Indradhanush Gupta
igupta.in
Indradhanush Gupta
@igupta.in
Senior Backend and Infrastructure engineer. I will absolutely automate anything and everything. Building spot.rackspace.com.

Polishing my systems programming with Zig. ⚡️

I blog about tech and human behaviour at igupta.in

recurse.com alumni. He/Him.
If I had to “upgrade” I would probably just go look for the same model again! 😂
January 24, 2026 at 10:56 PM
My 2021 M1 MacBook Pro max is still an ace machine for all things coding! Still feels like new performance wise. Haven’t felt anything like its age is. Except the battery a bit less than what it was in its heyday but that’s totally acceptable.
January 24, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Reposted by Indradhanush Gupta
It’s just amusing that with these AI tools and agents we seem to be getting back to this truth:

A team of strong software engineers who care about the quality + maintainability of the codebase >> A team of devs using powerful AI coding agents rather mindlessly
December 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Just get a Garmin! 😂
September 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Ahhh! I totally forgot I meant to try it out a few months ago! 😅
September 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Lazygit?
September 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Not sure what’s broken here. For me Graphics drivers always were the main cause of PITA. But on my thinkpad without a dedicated Graphics card, things would always just work.
July 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I’ve met teammates in between this at my previous day job, but we didn’t have an office. So meetups were always at cities convenient for everyone to fly in to.
July 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I felt the same until I read that tabs are more accessible.
June 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Reposted by Indradhanush Gupta
1️⃣ Stale stats: ANALYZE hasn’t run; filter looks un-selective.
2️⃣ Truly un-selective: Stats are right; scan really is cheaper.
3️⃣ Complex estimates: Many joins / ORs / CTE / functions scramble row estimates.
4️⃣ Handcuffs on: RLS limits optimizations or GUCs forbid the path.
5️⃣ Planner bugs: Rare but...
May 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM