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What it takes to GC optimise a Java Microservice
GC Optimising a Microservice
Lessons learned while scaling Flipkart's Recommendations
Re:How to Think for Yourself
on Saturday November 28, 2020 @01:17AM (#25235687)
So many high school analogies with pg. One wonders if he is trying to say something to his high school self..
Re:CERN approves plans for a $23B, 62-mile long super-collider
on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @06:11AM (#23611928)
> The aim is to start construction of the new tunnel by 2038
Not in my lifetime, I guess.
Flipkart-incubator:priority-kafka-client: Library to support priority queuing
Re:The future of Java and OpenJDK updates without Oracle support
on Thursday September 27, 2018 @06:53AM (#18083365)
They are quite together if you're building a platform. You usually have C++ doing all the CPU intensive work/low level IO which is exposed through JNI for any higher level stuff (like web).
JNI >>> Any other interface to C/C++.
Re:The future of Java and OpenJDK updates without Oracle support
on Thursday September 27, 2018 @05:25AM (#18083056)
Looks like you have not worked much on C++. C++ is literally one of the worst languages for undefined behaviour and when something does go bad, the tooling around the language is so horrendous that it takes days to debug something that can be done within hours in Java.
I spent close to a week on data corruption that would have never been possible in Java.
C++ is not for the weak of heart. It's like the wild west. I have since moved to the civilisation of Java and quite happy here.
Re:Bitcoin's decentralised nature is not a feature, its a bug
on Thursday January 18, 2018 @12:34PM (#16179125)
Repeal of Glass-Steagall act actually allowed the government to somewhat step away. Some of the well capitalised commercial banks were able to absorb the losses of the investment banks by buying them out when the price was low, and then making more money once the panic ended.
Re:Google for India: Building India-first products and features
on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @09:16AM (#15851792)
I get about 100GB Up/Down for about $18, at 30Mbps.
Re:Google for India: Building India-first products and features
on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @08:06AM (#15851458)
Data in India is really cheap. You pay <$7 for 30GB of data and the speed is not bad at all (about 20-30Mbps)!
Re:Employees are happier when led by people with deep expertise
on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @04:34PM (#13486398)
If you're talking about Flipkart, then it's not really a tech company as much as it is a retail company these days. So it is expected to have more MBAs in important positions, or in places where they can prioritize like an MBA.
No wonder Amazon is kicking their ass, and their last few product launches were nothing short of a disaster.
Free Python IDE developed by Microsoft. Yes, that Microsoft
Show HN: CleanLists - A cleaner way to organize Facebook lists
Re:Does CEO of a tech company need to know programming?
on Monday July 01, 2013 @11:41PM (#5975686)
He will be respected by his technical employees if he does. Its not compulsory though.
Re:Reddit to thwart the NSA’s tracking plans with a gift exchange? Yup.
on Monday July 01, 2013 @11:40PM (#5975685)
Nothing less expected from Reddit.
Re:Show HN: I made a web app to help me keep habits as weekend project...
on Sunday June 23, 2013 @08:16AM (#5927271)
I am using localStorage. This allows me to expand to tabbed habits in future, if people find them useful
Show HN: I made a web app to help me keep habits as weekend project. Feedback?
Mothers day: Pain of a mother on losing her dad.
Re:Show HN: I built this (my first) Facebook application in 5 hours. I...
on Saturday May 11, 2013 @02:59PM (#5691687)
see my reply to cleverjake. This is not false modesty. This is really first try with facebook sdk.
Re:Show HN: I built this (my first) Facebook application in 5 hours. I...
on Saturday May 11, 2013 @02:54PM (#5691671)
shit. i should have debugged properly :(
Show HN: I built this (my first) Facebook application in 5 hours. Is that slow?
Show HN: Make Ubuntu Remember Brightness Levels
Human Computer Interaction Using Speech Recognition in Linux
Re:Do you actually use desktop workspaces?
on Sunday November 11, 2012 @03:42AM (#4769078)
Thanks for the idea. I changed it. And you are right actually. For a full desktop environment such as Unity or Gnome3, virtual desktops do not make that much sense as it does for desktop environments such as awesome.
Do you actually use desktop workspaces?
Ubuntu workspaces have added another layer to the desktop window manager. They claim that it makes your work easier to organise. As a Ubuntu power user, I have never really used the workspaces. So do you use the workspace feature in Ubuntu or is Windows right in guessing that people don't need workspaces and then never implementing them on their OS?