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Building an email forwarding service on AWS
Lessons learned building TheOtherMail entirely on AWS infrastructure. TheOtherMail In a Nutshell We wanted to build a service that would allow users to create temporary email addresses (@theothermail.com) that would forward incoming mail to the users' personal email account.…
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Thoughts on Databricks Cloud
Random thoughts after using Databricks Cloud for data exploration. Great platform for ad-hoc analysis with more robust features compared to Apache Zeppelin. What I Like Support for PySpark and PyPi. Built-in visualizations and support for matplotlib, ggplot2, d3.js. Scheduled…
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Lake Tahoe During Summer
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The PM Interview Loop
A collection of advice I've received and given regarding the Product Management interview process. Despite the variety in PM roles across companies, there are definitely common themes. Disclaimer: The views expressed here are my own. They do not necessarily reflect…
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Image Compression in MATLAB
An implementation of a lossy image compression format (GPJ) in MATLAB that is similar to JPEG. This can be further extended to provide interlaced progressive encoding. Overview We will assume all original images are 8 bit grayscale. Conversion from RGB…
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Workday Rising 2015
Mandalay Bay, home of Rising 2015. The view from outside my window. The strip at night. Rising banners greeting attendees. OneSource Virtual hosting an awesome party at Light featuring the band Foreigner.…
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Eurotrip 2015
As an APM at Workday, I had the opportunity to work one month from our European office (Dublin, Ireland) and travel Europe afterwards. Journey I spent one month in Ireland and then over a span of 2 weeks and 4…
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Is T-Mobile Changing the Game?
In January, T-Mobile announced it's Uncarrier 4.0 initiative which turned the wireless industry upside down. So what does this mean for T-Mobile's future? Customer Growth T-Mobile's strategy is focused on customer acquisition. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the…
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Raspberry Pi Home Theater Setup
The Raspberry Pi is great for playing videos and music from USB devices, but what if you want to use it as a wireless media client? This is the guide to creating a streaming home theater setup using XBMC on…