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software developer+designer Currently: UI Lead @ ArangoDB https://palash.co @palashkaria on the other (ex-)blue site 📍 BLR, India
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hot tip - recently discovered if you are used to appending "reddit" to your google search, there's a better way. Just add "&udm=18" to the URL. This will trigger the Google "Forum" search, which finds many lesser known goldmines of real people talking about stuff.

did a self guided walking tour in Saigon using The Quiet American by Graham Greene as the basis here are some pictures of then vs now 1-2. Hotel Continental. Popular hang out spot for politicians/journalists. Right next to the Opera House. 3-4. Saigon Palace (renamed to Hotel Grand)

My phone is dead ❌ My phone kaput ✅

Learning to live on cashflows is where it’s at

in the last 6 months, I: - started strength training - traveled to Europe twice - lived on the Canary Islands for a month - made friends who completely changed how I interact with the world - learned to embrace & appreciate my body; confidence went up, & it’s a self fulfilling cycle (1/n)

being able to grow plants is such a life skill ngl

them: if it isn't broken, don't fix it me:

Typescript is the best 🥹

TIL that ARM makes JS go brrrr

After working with a microservices setup first-hand, I resonate with large parts of this, but all the JS-bashing is uncalled for. As a matter of fact, I have seen the same complexity manufactured using other languages. That's what it is. Manufactured complexity. renegadeotter.com/2023/09/10/d...

trying to find my twitter peeps

Considering redirecting twitter.com -> bsky.app automatically to get used to using bsky. I refuse to pay for twitter, and if it is paywalled, I'm out

I started training to run (on a whim) exactly 10 days ago, and today I did my first 5k. Feels amazing!

the number of people pivoting from web3 to LLMs is not even funny

Just diving into the hell that is UTF-8 encoding and NFC-normalisation 🥲

Looks like most of Javascript twitter has presence here now! Let's gooo

post the prettiest café in your camera roll!

bluesky at the lake today!

no more duck please :\

search “sky” in your camera roll and share your favourite

~finally an intro~ Hello everyone! I'm Palash, and I've worked in tech for the last 8 years! I'm also an amateur piano player (no music theory tho 😅) I love the beach, the sun, and absorbing information