Afraid to checkin the code

Since last week I have been working on improvements in a login feature.
I have crashed this feature so many times in the past one month , now I am scared to make any further changes.

I realise that management has a very high level of intolerance for crash in software. They are ok if you deliver one line of code with 20 bugs. But 200 lines of quality code with 2 crashes will make them shiver.

I think learning functional testing is more important and more difficult than learning to code.
If I can write very good functional tests I would never be scared that my code is not working.
This is the next level of programming that I want to achieve now.
I have seen this level in senior programmers of Avaya, for every feature they write they create automation tests which ensure that their feature works as expected.

Life is monotonous

Been to rupin pass in Himalayas recently ..
In Himalayas life was different everyday .. We had different weather different terrain and new challenges

Back in the plains life is similar almost everyday , I meet the same people do almost same work ,

Need some change ... Life is so boring !!

Mandar, Modak and the fast changing world

Yesterday I had a chance to have dinner with one of my friends Mandar.

He seems to be a guy who loves to eat.

He mentioned about the modak feast in ganesh festival.

Maharashtrian brahmins have a ritual to cook modak's in ganesh festival.

I have grown up to associate food with indian festivals.

Food is a way for our parents to convey their love and caring for us.

However I feel that in our generation and in future generations this wont be the case.

We are so busy running behind money that we don't have time for cooking ..

Food is something to be get done with and fast ...
So kellogs wheat flakes replaces the wheat roti and oats replaces the delicious upma...

We earn to make money so that we can eat good food.. but somehow our greed for earning becomes so large that we don't have time for cooking good food.

I feel lucky to be part of generation where I received lots of nutrition from my mom

Will our kids get to enjoy home made modak's like mandar did ?

May be they will eat McDonalds burgers on Ganesh ...

Connection through food

Its strange how we connect to people even without meeting them.

I share the lunch time with Preeti Mahadik. Her mom is a great cook, specially her Shankar pali and sabu Dana khicdi are awesome.

I have never met her but still there is a connection to her through the food which she makes.