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ssundarraj

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ssundarraj··on Tell HN: Google-Wide Layoffs
Unlikely to be section 174

> Google: the tax change was minimal, because Google was voluntarily amortizing software development expenses for most staff, already. This was for all projects that reached “technological feasibility,” which is a milestone products pass before public release.

Source: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/section-174/

ssundarraj··on Yes, it's the phones (and social media)
> Social media doesn’t just operate at the individual level. Because it is a communication tool used by groups of people, it impacts even those who don’t use it. If a teen girl decides not to use social media and tries get together with her friends more frequently – as if it’s 1988 again – she’s unlikely to be successful. The norm for social interaction changed even for the few teens who resisted social media or used it sparingly.

damned if you do and damned if you don't

ssundarraj··on Ask HN: Small scripts, hacks and automations you're proud of?
I made a bookmarklet to open a webpage in archive.today.

https://ssundarraj.com/stuff/archive_bookmarklet.html

ssundarraj··on Job Hunting in 2022
> Focus on your physical self: make sure you've gotten enough sleep, have food ready to go for lunch, and have breaks between the interviews if possible. If the interviewer asks if you need a minute at the start, and you do - please take it.

This is great advice! I interviewed in 2022 and found that I performed significantly better when well rested. I also found that eating healthy helped during the post-lunch interviews.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

ssundarraj··on Saving Private Flipkart
I ordered a ball on FK and a week later I got an email saying that my order was canceled due to lack of stock. This has happened to me on Amazon as well, but the difference was that the email from Amazon came in a day or two.
ssundarraj··on Commander – Sublime Text/Atom-Like Command Palette for Chrome
What are you using now?
ssundarraj··on Debian Packaging Tutorial – Feedback Welcome
CheckInstall looks nice! I'll definitely take it into account next time I need a quick package done. I've also added it to my post. Thanks!
ssundarraj··on Debian Packaging Tutorial – Feedback Welcome
I wasn't aware of the DigitalOcean tutorials and the tutorials on debian.org (at least the ones I saw) were pretty dense. I wanted to just package it up and get it running within a few hours (quick dirty install as you said) and couldn't use anything else due to external constraints.

I agree with the modified title suggestion and have changed the title of my blog post.

Thanks for your feedback! :)

ssundarraj··on Debian Packaging Tutorial – Feedback Welcome
Agreed, no doubt. Just a quick start guide for beginner packages.
ssundarraj··on Debian Packaging Tutorial – Feedback Welcome
I've added the limitation of this! Thanks for the feedback. That didn't strike me at all.
ssundarraj··on Debian Packaging Tutorial – Feedback Welcome
That's the motivation behind writing this. I've edited to include that this is for personal use only. I've found debian.org guides difficult to read as well. Thanks for the feedback!
ssundarraj··on Debian Packaging Tutorial – Feedback Welcome
Those are definitely better links, but a while back I needed a quick guide to make something that worked on private servers. I couldn't find a quickstart guide, so I decided to make one. Thanks for the feedback!