Swaraj Yadav (स्वराज यादव)
@swarajy.bsky.social
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This meme is getting out of hand, but it's actually not far from reality 🤣
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This meme is getting out of hand, but it's actually not far from reality 🤣
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The best metric of both PMF and customer happiness is: Retention.
Can’t argue with “keeps giving us money.”
Maybe “referrals” is even better -- advocating, putting their reputation on the line.
Increase these, and it won’t matter how many people 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 like you.
Can’t argue with “keeps giving us money.”
Maybe “referrals” is even better -- advocating, putting their reputation on the line.
Increase these, and it won’t matter how many people 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 like you.
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The best metric of both PMF and customer happiness is: Retention.
Can’t argue with “keeps giving us money.”
Maybe “referrals” is even better -- advocating, putting their reputation on the line.
Increase these, and it won’t matter how many people 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 like you.
Can’t argue with “keeps giving us money.”
Maybe “referrals” is even better -- advocating, putting their reputation on the line.
Increase these, and it won’t matter how many people 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 like you.
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When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags.
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 AM
When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags.
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Koan #74
“I don’t know what will make me happy.”
“Maybe this will make me happy.”
“I sacrificed for years so that I could be happy.”
“Some of that made me happy, but now I’m different.”
“I don’t know what will make me happy.”
And the student was enlightened.
“I don’t know what will make me happy.”
“Maybe this will make me happy.”
“I sacrificed for years so that I could be happy.”
“Some of that made me happy, but now I’m different.”
“I don’t know what will make me happy.”
And the student was enlightened.
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Koan #74
“I don’t know what will make me happy.”
“Maybe this will make me happy.”
“I sacrificed for years so that I could be happy.”
“Some of that made me happy, but now I’m different.”
“I don’t know what will make me happy.”
And the student was enlightened.
“I don’t know what will make me happy.”
“Maybe this will make me happy.”
“I sacrificed for years so that I could be happy.”
“Some of that made me happy, but now I’m different.”
“I don’t know what will make me happy.”
And the student was enlightened.
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Vim was released 33 years ago. To celebrate, try this: open Vim and type :smile to see an Easter egg. Happy birthday the best programmers text editor out there!!!
November 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Vim was released 33 years ago. To celebrate, try this: open Vim and type :smile to see an Easter egg. Happy birthday the best programmers text editor out there!!!
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An expression we use in lab is “shits & giggles” testing. Meaning the result is either already known, absolutely irrelevant to patient care or the doc literally has no idea what’s wrong so they’ve ordered everything on the test menu.
This is the pinnacle of shits & giggles testing.
This is the pinnacle of shits & giggles testing.
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
An expression we use in lab is “shits & giggles” testing. Meaning the result is either already known, absolutely irrelevant to patient care or the doc literally has no idea what’s wrong so they’ve ordered everything on the test menu.
This is the pinnacle of shits & giggles testing.
This is the pinnacle of shits & giggles testing.
Very very interesting...
Rateless Bloom Filters: Set Reconciliation for Divergent Replicas with Variable-Sized Elements. Preview of preprint waiting for ArXiv link.
November 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Very very interesting...
As Long as Theseus is alive!, It is indeed a ship of theseus.
Everything at a company changes over time.
People, product, processes, strategy, customers, brand, content, everything.
How is it even the same company?
It’s the values. That’s the actual journey.
People, product, processes, strategy, customers, brand, content, everything.
How is it even the same company?
It’s the values. That’s the actual journey.
In its emptiness, there is the function of a startup
Everything about a startup changes over time. The few things that don’t, are its essence. The voyage is meaningless, unless you decide what those things are.
longform.asmartbear.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
As Long as Theseus is alive!, It is indeed a ship of theseus.
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No matter what you say or do, if it’s opinionated or interesting, some people will disagree, or even hate you.
A mindset where you don’t care what anyone thinks, is probably bad.
