I have been thinking about writing a post on several decentralization concepts surrounding crypto currencies, de-fi and web 3.0 space. This is for my own note keeping and creating an interest surrounding the progress. While I am contemplating, I got some time to complete the podcast episode of Balaji Srinivasan with Tim Ferris about the same. Most of these episodes are quite in-depth and thought provoking. But this one got much more interesting, when I drew some parallels with a totally different form of media.
\nI will share my take on few concepts discussed and relate them to Isekai genre of manga/anime which is quite famous from few years. I hope, I am knowledgeable enough to clearly convey the parallels and the implications we may need to look forward to. Having some introductory knowledge on Blockchain technology, Crypto and Web3 ecosystem will help understand the post better. Isekai genre knowledge is much more welcome.
\nAs per Wikipedia, Isekai is a Japanese genre of light novels, manga, anime and video games that revolve around a person who is transported to and has to survive in another world, such as a fantasy world, virtual world, planet or parallel universe. This plot device allows the audience to learn about the new world at the same pace as the protagonist.
\nMost commonly the different world is governed by different physical laws, mostly magic and is on a lower level of technology similar to our medieval times. It is often affected by alien technology and thought of the protagonist where of course he/she stands out and bring revolutionary changes in society (There are few exceptions).
\nIsekai has been famous for past few years and often opined to be popular due to the fantasy elements of re-incarnation/re-location, genius progress in pre-modern era using technology, and magic. And most times the protagonist ends up winner due to his knowledge of modern world, often mis-interpreted as intelligence. He brings technology/magic progress through his gamer instincts resulting in improved social status/reputation of self. Maybe these fantasy elements where a commoner can ascend over the social hierarchy using modern knowledge in medieval times inspired hope in its readers. There is an upsurge in such content over years. It is a fantasy vision of the Rags to Riches/The American Dream.
\nApart from the fantasy aspect, the social structures in the Isekai World are primarily Three, similar to the medieval periods.
\nWhile Kings retain their position through Inheritance, Faith through followers, Guilds do this with help of governed individuals whose contributions lead to either societal security or progress. Let’s not bring the micro-economics of field work and common populace, cause, who cares if they exist? They will adapt to the institutional alignments or protest or perish in the process.
\nThe Protagonist generally joins a guild, often an Adventurer who takes care of monsters and progresses on a level basis, based on achievements (This is for Action/magic/fantasy elements, and They are too many exceptions as well). Will give more details as we go forward. Kingdom, Church and Guilds form the Triad in the Isekai world, and we will try to relate this with some current thoughts/theories of modern progress.
\nFor any similarities to be looked upon, we need two different ideas and here, it is the Post-Anarchy World. So, what is it?
\nWhile the Isekai world is fictional, There are several changes in real-world which may lead to the Post-Anarchy world from the Physical world we live in. So let us first look at the current Triad before delving into the world which they may or may not result in.
\nAs per the theory/matters presented, there are 3 extreme entities/states which are part of the modern change going on, amid the Crypto Influx, Mental Health and Personal Independence, the democratization of Internet/De-centralization and Wokeness.
\nMany things at Macro Level are changing, like Finance, Natural Resources (Coal, Rare earth metals), Energy and Technological Progress (Crypto, Bio, Robo and Info in general). Based on these changes few predictions are made.
\nAccording to the Predictions (Mainly from the Podcast), In coming Decades, America (at least few states) become the representatives of Woke Capital, China directly referred of Central Power and Crypto Maximalists of the third. It is expected that while China further goes into Centralized Control, US goes into Anarchy, and India a harbinger of Balance through a Central Stand.
\nSo, what is the Post- Anarchy World? Well, it is a click-bait for now. What I want to convey is a prediction already done above. When the dust settles, it can be a reality in the future. The Gig, Content Creator and Ownership Economy can together create this predicted reality, when adjoined with a Block-Chain based governance. We can debate about if/when it happens, but it is not the thought of this post.
