Batteries included vs Plugin based systems A good platform is often batteries included. It has support for most of the frequent use cases for its users out of the box. But there are many systems which only support a robust but shallow core. It depends upon an ecosystem of third party plugins or libraries to…
Month: May 2026
[Review] Life’s Amazing Secrets
Life’s Amazing Secrets: How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life by Gaur Gopal Das My rating: 4 of 5 stars The book is a self-help work that presents principles for living a fulfilling life. The author, a monk from ISKCON, incorporates spiritual ideas throughout the book. However, these principles are universal in nature…
Indian Aerospace Startups
When I completed my BTech in aerospace engineering, there were very few options in the aerospace domain. ISRO had a great reputation, but it was hiring people with masters degrees. General Electric also considered people with masters degrees. GE was doing good work from its Bengaluru center. There were few CAD/CAM companies e.g. Fluent, Geometric…
[Review] Land of the Seven Rivers
Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India’s Geography by Sanjeev Sanyal My rating: 4 of 5 stars The book’s title is somewhat misleading. The land of seven rivers does not represent India. It is a part of north western India. Also this book is not about the history of India’s geography but…