    How is it different from logstash for syncing between 2 data sources? Or is Singer primarily meant for data extraction from SaaS sources?

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    Comment #13789603

    one piece of advice that stuck onto me till date: "Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live." Write/Re-writ…

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    Comment #13771673

    Architecting applications for the cloud is a non-trivial problem. Lot of forethought needs to go in place while choosing a particular infrastructure component. And the ideas of res…

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    Comment #13704783

    pix2pix is has loads of potential! If productized well, this can create some amazing customer experiences.

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    Comment #13398334

    Management is not easy as it sounds. Leading people and setting strategy needs a lot of experience. The culture of the company to take calculated risks should gel with your thought…

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    Comment #13344317

    I have moved from being a Principal Engineer, to Product Management and now am leading Engineering. Must say that I have enjoyed the journey so far, and the learning has been expon…

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    Comment #12717459

    I would agree. Shit happens; deal with it without wasting more resources on it. [BUT, If you can afford the legal fees and more importantly -- the TIME -- go for it, but do not go …

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    Comment #12681589

    "Wat" has influenced me so much that, whenever I hear some cliched or meaningless argument, Watman projects himself onto my retina.

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    Comment #11999943

    Start attempting Data Science competitions; the learning rate just exponentially explodes. Also, look at the solutions from past exercises, it really helps in how different people …

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    Comment #11999938

    You might have to embed yourselves in the company(/Customer) as a contractor and show them the value-prop, build confidence and then take over complete projects. The first customer…

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    Comment #11469531

    Your reply was EXACTLY what my pals who started a similar firm gave me! If you cannot monetize from Day-1, then it's going to be very difficult unless you repivot and change your b…

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    Comment #11466827

    From my experience, there are 3 kinds of traveller: 1. People who know where they are going for a stipulated period of time 2. People who know which region they are going to over a…