But trying to please everyone is wrong, since it’s unobtainable.
What to do with that?
A mindset where you don’t care what anyone thinks, is probably bad.
But trying to please everyone is wrong, since it’s unobtainable.
What to do with that?
October 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
No matter what you say or do, if it’s opinionated or interesting, some people will disagree, or even hate you.
A mindset where you don’t care what anyone thinks, is probably bad.
But trying to please everyone is wrong, since it’s unobtainable.
What to do with that?
A mindset where you don’t care what anyone thinks, is probably bad.
But trying to please everyone is wrong, since it’s unobtainable.
What to do with that?
Godspeed!
Hi guys, I started working at AWS as a Senior Software Developer. A couple of hours ago, I pushed new updates to AWS to speed things up. I have a good feeling about it. I'm so glad for the new job. #greatful
October 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Godspeed!
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Well that was a very interesting #Rustlang pre-RFC text! Effectively arguing that Rust is painting itself into a substructural type system corner, and should recognise this as a fact and take the theoretical framework into focus when applying the paint.
As a logician by training, I'm all for it!
As a logician by training, I'm all for it!
[Pre-RFC] Substructural Type System
Feature Name: substructural_traits Start Date: 10-11-2025 RFC PR: rust-lang/rfcs#0000 Rust Issue: rust-lang/rust#0000 Summary Rust has parts of a substructural type system, but it is incomplete. A su...
internals.rust-lang.org
October 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Well that was a very interesting #Rustlang pre-RFC text! Effectively arguing that Rust is painting itself into a substructural type system corner, and should recognise this as a fact and take the theoretical framework into focus when applying the paint.
As a logician by training, I'm all for it!
As a logician by training, I'm all for it!
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October 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Quick blogpost about a nice trick I discovered yesterday in #rustlang: that Deref bound I already had? Turns out it's all you need for universal Arc/Box/T APIs. Sometimes the solution is right there!
pierrezemb.fr/posts/from-a...
pierrezemb.fr/posts/from-a...
From Arc to Box: One Deref Bound to Rule Them All
How Rust's Deref trait solved a complex API design problem in FoundationDB-rs without traits or enums
pierrezemb.fr
October 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Quick blogpost about a nice trick I discovered yesterday in #rustlang: that Deref bound I already had? Turns out it's all you need for universal Arc/Box/T APIs. Sometimes the solution is right there!
pierrezemb.fr/posts/from-a...
pierrezemb.fr/posts/from-a...
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Just because you've done it successfully before, doesn’t mean you know everything.
You know some things, especially operational.
But you start over with customers, market, fit--every time.
You know some things, especially operational.
But you start over with customers, market, fit--every time.
September 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Just because you've done it successfully before, doesn’t mean you know everything.
You know some things, especially operational.
But you start over with customers, market, fit--every time.
You know some things, especially operational.
But you start over with customers, market, fit--every time.
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The Buddha says: Life is suffering.
Certainly, the life of a founder is mostly suffering, even when it’s going well.
I don’t love it because of the suffering though. It’s the striving, the building, the solving.
Suffering is a side-effect.
Certainly, the life of a founder is mostly suffering, even when it’s going well.
I don’t love it because of the suffering though. It’s the striving, the building, the solving.
Suffering is a side-effect.
September 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Buddha says: Life is suffering.
Certainly, the life of a founder is mostly suffering, even when it’s going well.
I don’t love it because of the suffering though. It’s the striving, the building, the solving.
Suffering is a side-effect.
Certainly, the life of a founder is mostly suffering, even when it’s going well.
I don’t love it because of the suffering though. It’s the striving, the building, the solving.
Suffering is a side-effect.
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It's a beautiful kind of irony when the world's most famous DDoS protector ends up getting taken down by a single useEffect hook. They protected everyone else from the storm, but forgot to board up their own windows.
Cloudflare accidentally DDoS'ed itself
www.sdxcentral.com/news/cloudfl...