\nMy main Idea is to bring an interest on various things going around which may/may not directly affect us now. But they can change our lives in unthinkable ways by compounding over time. I want to try simplifying this using the Isekai example.
\nSo how do these two different trains of thought come together? Will continue in the next post.
\nPodcast On YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRao8xS_nyM
\nPodcast Transcript : https://tim.blog/2021/11/17/balaji-srinivasan-2-trancript/
\nWikiPage on Isekai : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isekai
\nNYT - I think NYT refers New York Times, Traditional Media which is happy to push the Cancel culture and incite Reputation Destruction.
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From, past few weeks, you may be bombarded by several notifications and mails from your Salary Account Bank, Mutual Fund companies, Insurance Distributors and many other financial websites/companies regarding tax saving products and investments. As Financial Year is coming to an end, at least I am seeing a lot more of these in between Cricket Matches, News Columns and Inbox.
\nYou might have gone through some of this pushed/shared content, read it further on several sites, contacted your Office Account Section or CA friends and put in some sort of effort to reduce you tax liability, Or you may have said, Meh.. Not for me. This post is put together with the perspective of a relatively young(?) Salaried earner (Bar the age, I am earning from 3 years only) and a primer, making some common assumptions and taking the mindset into consideration. I want to keep things as simple as possible and make it easier to make informed decision with around a month remaining in the Financial Year. Go through this post, perhaps it changes your perspective? Or at worse, waste a few minutes of your time.
\n\n\nIf you already paid Income Tax or filed ITR previously or have Parents doing same (Get some advice from them), most of this may seem extremely trivial for you. This is for an absolute beginner with almost Zero Experience/Knowledge w.r.t finance or Income Tax.
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Your tax liable income below 5 lakhs will not be taxed(at least from Employer due to input credit), or if taxed will be refunded on filing ITR. File ITR with-in deadline and honestly. On assuming, your taxable income is above 5 Lakhs either from HR software or Excel, and Based on answers to above questions, I can format only two paths at present :
\nThere are some other sections for exemptions regarding Electrical Vehicle Loan, incase of Disability, and Other Home loan specifics, but not going into those and suggest you freefincal or cleartax for that. I am not an expert and this is just a primer.
\nIf you are interested to invest or insure with your disposable income, you can get an idea here on how you can do it. Please keep in mind that these are just personal views and not literal facts. You are free to try changing my mind and this post through feedback.
\nFirst, Investment and Insurance (not a combination of both) are good ways to save tax. Insurance brings security (much-needed when you are sole bread winner for family) and Investment brings fulfillment of goals when aligned properly with your finances.
\n\n\nRemember, In case of Insurance, Honesty is best for Policy.
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Investment : Do not come directly to this section. I hope you made use of your non-investment limits and insured yourself properly before coming here. I am assuming that after using above limits you have some more tax liability which you are looking to reduce AND some disposable income. Remember, every thing in here has a lock-in period ranging between 3 Years to 35 Years (Until you reach 60). It would be best if these investments align with your goals. Read more about Money Management and Goal Based Investing, here. I am assuming you are a Noob in Investing.
\nUnder 80C (Up to 1.5 Lakh exempted including Life Insurance payments):
\nEnter Details into Tax Calculation Sheet or Software to track taxable income properly, Keep proofs ready incase of submission.
\nAssuming readers as young earners, there is a high chance, you never used your Leave Travel allowance, i.e. salary component for vacation. Taxes can be exempted on this. However, due to pandemic, Government want us to spend this component of salary to boost economy. The purchases or services which attract 12% GST or more with digital payment made from self account are eligible to be exempted, with some catches. To keep it simple, If you have Rs.10000 as Annual LTA, You bought a Mobile Phone (12% Slab) for Rs.18000, you can avail 1/3rd of this i.e. Rs.6000 exempt from tax. If you bought Rs.50,000 mobile, your exemption is capped at Rs.10000 (your LTA and not Rs.16,666). It is applicable for purchases done between Oct 12, 2020 and March 31, 2021. You can read more on this, here.
