Karan Parikh retweeted
“There are more things in computing, Dario, that are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
There are more things in computing, Dario, that are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Respectfully, @AnthropicAI's @DarioAmodei is profoundly wrong.
At best, this is a shift in levels of abstraction and a reduction in friction: nothing more, nothing less.
Valuable? Yes.
An earthshaking discontinuity? No.
Consider the vast breadth of software. Some domains - such as simple apps that sit on top of CRUD backends at scale - are certainly amenable to automation largely because a) they are architecturally simple b) most of their essential design decisions are already manifest in the libraries that underpin them, c) if we are talking UI elements, even these are incremental adaptations to existing patterns, and d) speaking of patterns, most AI coding assistants have been trained on a multitude of such use cases, so what is really happening is the delivery of the common mediocrity of that trained data which is undeniably useful but most certainly not a state change in development.
The word of computing is much bigger than web-centric software-intensive systems at scale.
Karan Parikh retweeted
There's a prevalent view that Indian cities are doomed. They are, but since all of them are so pathetically bad, we have a choice to rebuild everything in a way suitable to our climate and senses
There's so much architectural depth and breadth in our skills & knowledge repo that i wonder why do we use glass at all
PS: pics of goated Iranian brickwork, the first one is actually an underground metro!
Very prescient post by @arundsharma
Karan Parikh retweeted
Every now and then, the database world dips into a mania where really dumb ideas flourish. The separation of storage and compute at scale for OLTP is the latest. Making all your queries slower so you can shut your DB off quickly is an insane trade-off that nobody serious would make
Karan Parikh retweeted
On my way to the ground in Delhi and my heart sank when I saw people feeding a whole army of pigeons. Doctors have been shouting from the rooftops about the dangers of inhaling pigeon droppings and the severe lung disease it could lead to. Please, let us stop feeding pigeons.
Very poor take. Let Indian cos build better products. This is taking us back to protectionism/license raj era albeit in software sector. Software sector is supposed to be India’s strength. We need to be confident enough to build products better than the world.
Having said that, what would be stopping USA from de-platforming Indian apps in retaliation.
I am reminded of Serena Williams vs Sharapova "rivalry". Both of them had war of words, but their h2h record is a lopsided 20-2 in favor of Williams.
Except for feud, Sharapova had no right to remain in the same lane as Williams.
The same holds true for other things...
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Karan Parikh retweeted
Apparently, Software Engineers can be highly productive if you just leave them alone
I will be boycotting the game as well!! It is an insult to every Indian.
I think it’s a big farce to have an #IndiaPakistan match in the Asia Cup when the government says #OperationSindoor is not over.
This time I’ll #BoycottIndiaPak match!
Karan Parikh retweeted
Where's the nationalism now? Neeraj Chopra literally had to post an apology tweet for an event of his where Arshad Nadeem was also participating. People started questioning his love for the nation, Can't see them now
Selective outrage at its finest
India must boycott Pakistan in the Asia Cup. No cricket with a nation that sponsors terror & disrespects our sovereignty. Sports can’t ignore national sacrifices —stand firm for national pride! 🇮🇳 #AsiaCup #NoIndiaVsPak
cc: @mansukhmandviya @AmitShah @BCCI
Karan Parikh retweeted
Particularly disappointing that so much media seems to refer to what happened at Pahalgam as a ‘militant’ attack instead of what it was - a deliberate terrorist massacre of civilians, calculated and executed as a provocation
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Pakistani voices are actively shaping the global narrative on CNN, BBC, and Al Jazeera—projecting their version of events, loud and clear. Silence from the other side only strengthens their position. India and our official voices must not stay quiet. Press conferences while being informative, may not be adequate. Direct engagement, face-to-face, one-to-one, with influencers in the global media is essential. The narrative war is real—and we can and must win it. #IndiaNarrative #StrategicCommunication #IndiaPakistanTensions
Karan Parikh retweeted
India just took out the Pakistani terrorist who helped organise the kidnapping and be heading of American Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl
Revenge is a dish best served cold
Karan Parikh retweeted
github.com/duckdb/duckdb/dis…
If you're interested in a replication solution for @duckdb, please chime in. @zhaiwx1987 seems to be investigating something similar on InnoDB.
Never been a big fan of @bhogleharsha’s commentary, but he was the first to talk about Sai Sudarshan in the first season of GT as one of the brighter prospects for India. Says a lot about his work ethic!!
