Cloudflare accidentally DDoS'ed itself
www.sdxcentral.com/news/cloudfl...
Cloudflare accidentally DDoS'ed itself in dashboard update gone wrong
Three-hour service disruption affected dashboard and APIs but spared network infrastructure
www.sdxcentral.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It's a beautiful kind of irony when the world's most famous DDoS protector ends up getting taken down by a single useEffect hook. They protected everyone else from the storm, but forgot to board up their own windows.
Cloudflare accidentally DDoS'ed itself
www.sdxcentral.com/news/cloudfl...
Cloudflare accidentally DDoS'ed itself
www.sdxcentral.com/news/cloudfl...
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You think -- or at least hope -- that the best product will win because of social media and reviews and Product-Led Growth and etc..
But Microsoft Teams is the most popular video conferencing software, and I'll bet the majority of their users don't prefer Teams to the competition.
(1/4)
But Microsoft Teams is the most popular video conferencing software, and I'll bet the majority of their users don't prefer Teams to the competition.
(1/4)
September 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
You think -- or at least hope -- that the best product will win because of social media and reviews and Product-Led Growth and etc..
But Microsoft Teams is the most popular video conferencing software, and I'll bet the majority of their users don't prefer Teams to the competition.
(1/4)
But Microsoft Teams is the most popular video conferencing software, and I'll bet the majority of their users don't prefer Teams to the competition.
(1/4)
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Happy Programmers' Day! Vibe coders need not apply 😉
September 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Happy Programmers' Day! Vibe coders need not apply 😉
Need to be said aloud from rooftops!!
It’s not a “family,” it’s a "team."
Like a great sports team, you can care a 𝘭𝘰𝘵 about the people, yet also demand performance. And you pick who is on the team, and you can give people more chances, or not, as time and energy permit.
Like a great sports team, you can care a 𝘭𝘰𝘵 about the people, yet also demand performance. And you pick who is on the team, and you can give people more chances, or not, as time and energy permit.
September 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Need to be said aloud from rooftops!!
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here are the costs associated with the Oracle database, in case anyone doesn't know. the costs can go up further depending on other options 😅 this is why you need to stick with opensource databases such as pgsql 🥰 the amount of freedom FLOSS brings to individuals & small businesses is unmeasurable
September 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
here are the costs associated with the Oracle database, in case anyone doesn't know. the costs can go up further depending on other options 😅 this is why you need to stick with opensource databases such as pgsql 🥰 the amount of freedom FLOSS brings to individuals & small businesses is unmeasurable
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In WWII, a small prairie town faced hardship. Food was scarce, jobs thin, and families had little to spare. Yet when Britain called for help feeding children in bombed-out London, this community answered in a way no one expected. 🇨🇦✨
September 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In WWII, a small prairie town faced hardship. Food was scarce, jobs thin, and families had little to spare. Yet when Britain called for help feeding children in bombed-out London, this community answered in a way no one expected. 🇨🇦✨
If you have south node in your 10th house, boy! are you fucked..embrace yourself..
August 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If you have south node in your 10th house, boy! are you fucked..embrace yourself..
🤣
August 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🤣
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Fear is good when it’s motivating you to work hard and diligently.
Fear is bad when you’re paralyzed, or making you think you’re not good enough as a human being.
It can be difficult to steady yourself on that line. Still, that’s where you want to be.
Fear is bad when you’re paralyzed, or making you think you’re not good enough as a human being.
It can be difficult to steady yourself on that line. Still, that’s where you want to be.
August 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Fear is good when it’s motivating you to work hard and diligently.
Fear is bad when you’re paralyzed, or making you think you’re not good enough as a human being.
It can be difficult to steady yourself on that line. Still, that’s where you want to be.
Fear is bad when you’re paralyzed, or making you think you’re not good enough as a human being.
It can be difficult to steady yourself on that line. Still, that’s where you want to be.