\nComing to personal opinion on this, Being lured into Insurance, Investment or Unknown Products can be considered as gullibility. But, Making unplanned purchases or raking up debt for tax exemption is plain stupidity. If you already have plans or bought something already without knowing this, make use of this.
\nWe cannot escape taxes forever, and paying it isn't bad or a waste. We can only reduce or delay a bit, add some stake to our future goals along the way, but they will always catchup. Also, It takes time and effort to get our finances together. All it takes is a start, with a few hours of our weekend. Getting down this rabbit hole of Personal Finance may be draining and a hassle. A sense of security may creep in and may affect your choices in-case of Big Leaps (like quitting job for start-up or new job). But having a cushion of Insurance or brace of Investments towards goals is not a hassle but something that is necessary to achieve them. Developing and enabling a framework in place, earlier and before our time is worth more than what we are trying to save out of it, is much better. We might shake it off as complex and isn't worth it, But how long can we escape it ?
\nYou might always find better literature and data than this. This is something I learned from my experience and understanding of things going around. This is neither advanced nor absolute. You may be better off discussing these things with experts or CAs. But, this is a place to get started. If you question, what I am doing? I do a bit of everything, you can also try them. We are still relatively young, un-experienced and have time on our side, Don't we?
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I am writing this Post, after a Long Time, after some deliberation and a bit of anxiety. I have been talking with my family and friends on money management in casual talk and many shared their own anxiety and doubts. Few of them shared their knowledge and sources. Some felt great, although it may or may not apply to my own. As the greats say, Personal Finance is more Personal than Finance. But most of it is generic, un-detailed and felt a bit more optimistic. So this is a post on few thoughts that ran in my mind.
\nLuck and Risk are said to be the Two sides of the same coin. But this coin most times isn’t fair, especially in Investing/Personal Finance. When we toss it enough times, with a protection from Risk, we may at-least be shielded from large luck (timing) factors which we may or may not come across, to perform decent (maybe better).
\nMost of the gyaan is about being hopeful (bullish to be exact), about long-term returns, about long term HODL (no capital loss) with disclaimers. This is all about Good Luck and most of the time does not even care about risk of losing Capital/reducing risk.
\nWhile this coin toss isn’t fair, not talking about it, is the worse part. Isn’t acknowledging and preparing better than ignorance?
\nI feel most Influencers(Self-Declared?), Non-Professionals who are influencers first and anything later, are at least straight forward in both their skill/niche and promotions. But, The most gyaan providers, aka Professionals and Influencers, are quite opaque, generic and importantly, are a lot more misleading.
\nA lot of this is going around and I am particularly fed up with some of the most useless and obvious gyaan on:
\nThis is a post (or rant?) on the fourth. It is something I am interested in and follow a bit. I blocked the first two (Yes, I blocked few people on LinkedIn and Other Social Media algorithms are better), and I still have some mixed feeling about third and won’t go further.
\nI, personally, am reading about Personal Finance and Investing from few years and applying some knowledge or other from past few months. I started my journey and then tried to absorb some more details on the move, adapting and trying to improvise.
\nToday some Financial Influencers are on front pages of magazines, newspapers, and social media ads continuously sharing gyaan, which at most times is useless, repetitive (the wrong kind) and waste of time. Few may call me a hypocrite. As, I am doing the same?
\nMany Influencers are selling gyaan disguised under advice. I would like to call out this BullS\\*t* and useless due to two main reasons:
\nThis is the reason, I would like to highlight Freefincal and Ben Felix among few, due to transparency, some common man stories and data backed realistic (or pessimistic?) views.
\nMost of the times, we fail to see where the influencers are coming from and how our journey can be completely different from them. Most books, including the famous “Psychology of Money” emphasizes this. The gyaan is also generic, parroting these books or sponsored content.
