After meeting countless individuals on various dating platforms and matrimonial websites, the most challenging question I consistently faced is: What kind of partner you’re looking for? The popular answer Among all the standardized, templated answers that I both gave and received — such as good looks, independence, family orientation, and a decent salary…

It was a hell of a week and the exhausted me decided to exhaust the battery of my phone by doing Netflix and Chill with binging. My phone was screaming for help, “Hey Buddy! Please charge me” Do you think our brain is like a phone battery that has to…

Being a Devil’s Advocate? — After beginning my career with Snapdeal in 2015, I was introduced to the fancy term “ME Time” by one of my coworkers, Aryan. He was a huge proponent of ME time, and his everyday routine included a cup of coffee from Barista, along with books and a diary. I being…

Just imagine one day you get up in your cozy bed and you see a shining bright light glowing from your windowpane. You notice a beautiful angel standing just beside you with a magic wand in her hand and asks, “what do you want my child?” Your wish could be…

Recapitulation In our previous post, we covered the basic system design of a proximity server like Yelp with some of its core functional and non-functional requirements, APIs, and low-level design. We also discussed the approach of using a 2D grid for dividing the entire world map into small squares. 2D Grid Approach Considering the…

What are Proximity Servers? Proximity servers are applications like NearBy or Yelp which are helpful in discovering attractions like restaurants, theaters, temples, or recreational places that are adjacent to your location. Functional Requirements Search functionality is the core of a proximity server. …

I was born on 14th August 1947 near Amritsar, India during the imperative time of highly anticipated independence of India, where some antagonists and dreadful leaders created havoc by declaring the immediate separation of India and Pakistan. My childhood was not a cakewalk, as instead of playing and enjoying my…

P stands for Production and PC stands for Production capability. This rule states that true effectiveness and productivity comes from the balance between production and production capability. Let’s understand this with the help of a famous fable which most of us must have heard of in our nursery classes about…

How much impact does 1 percent have on anybody? — A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. The power of 1 percent is a golden rule which definitely goes along with this famous proverb. Let’s understand this through the example of the British cycling team In the last 110 years, the British cycling team did not…