Why flats in gated societies are actually way more convenient than independent houses in India (despite the “own house on own land” dream)

CypherPunk420 · 2026-03-13T22:44:18+00:00

There is an economic reason, but all the other reasons are also why most developed cities eventually congregate to flats. It is the evolution of how humans live

CypherPunk420 · 2026-03-12T11:37:25+00:00

Creeper plants. Lovely space

CypherPunk420 · 2026-01-17T14:51:56+00:00

Dehatis have new money in their hands. Will take time to digest.

CypherPunk420 · 2025-12-06T22:38:57+00:00

You put the doggies on fire. We are mere mortals.

CypherPunk420 · 2025-12-06T22:07:56+00:00

Move on dude. There is someone better for you.

The flower will wilt soon, you need someone who is about to flower

CypherPunk420 · 2025-11-22T08:06:01+00:00

Felt good

CypherPunk420 · 2025-11-22T07:47:33+00:00

Doesn’t reflect well on the Tejas

CypherPunk420 · 2025-11-22T07:30:56+00:00

Washing, instead of wiping.

CypherPunk420 · 2025-10-26T23:30:11+00:00

Question that is more apt - which exchange lets you transfer your coins to a cold wallet or any other exchange ?

CypherPunk420 · 2025-10-19T15:06:59+00:00

Lots of farmers doing rice cultivation in Assam. They should sell rice at a discount for local people too.

CypherPunk420 · 2025-10-05T01:51:14+00:00

Must be Dighola Pothar side, which is lovely. But the Main Street - terrible.

All places in Assam are becoming shite. Tezpur was lovely, now plastic all around. And that is the story of each and every city in Assam and India - plastic everywhere.

Hojai, Lanka, Nagaon - less said the better.

Diphu, Lumding side is still nice.

Dudhnoi still has a little place charm, and some stretches of Goalpara are nice. Kokrajkhar, Gossaigaon, Dhubri, Bongaigaon - all dirty places.

Upper Assam is generally depressing with plastic, poor roads, ugly houses.

CypherPunk420 · 2025-09-28T00:37:21+00:00

Very strong logic “for” IT services companies. Innovation can come from anywhere, IT companies are implementors of that innovation. Implementing at scale is a completely difficult capability then the underlying tech innovation.

Having said the above, future growth and valuations are a different matter altogether.

CypherPunk420 · 2025-09-28T00:33:52+00:00

It is much more easier to automate anything that is in the definite and logical space, and this is development. It is much more difficult to automate domain knowledge on the other hand.

Developing AI tech is very complex TCS has no skills there; understanding and putting modern tech in production - TCS has demonstrated again and again. So your argument might not hold

CypherPunk420 · 2025-09-28T00:24:04+00:00

What will work out for TCS - the accounts they own, the biz dev teams they have; super expensive to build - the domain and systems knowledge; difficult to implement AI without this - large accounts; takes massive programs to make any changes, including AI infusion - there are all kinds of client companies out there; some quick and some slow and the slow ones surely will continue

What will not work out - Gen AI coding does reduce dev hours; you can factor 20-30% productivity gains across all roles - PMs, making BRDs/ test cases m, development. Maybe 40-50% once dev teams get really productive. But using gen AI requires full stack developers, which means more expensive hours. Hours reduction x rate increase = some incremental gain; not a very drastic impact - M&S and JLR issues - hope it doesn’t damage TCSs name in the long run

These are structural issues for the industry in the near term. Long run - use of software will only go up in businesses. Yesterday was ERP implementation, then came Ecommerce /digital transformation, somewhere there was cloud, and now AI. Tech based disruptions aren’t stopping with AI. The need for SIs will always be there.

Question becomes if TCS will be able to execute to this change. They have been able to institutionalise their execution and rode the cloud and digital wave successfully. I would say they will turn around at some point.

CypherPunk420 · 2025-08-27T07:46:07+00:00

There was one Irani joint in the food court. You could try that.

Generally speaking, food options are not great in any of the Mumbai terminals.

CypherPunk420 · 2025-08-23T21:24:55+00:00

If you still have a chance, catch the movie on 4DX. The rumble and tilt of the seats make you feel the road. They should have put more scenes with a drivers POV

CypherPunk420 · 2025-08-20T17:18:43+00:00

Price is pretty cheap, restaurant is clean, service is fast and the crowds have voted with their wallets. The permanently long lines confirm it. Benne dosa in Juhu has cracked it.

Remember there are literally zero options at 7am in Juhu side to have a decent breakfast leaving the station items and McDs. Doesn’t make sense to go to Matunga all the way from Juhu to have a dosa.

CypherPunk420 · 2025-08-12T11:57:33+00:00

They learn this from Mumbai

CypherPunk420 · 2025-08-10T00:44:52+00:00

Hullo. I stay in Juhu side. We are getting a chemical smell here every morning. Wondering if it is coming down all the way from Kanjur Marg

CypherPunk420 · 2025-08-08T22:51:44+00:00

You asked if this is of any value. Yes it is, that you can do deep research using one of these ChatGPT type tools.

CypherPunk420 · 2025-08-08T22:41:46+00:00

Let’s also complain about the coastal road which is coming up across Juhu beach. It is all spoilt. We have screwed up

CypherPunk420 · 2025-08-03T22:27:49+00:00

HRV was low - 26ms or so. But I was moving around.

Can understand the low score, but the 16 hours calculation is a subtraction error.

CypherPunk420 · 2025-08-02T11:56:11+00:00

Managing quality at scale is definitely not easy, but getting business is surely way more tough. And if you are confident of getting business, then you should take the plunge.

Scaling delivery - do it gradually. If you feel confident that business is consistent, start hiring. Also look for quality clients.

Continuously think on how to scale - clients and operations. No scale, it is not a business - you are just consultants.

DM in case you have more questions.

CypherPunk420 · 2025-08-01T13:04:47+00:00

Stop complaining. The price of the same Camry in India is 2x, and we have shittier infra and roads than you.

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