\nWe need to be able to separate BS from truth because buying some bad product can only affect in short term, but financial decisions are long-term, can be only analyzed in hindsight, and the price to pay can be quite high (Time, Money and Mind).
\nWhile most of it is, We must appreciate the fact that it is driving some knowledge absorption and kickstarting investments on few asset classes previously ignored (Not You 👉 RE, FD and Gold). And it has also enabled me to learn the fact that most people (more millennials and gen z) are thinking about investing in diversified asset classes.
\nOnly way we can get better/utilize this large information flow is selecting proper sources and filtering out by reading between lines and Data.
\nYes, to follow up, I want to share my own gyaan(?) on the blog (I do not know what and when). I want share something useful that made me start and build my investment mindset. I want to share my Journey and may be Portfolio(?). But as a disclaimer, I would say, it is defensively pessimistic, can be a bit crude and is influenced by what I read and listen and apply to my own Finances.
\nIf you like to read more on something, you are always welcome to share some feedback.
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\nI will share my take on few concepts discussed and relate them to Isekai genre of manga/anime which is quite famous from few years. I hope, I am knowledgeable enough to clearly convey the parallels and the implications we may need to look forward to. Having some introductory knowledge on Blockchain technology, Crypto and Web3 ecosystem will help understand the post better. Isekai genre knowledge is much more welcome.
\nAs per Wikipedia, Isekai is a Japanese genre of light novels, manga, anime and video games that revolve around a person who is transported to and has to survive in another world, such as a fantasy world, virtual world, planet or parallel universe. This plot device allows the audience to learn about the new world at the same pace as the protagonist.
\nMost commonly the different world is governed by different physical laws, mostly magic and is on a lower level of technology similar to our medieval times. It is often affected by alien technology and thought of the protagonist where of course he/she stands out and bring revolutionary changes in society (There are few exceptions).
\nIsekai has been famous for past few years and often opined to be popular due to the fantasy elements of re-incarnation/re-location, genius progress in pre-modern era using technology, and magic. And most times the protagonist ends up winner due to his knowledge of modern world, often mis-interpreted as intelligence. He brings technology/magic progress through his gamer instincts resulting in improved social status/reputation of self. Maybe these fantasy elements where a commoner can ascend over the social hierarchy using modern knowledge in medieval times inspired hope in its readers. There is an upsurge in such content over years. It is a fantasy vision of the Rags to Riches/The American Dream.
\nApart from the fantasy aspect, the social structures in the Isekai World are primarily Three, similar to the medieval periods.
\nWhile Kings retain their position through Inheritance, Faith through followers, Guilds do this with help of governed individuals whose contributions lead to either societal security or progress. Let’s not bring the micro-economics of field work and common populace, cause, who cares if they exist? They will adapt to the institutional alignments or protest or perish in the process.
\nThe Protagonist generally joins a guild, often an Adventurer who takes care of monsters and progresses on a level basis, based on achievements (This is for Action/magic/fantasy elements, and They are too many exceptions as well). Will give more details as we go forward. Kingdom, Church and Guilds form the Triad in the Isekai world, and we will try to relate this with some current thoughts/theories of modern progress.
\nFor any similarities to be looked upon, we need two different ideas and here, it is the Post-Anarchy World. So, what is it?
\nWhile the Isekai world is fictional, There are several changes in real-world which may lead to the Post-Anarchy world from the Physical world we live in. So let us first look at the current Triad before delving into the world which they may or may not result in.
\nAs per the theory/matters presented, there are 3 extreme entities/states which are part of the modern change going on, amid the Crypto Influx, Mental Health and Personal Independence, the democratization of Internet/De-centralization and Wokeness.
\nMany things at Macro Level are changing, like Finance, Natural Resources (Coal, Rare earth metals), Energy and Technological Progress (Crypto, Bio, Robo and Info in general). Based on these changes few predictions are made.
\nAccording to the Predictions (Mainly from the Podcast), In coming Decades, America (at least few states) become the representatives of Woke Capital, China directly referred of Central Power and Crypto Maximalists of the third. It is expected that while China further goes into Centralized Control, US goes into Anarchy, and India a harbinger of Balance through a Central Stand.
\nSo, what is the Post- Anarchy World? Well, it is a click-bait for now. What I want to convey is a prediction already done above. When the dust settles, it can be a reality in the future. The Gig, Content Creator and Ownership Economy can together create this predicted reality, when adjoined with a Block-Chain based governance. We can debate about if/when it happens, but it is not the thought of this post.
\nMy main Idea is to bring an interest on various things going around which may/may not directly affect us now. But they can change our lives in unthinkable ways by compounding over time. I want to try simplifying this using the Isekai example.
\nSo how do these two different trains of thought come together? Will continue in the next post.
\nPodcast On YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRao8xS_nyM
\nPodcast Transcript : https://tim.blog/2021/11/17/balaji-srinivasan-2-trancript/
\nWikiPage on Isekai : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isekai
\nNYT - I think NYT refers New York Times, Traditional Media which is happy to push the Cancel culture and incite Reputation Destruction.
"},{"url":"/posts/jackson-gson-post/","relativePath":"posts/jackson-gson-post.md","relativeDir":"posts","base":"jackson-gson-post.md","name":"jackson-gson-post","frontmatter":{"title":"Jackson and Gson - A Handshake 🤝","date":"2021-02-14","thumb_img_alt":"Jackson and Gson - A Handshake","excerpt":"Find out how to achieve a Cross-Functionality between the Two Best Java JSON Libraries","seo":{"title":"Using Jackson and Gson Together","description":"Using Two Best Java JSON Libraries together when parsing API Request and Response","robots":[],"extra":[{"name":"og:image","value":"/images/Screenshot%20JSON.png","keyName":"property","relativeUrl":true}],"type":"stackbit_page_meta"},"template":"post","thumb_img_path":"images/Screenshot JSON.png","content_img_alt":"JSON","subtitle":"Achieving Cross-functionality in JSON Parsing in Java","content_img_path":"images/Screenshot JSON.png"},"html":"Jackson and Gson are two of the most popular Java Libraries used for JSON Parsing and API response Serialisation/De-serialisation while using Java and specifically SpringBoot. Both have their own advantages and short-comings. In most cases, it might be sufficient to use a single library. But, what if, you need to use both of them? Continue reading, to find out.
\nBy default, Spring Framework uses Jackson library for parsing Rest API Input and Output. It converts object responses to JSON and request body to Object. And, With simple tinkering to Application properties we can enable Gson parsing.
\nHowever, in some cases, what if we needed the output to be JSON Objects like JSON Array or JSON Object? If we are using Gson, it has straight forward JsonObject and JsonArray Classes which can be used and be request body or response. If we are using Jackson there are no direct classes, but we have JsonNode, ArrayNode etc.. These classes are not very intuitive. If you are to use Gson classes with Jackson parsing in Request Body/Response you will face an exception such as below.
\nCould not write JSON: JsonObject; nested exception is com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException\nThis can be on a myriads of internal gson.JsonObject methods/properties, as Jackson is getter/setter based, and on different one each time.
\nCustom Serialisers/Deserialisers are powerful extensions in both Jackson and Gson Libraries. In this example, I will present how they can be written for Gson specific objects for Jackson Parsing at API end. The vice-versa is also possible but takes a lot more work considering multiple jackson classes like IntegerNode, NullNode, etc...which extend the Jackson base JSON class TreeNode. Also, it is simpler to use Gson classes like JsonObject and JsonArray for internal business logic.
