Vikram Shukla @vshukla

Engineering Manager @linkedin - a @microsoft company. Manages awesome @trinodb team. Past: @oracle (stream processing, middleware, RDBMS), @netapp, @ibm San Francisco Bay Area Joined May 2008

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Sam Pullara @sampullara

3 months ago

i am so glad people don’t talk about graphql any more

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"A calculator app? Anyone could make that." Not true. A calculator should show you the result of the mathematical expression you entered. That's much, much harder than it sounds. What I'm about to tell you is the greatest calculator app development story ever told.

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Vikram Shukla @vshukla

9 months ago

This week brought to you by Hyrum’s Law.

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Alessandro Riolo @aledeniz

11 months ago

When I tell this story, all Americans 🇺🇸 and most British 🇬🇧 don’t believe me. Italy 🇮🇹 cannot have startups by design. This is due many items, starting with the untranslable “studio di settore”. The 🇮🇹 tax authorities assume that given x company assets you MUST make a profit 1/5

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Vikram Shukla @vshukla

a year ago

Thank you! 🫡 🇺🇸

Joe Biden @JoeBiden

a year ago

Thank you! 🫡 🇺🇸

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Yann LeCun @ylecun

a year ago

You know @elonmusk, I really feel sorry for you and your family to have been infected by a mind virus. But the best defense against a mind virus is intelligence, knowledge, and science. Fighting a mind virus by promoting other mental pathogens, like Trumpism, conspiracy…

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Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump

a year ago

This is pure gold. I’m starting to think JD Vance is a worse VP pick than Sarah Palin

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Vikram Shukla @vshukla

a year ago

Google Photos Memories is both magical and painful - relive sweet memories from the past and at the same time realize it is all bygones.

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Vikram Shukla @vshukla

a year ago

Life comes full circle. My son is reading “Programming in C” by K&R. First question from him - “What is ANSI?” Took him on a virtual tour and history of Bell Labs and UNIX too while I was at it.

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Matthew Luxmoore @mjluxmoore

2 years ago

In an Oscar-winning 2022 documentary about his life, Navalny was asked what message he would leave to the Russian people if he was killed. “Don’t give up,” he said. “Everything that’s needed for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing. So act.”

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Vikram Shukla @vshukla

2 years ago

No wonder Apple charges premium. Everything is done with incredible taste for design and finesse.

Jon Bruner @JonBruner

2 years ago

No wonder Apple charges premium. Everything is done with incredible taste for design and finesse.

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Guy Berger @EconBerger

2 years ago

Update on @LinkedIn Hiring Rate for May: 1/ After a year of big declines, we've seen a small uptick in US hiring. It increased by 3.5% M/M (SA) in May. It's still down 21.8% Y/Y.

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Vikram Shukla @vshukla

2 years ago

Hey @EmiratesSupport we have been trying to get a refund for a canceled trip for the last 2 months to no avail. Your agents are not helpful at all. On top you charged $600 for processing cancelation.

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Vikram Shukla @vshukla

2 years ago

Typo: meant admission.

Vikram Shukla @vshukla

2 years ago

Typo: meant admission.

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Vikram Shukla @vshukla

2 years ago

Wait till you find out how screwed up UC and CSU administration process has been this year. It isn’t better than Russian roulette. Can’t wait for an investigation into the shenanigans of UC.

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

2 years ago

Wait till you find out how screwed up UC and CSU administration process has been this year. It isn’t better than Russian roulette. Can’t wait for an investigation into the shenanigans of UC.

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Vikram Shukla @vshukla

3 years ago

This works because it forces your attention on breathing and single tracks your brain. Similarly, closing eyes during meditation stops external stimulation of your brain (but brain can still wander).

Stanford Medicine @StanfordMed

3 years ago

This works because it forces your attention on breathing and single tracks your brain. Similarly, closing eyes during meditation stops external stimulation of your brain (but brain can still wander).