Another gem from the Mythical man-month: "The conclusion is simple: if a 200-man project has 25 managers who are the most competent and experienced programmers, fire the 175 troops and put the managers back to programming.".

RT @gvanrossum: I decided that retirement was boring and have joined the Developer Division at Microsoft. To do what? Too many options to s….

RT @SoumikSarkar987: Random failures are mostly concurrency issues.

RT @SoumikSarkar987: Write code such that when configuration changes, you should not have to restart the program.

RT @SoumikSarkar987: My attempt to introduce #graphdatabase to my team:

RT @SoumikSarkar987: Keep a coloring book close by. When stuck, start coloring.

RT @SoumikSarkar987: If you really want to understand how computers work, write a debugger.

RT @SoumikSarkar987: Best programmers trust nothing - including your own code.

RT @SoumikSarkar987: For any programming project, my order of preference is:. 1. Off the shelf solution. 2. Shell script. 3. Python. 4. Jav….

RT @SoumikSarkar987: My most used shell functions:.alias ga='git add'.gac().{. ga $1. git commit -m"${*:2}" $1.}.gacp().{. gac $@….

It is impossible to foresee the consequences of being clever. – CHRISTOPHER STRACHEY.

Check if your email has been compromised at: . Then change your password for those sites.

Only amateurs attack machines; professionals target people. – BRUCE SCHNEIER.

This is old news but the amount involved is mind boggling:.

Jeff Bezos does not have 1:1s with his direct reports because : . "These meetings tended to be filled with trivial updates and political distractions, rather than problem-solving and brainstorming.". I have to agree.

Q: Why not use SMS as the second factor?. A: Crooks can trick phone companies to issue SIM cards with your number.

Loving the Darknet diaries podcast:

Daniel Kahneman in Thinking fast and slow: . the long-term success of a relationship depends far more on avoiding the negative than on seeking the positive. .

Dale Carnegie: “You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.”.

Carnegie: . "Highest levels of influence is achieved when:.(1) people follow you because of what you’ve done for them and .(2) people follow you because of who you are.". In other words, your generosity and trustworthiness.

Mythical Man-Month: The number of months of a project depends upon its sequential constraints. The maximum number of men depends upon the number of independent subtasks.