Weekly Notes 22/2023
I was at the IITM campus the weekend. I met a bunch of students and witnessed some of them graduating. Overall it was a happy experience. I should plan for a more extended visit next time.
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Weekly Notes 21/2023
I am at IITM, Chennai, for Paradox. It’s my second Paradox festival. I love meeting students, faculty, and other members (at least once a year. I am going back tomorrow night, to Bangalore.
Setting up alerts in Digdag for slow or delayed workflow
You can set up a failure alert task _error in Digdag to alert you when a workflow fails. But sometimes you want to get an alert even if the task runs successfully but takes more time than expected. For this, you can use sla feature.
Weekly Notes 20/2023
I have been down with fever and cold since last week. Thankfully it’s not covid19 or anything of that sort. It’s a regular viral fever. But its been sticky and painful.
Data: Public, Private and Beyond
The Bachchao Project hosted the “Data: Public, Private and Beyond” from 12th to 15th May 2023 at Panjim, Goa. It’s an Art on Tech exhibition inspired by The Glass Room. I wanted to go but couldn’t due to personal and work reasons.
I showcased Surveillance in the Bengaluru project to attract more contributors to mapping Surveillance in Bengaluru or other cities.
Weekly Notes 19/2023
This Wednesday was the state assembly elections in Karnataka. Hopefully, Karnataka would have voted for a party that is not communal and which will work towards keeping Karnataka ಸರ್ವಜನಾಂಗದ ಶಾಂತಿಯ ತೋಟ (shanthiya thota – Garden of Peace) . Without peace, there is no prosperity.
Weekly Notes 18/2023
It has been a tough week. I had lots of pending house-related work. I got done most of it; there are, as usual, some more pending tasks.
