Idle/Random/whatever Thoughts of a Demented/Idle/Whatever Mind

 Stepping into Barcamp Bangalore for the 2026 Summer edition felt less like attending a conference and more like stepping into a nexus point where the future of technology converges with the deepest questions of the human condition. The energy was palpable, the ideas were revolutionary, and the sheer longevity of the event itself was a testament to Bangalore’s vibrant spirit. It was particularly moving to celebrate the milestone: 20 years of Barcamp Bangalore! Since its inception in 2006, Barcamp has not just been an event; it has been a crucible for innovation, community, and critical thought. The true magic of Barcamp lies in the diversity of its discussions. Here are some of the most profound takeaways from the sessions I attended: 1. Travel hacks for Vietnam and Southeast Asia - This session was an exploration of the experience with visiting counter culture in East Asia and its parallels with India. It was an eye-opening look at how shared cultural spaces—the casual interactio...

I have been part of Barcamp Bangalore for 9 years now and its been more like a part of my life. I have played many roles there, from keeping the website up, readying it for the next edition, making the Android App, sometimes acting like a product manager by telling others what to do and what not to, sometimes acting like a project manager by constantly keeping tabs on folks who have deadlines to keep, sometimes acting like a finance guy to takes care of sponsorships and expenses. It felt almost like running a bootstrapped startup where no one gets paid but gives you a different kind of satisfaction. Its been fun all these years working with so many different people that I dont want to name folks for the act of missing even one of them will be criminal on my part. But I must say, each one of the folks have taught me something and each have a quality I admire and try to build into my life ( but sadly sometimes I fail at it, obviously they are just so awesome) But this year I decided t...

I did an AMA with Reddit India Devs N Hackers group on 27th May. It took me some time to get into some shape. All the text below is unedited and right from slack export using some python script. Its available on github at https://github.com/the100rabh/Slack-Export-JSON-to-CSV :) Date Username Message 2016-05-27 18:30:28 v For our next AMA we have @Saurabh Minni and here is his intro: Tinkerer at heart. Worked on different technologies from assembly to c++ to Delphi to php to Python to Java to Scala to JavaScript in the past 11years. Have been in Tata Elxsi, Adobe and Intuit previously. Right now Technical Architect at Near. Been organizing Barcamp Bangalore for past 9 years. Author of Apache Kafka Cookbook. Just love technology and try to keep learning new stuff everyday. 2016-05-27 18:41:31 Robin Malhotra @Saurabh Minni: Need advice saar. Delhi doesn’t have tech culture. It’s mostly a chicken and egg problem. How do we break the cycl...