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OTC CatchUp #234

Date: 03-05-2025

Duration: 2 hrs 52 mins

Topics Discussed

  • Darshan Rander shared how Datalog is a subset of Prolog, and can be used for interfacing directories with databases.

    • Noted how MongoDB similarly uses BSON (Binary JSON) for internal representation.

    • This sparked a discussion on ORMs and why they are often disliked—primarily due to excessive abstraction.

  • Pranav Prasanna Dani discussed the Doom’s source code’s cleanlyness

    • Highlighted that the DOOM codebase is cleanly separated between hardware and software logic.

    • Recommended reading DOOM’s source to understand clean code practices.

  • Ramyak Mehra discussed the performance gap in compiled vs interpreted languages

    • Cited familiarity as a key reason for being faster in Go/Rust over Python.

    • Criticized Cython’s branding Python to C compiler as misleading.

  • Kanishk Singh raised a question about OS size constraints and their effect on performance.

  • Dheeraj shared his reading site

  • Viranchee mentioned future tools for AI agents discussed at LLamaCon—tools similar to PowerBI or SAP, but optimized for AI agent workflows.

  • Swapnil Borkar gave resume tips

    • Use the brand’s accent colors in applications for better recognition.

    • Include company values and use clean, readable fonts.

    • Emphasized that template customization yields diminishing returns.

  • Shared links

Attendees

  1. Alpesh Bhagwatkar

  2. Bhavesh Kukreja

  3. Darshan Rander

  4. Dheeraj Lalwani (Dhiru)

  5. Harsh Kapadia

  6. Mohit Gangwani

  7. Naufil Asar

  8. Ninad Naik

  9. Pranav Prasanna Dani

  10. Ramyak Mehra

  11. Rishit Dagli

  12. Swapnil Borkar

  13. jaden furtado

  14. Abhinav Singh

  15. Atharva Bot

  16. Kanishk Singh

  17. Krish Patel

  18. LUEE KASAUDHAN

  19. Ram Naik

  20. Saad Courses

  21. Sarthak

  22. Virinchi

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