Author Archives: Hariharan Anantharaman

My transition from memory loss to a super organiser

Year of 2023 ended with a good note for me. One of the things that made 2023 special was a consistent feedback from peers and manager that I am highly organized in my work and I bring the things to closure. I am elated with the feedback as till a couple of years back, qualityContinue reading “My transition from memory loss to a super organiser”

Life with Entry level smartwatches

Smart watches have become one of the popular and must have gadget and accessory. While the famous and premium brands like Garmin, Apple Watch , Galaxy watch provides a lot of convenince, how is the experience with entry level or budget smart watches ( less than 5000 INR or $75). While it is imperative thatContinue reading “Life with Entry level smartwatches”

Transferring Data between AWS Elastic cache clusters on isolated networks (without using Redis cli and dump import)

Problem Statement How would you transfer data between different clusters when This post is cross posted in This medium article by me Context and Background In our digital transformation program, the development and lower environment testing happens in the partner companies’ networks. Then, the application (docker images) is shipped to the customer-secured environment, where theContinue reading “Transferring Data between AWS Elastic cache clusters on isolated networks (without using Redis cli and dump import)”

Digital Adoption – A Non-Stop Journey

Introduction 2022 has been an important year for me. It was during that year, I completed my PGPX course at UCLA. In one of the classes, one of the alumni, who is running a leading packaging and anti-counterfeit solutions company for FMCG gave a talk about digital transformation in his company. I found the talkContinue reading “Digital Adoption – A Non-Stop Journey”

IwoJima

Any incident or event has multiple parties and participants involved. Have you noticed a third-party storyteller taking two movies out of the same situation, covering one party and focusing on both sides? That too on an incident like War? And both films are neutral without having any prejudice? Recently I got a chance to watchContinue reading “IwoJima”

When Webinar plans gets spoiled

Few weeks back, I was excited when I came across the video of Amazon Astro. Though it is not production ready, it triggered my imagination and product designer avatar. I was thinking of possible challenges they would have experienced and possible ways to solve it. I needed a product designer who has expertise in IoTContinue reading “When Webinar plans gets spoiled”

Navaratri (Dussehra)Celebrations at Karaikal

Navaratri (Dusshera) is one of the important festivals for Hindus. On these 9 days, Durga maatha and other avatars of Ambaal are worshipped. While in Bengal and in North India, people celebrate by having Pandals and Garba dance, in Tamilnadu, people celebrate it by having Golu at their home and invite neighbours, friends and familiesContinue reading “Navaratri (Dussehra)Celebrations at Karaikal”

Nallambal Lake Visit

Nallambal Lake is a reasonably big lake situated west of Thirunallar and on the way from Thirunallaru temple towards Kumbakonam. We visited the lake last weekend on August 15th. Since this region receives the rainfall mostly from October-December, lake was dry when we visited there. However, there is a small canal and a check damContinue reading “Nallambal Lake Visit”