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akswamy | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do I stop caffeine intake without losing productivity?

I gave up a lot of things for a healthy pregnancy including coffee, tea, sugar, chocolates, and processed food. Now, my son is nearly 3 and I haven't missed any of the above.

Not sure if these tips help, but here goes.

- Wake up early in the morning just as the sun comes out. I wake up around 5.30 AM. Enjoy the quiet and meditate (Whichever way you find comfortable - pray, do yoga, or just sit still in the outdoors and soak in the environment or write your thoughts in a journal) 10mins is a good starting point. You can stretch it to half an hour if you enjoy the task.

- Have a large glass of water after you brush. Then in place of your coffee or tea have a glass of milk. Go for a brisk walk.

- Then enjoy making your breakfast. You'll appreciate eating it after.

- Pack up some fresh fruits that you like to snack on at work. Whenever you feel like having coffee, have a fruit or drink water.

- If you feel low or distracted, go bond with a cheery colleague. You will come back with a renewed focus to your work.

- Have your lunch on time. By 1 - 1.30 PM. Include fresh vegetables. They can uplift your mood.

- Go for a walk in the evening as well.

- Have your dinner around 7.30 - 8 PM

- If you have a partner or family or roommates, dinner time is a good time to bond. Share the fun things that happened during the day and also whatever stressed you out.

- Go to sleep around 9 - 9.30 PM. An hour after your dinner.

Dont be too harsh on yourself if you crave the occasional coffee once in a while. Your lifestyle changes should have a higher purpose (for me it was the health of the unborn - the best I can do for him) and it should be fun not an imposition.

In short, change your sleeping and eating habits, and connect with real people to free yourself from unhealthy mood stimulants.

Hope this helps you!

akswamy | 7 years ago | on: Keynote: KubeCon Opening Keynote – Kelsey Hightower, Google

The above link is a year old. Here is the link to Kesley's keynote from last week's KubeCon+CloudNativeCon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNa3xK2GFKY

akswamy | 7 years ago | on: #AmazonAnswersNYC Hearing video

We are working on one. Will post the link soon.

akswamy | 7 years ago | on: Google Engineers Organizing a Walk Out to Protest the Protection of Andy Rubin

Have the protest organizers communicated any specific set of outcomes they wish to achieve from the walkout? The news article does not go into those details. Perhaps I have missed out something there.

In the previous protests, Google employees had their demands penned in open letters which I believe also contributed to concrete actions taken or responses given by Google. A generic protest is bound to only draw vague assurances such as those given in their all-hands meeting as reported in the article.

akswamy | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is open source, as we know it, dying?

Rightly pointed out. Thanks Rick.

But do you think there is a likelihood of the new management influencing projects that RedHat should or shouldn't prioritize?

Essentially, the goals of open source organizations and for-profit businesses have diverged at least in one way: Open source tends to tinker, explore and take the long-term view just as you've pointed out 'they are the modern bell labs'. While businesses, on the other hand, are driven by growth and profit, often ruthlessly chasing them for their investors - evident from the quarterly earnings calls. Google is famous for dropping its products over time, even if they have a loyal user base simply because they don't make financial sense anymore. Is there a danger of this myopia rubbing on OS?

Businesses are great at extracting efficiencies. Do you feel open source could do with more of leaning down and setting of ambitious commercial goals?