Published inLambda by Blinkit·Mar 10, 2022What does it really mean to be an Engineering Manager?I first heard about the term Engineering Manager when offered the role at Blinkit (formerly Grofers). I had heard about Product Manager, Project Manager, Tech Lead and Account Manager. But “Engineering Manager” was the first time I heard about the role. So naturally, I started Googling and reading up more…Engineering Mangement9 min readEngineering Mangement9 min read
Jan 14, 2021Brave VerificationVerification post for Brave Rewards. https://uphold.com@gokulnk/Brave Verfication1 min readBrave Verfication1 min read
Published inLiMiTeD·Jul 6, 2020Reduce your Decision Making FatigueMake as few decisions as possible. Learn meta rules that will help you eliminate or automate decision making based on their impact. A couple of years ago I realised that I suffer from Decision Making Fatigue. …Decisions5 min readDecisions5 min read
Apr 6, 2020The first 20 hours — how to learn anythingSummary of my notes of the TedX video by Josh Kaufman Today I came across this TEDx video which kind of captured some of my recent fears in learning new things. This is the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MgBikgcWnY&feature=youtu.be&t=396 if you would like to watch it for yourself. …Learning5 min readLearning5 min read
Mar 2, 2020First hostile takeover of a DPOS blockchainJustin Sun does a hostile takeover of Steem Blockchain @justinsuntron collides with centralised exchanges to take over Steem blockchain. 1. Steem buys Steemit Inc the company that rolled out Steem blockchain and owns considerable Steem tokens. 2. @justinsuntron and @realNedScott make it appear like @Tronfoundation bought Steem network which was far from truth. 3. They tried to pull off…Steemit2 min readSteemit2 min read
Feb 14, 2020No, TRON didn’t buy Steem blockchainBoth Justin Sun and Ned Scot are misleading the crowds If you are confused by the announcement and what it means you are not along. Many are confused. Let me start with clarifying the major confusions. No Tron didn’t buy Steem Blockchain. He can’t. That is the point of decentralisation. …Steem3 min readSteem3 min read
Feb 9, 2020Making Drupal (An Open Source project) SustainableMost people had written off the concept of open source just two decades ago. But is an unstoppable force today. How can we make sure it stays this way or gets better. Open source today is unequivocally the engine of innovation; whether that’s powering technology like operating systems, cloud, big…Drupal9 min readDrupal9 min read
Dec 9, 2019What The Fuck Do I Know?Not Much. But that is ok. I have made my peace with it. In fact this has helped me a lot. I have started enjoying a lot of things, without thinking what people will think about me because I know the extent of my ignorance. You should try this too…Life8 min readLife8 min read
Sep 29, 2019Making Plastic Alternatives SustainableThe story My wife generally doesn’t loose her temper. But when she does she is a firebrand. There is one thing that triggers this side of her consistently. That trigger is when my wife sees somebody throwing plastic waste on roads. …Environment7 min readEnvironment7 min read
Sep 17, 2019Hack to Stay Humble in Debates: ATM-AONATMAON : Though this word sounds like a Sanskrit word(In Sanskrit ATMAON means souls), it is just an acronym for my favourite phrase “According to me, as of now”. Repeating these words in your mind when you are in a discussion, debate, fight, quarrel or when you are giving a…Life2 min readLife2 min read
