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hungry_haibton Never use a dependency that you could replace with an afternoon of programming

Only good solution in this thread :)

hungry_haibton Never use a dependency that you could replace with an afternoon of programming

Great rule. I was wondering, how do you manage updating the Jackson JSON parsing package. What if you have 100 such packages and they get updated weekly with breaking changes ?

hungry_haibton Amazon sales soar as pandemic fuels online shopping

I don't think, I'll ever go back to the grocery store after using Prime now from last 4 months.

hungry_haibton Amazon sales soar as pandemic fuels online shopping

I was thinking to pick up some Amazon stocks yesterday but the stock seemed too expensive.

hungry_haibton California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on Indian employee's caste

Another anecdote, my previous manager has one of those last names. He was hiring for a position and screening the resumes. He would send them to me for initial phone screen. After a while, I saw a pattern, all the candidates he chose to move forward with had same last names.