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flamboyant_ride | 15 days ago | on: Ask HN: Is it worth learning Vim in 2026?

I would say I'm maybe marginally more productive with Vim. But as you said, with advent of tools like Claude Code, where one hardly types, I don't think it really matters.

FWIW, I think it's one of the last areas of the software world that gives me true joy. I would suggest to give a try for simple that reason.

flamboyant_ride | 11 months ago | on: Career Advice in 2025

> decision-makers can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent

Feels definitely true. I wish ICs had much more agency. Wish there was something actionable even as a small step (which I don't think is there on the article).

Having been laid off due to unclear reasons, can't help but think the same could happen in my next prospective job (if I get one in this market that is) and there's nothing I could do about it.

flamboyant_ride | 1 year ago | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2025) 

  Location: India. UTC +05:30
  Remote: Yes (only).
  Willing to relocate: Not in general. But open to consider based on interest.
  Technologies: 
    1. Professional: Elixir, Go, Java, C#, Scala, Postgres, graph database, Kubernetes, Docker and a little bit of Helm, Terraform.
    2. Personal: Lua, Fennel, Rust, Racket, SML.
  Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NQOUQ2T20oi0tn8m-P1OwflwgdpttY5N/view?usp=sharing
  Email: (available on the linked resume)

flamboyant_ride | 1 year ago | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2025) 

  Location: India. UTC +05:30
  Remote: Yes (only).
  Willing to relocate: Not in general. But open to consider based on interest.
  Technologies: 
    1. Professional: Elixir, Go, Java, C#, Scala, Postgres, graph database, Kubernetes, Docker and a little bit of Helm, Terraform.
    2. Personal: Lua, Fennel, Rust, Racket, SML.
  Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NQOUQ2T20oi0tn8m-P1OwflwgdpttY5N/view?usp=sharing
  Email: (available on the linked resume)

flamboyant_ride | 1 year ago | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2025) 

  Location: India. GMT +05:30
  Remote: Yes (only).
  Willing to relocate: Not in general. But open to consider based on interest.
  Technologies: 
    1. Professional: Elixir, Go, Java, C#, Scala, Postgres, graph database, Kubernetes, Docker and a little bit of Helm, Terraform.
    2. Personal: Lua, Fennel, Rust, Racket, SML.
  Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NQOUQ2T20oi0tn8m-P1OwflwgdpttY5N/view?usp=sharing
  Email: (available on the linked resume)

flamboyant_ride | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Which systems programming language(s) is/are beginner friendly?

Never done any professional systems programming. C is what comes to mind. But don't let the simplicity fool you. It's pretty easy to shoot yourself in the foot with C.

Recently I've been coming across ML family of languages. I see compiler books in OCaml. Atleast in the academic discussions I see the need to get away from C in terms of building reliable computer systems. Maybe it's a bit of a stretch to call it a systems programming language but maybe something to consider.

flamboyant_ride | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: What to do post FI(hypothetically)?

I wouldn't call myself waiting until FI. I do spend a disciplined amount of time on a daily basis with things that I've mentioned I love doing. But as I become more experienced, the responsiblities of job demand a lot of attention + time, that it's hard to mentally switch off / say no to extra work. Basically this leads to long times before I complete a book / course.

But broadly about the "stuff I wish I could do", I think it would require a lot of personal exploration / life experience / reading and much more to know what I want to do and how I can do(if I could). This is defintely not possible with a full time job(same reasons as above) IMO.

flamboyant_ride | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: What to do post FI(hypothetically)?

I am not wanting to be a contrarian just for the heck of it. Some of the goals are hard to live by while having a fulltime job that demands attention-span fully and is only asking for more.

Could you explain your point a bit more though?

flamboyant_ride | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: What to do post FI(hypothetically)?

Thanks for that response, not weird at all. In fact the more I read, I understand what values feel right to me and am able to find groups / communities with the same values somewhere. This has in fact been one of my thoughts as well, perhaps with more time I should be open to explore living in a small community with shared values as mine.

> I don't regret thinking small.

Makes sense to me.

flamboyant_ride | 4 years ago | on: What are top lessons you learned the hard way between age 20 to 30?

* Do not tie your identity / self-respect to your job (or) interviews

* Learn to cut through bull-shit stuff at work. These are mostly to increase employee retention(targeting juniors) (or) free marketing/branding with our time.

* Moderation, in everything! Living life as a pleasure chasing ride is tiring. Self-restraint to experience happiness in day-to-day stuff is sustainable.

flamboyant_ride | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you deal with being a failure?

I realized during failures, that the pain I was experiencing was due to me placing my self-worth on external events / entities. It's a very subtle thing that slips very subconsciously. Look around you, almost everyone gets a high from a bit of external positive occurrences / feedback.

What helped me get centred is realizing that I am a better judge of my self-worth and letting the failures and successes be the measure of my self-worth is tiresome. Balance is key.

Understanding that real life success most often requires some degree of luck / network also helps.

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