\nThe Classes :
\nCustomSerialiser :
\npublic class CustomGsonObjectSerializer extends JsonSerializer<JsonElement> {\n @Override\n public void serialize(JsonElement value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider serializers) throws IOException {\n if(value.isJsonObject()) {\n writeJsonObject(value.getAsJsonObject(), gen, serializers);\n } else if (value.isJsonArray()) {\n writeJsonArray(value.getAsJsonArray(), gen, serializers);\n } else if (value.isJsonPrimitive()) {\n writeJsonPrimitive(value.getAsJsonPrimitive(), gen, serializers);\n } else if (value.isJsonNull()) {\n gen.writeNull();\n } else {\n throw new UnsupportedOperationException(\"Unsupported Gson - JsonElement Type.\");\n }\n }\n\n private void writeJsonPrimitive(JsonPrimitive value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider serializers) throws IOException {\n gen.writeObject(processJsonPrimitive(value));\n }\n\n private void writeJsonArray(JsonArray value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider serializers) throws IOException {\n gen.writeStartArray();\n for (JsonElement element : value) {\n gen.writeObject(element);\n }\n gen.writeEndArray();\n }\n\n private void writeJsonObject(JsonObject value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider serializers) throws IOException {\n gen.writeStartObject();\n for(Map.Entry<String,JsonElement> entry : value.entrySet()) {\n gen.writeFieldName(entry.getKey());\n gen.writeObject(entry.getValue());\n }\n gen.writeEndObject();\n }\n\n private Object processJsonPrimitive(JsonPrimitive value) {\n if(value.isBoolean()) {\n return value.getAsBoolean();\n } else if (value.isString()) {\n return value.getAsString(); //toString method will add extra quotes\n } else if (value.isNumber()) {\n return NumberUtils.createNumber(value.getAsString()); //apache lang3 library\n } else {\n throw new UnsupportedOperationException(\"UnSupported Gson - JsonPrimitive Type.\");\n }\n }\n}\nNotable points :
\nCustom Deserialiser :
\nFor JsonObject :
\npublic class CustomJsonObjectDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<JsonObject> {\n\n @Override\n public JsonObject deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {\n JsonElement jsonElement = com.google.gson.JsonParser.parseString(p.readValueAsTree().toString());\n if (jsonElement.isJsonNull()) {\n return null;\n } else if (jsonElement.isJsonObject()) {\n return jsonElement.getAsJsonObject();\n } else {\n throw new JsonParseException(p, \"Input not a JsonObject\");\n }\n }\n\n}\nFor JsonArray :
\npublic class CustomJsonArrayDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<JsonArray> {\n\n @Override\n public JsonArray deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {\n JsonElement jsonElement = com.google.gson.JsonParser.parseString(p.readValueAsTree().toString());\n if (jsonElement.isJsonNull()) {\n return null;\n } else if (jsonElement.isJsonArray()) {\n return jsonElement.getAsJsonArray();\n } else {\n throw new JsonParseException(p, \"Input not a JsonArray\");\n }\n }\n}\nRegister the Custom Implementations :
\nWe need to register these custom implementations to be used while Http requests are processed. We can use simple Bean Configuration for this.
\n@Configuration\npublic class JacksonConfiguration {\n\n\n @Bean\n public ObjectMapper objectMapper() {\n ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();\n SimpleModule simpleModule = new SimpleModule();\n simpleModule.addSerializer(JsonElement.class, new CustomGsonObjectSerializer());\n simpleModule.addDeserializer(JsonObject.class, new CustomJsonObjectDeserializer());\n simpleModule.addDeserializer(JsonArray.class, new CustomJsonArrayDeserializer());\n mapper.registerModule(simpleModule);\n return mapper;\n }\n\n}\nTesting :
\nWriting a simple Rest API Controller to test this :
\n@RestController\npublic class SampleRestController {\n\n @GetMapping(\"/get\")\n public JsonObject status() {\n JsonObject jsonObject = new JsonObject();\n jsonObject.addProperty(\"String\", \"string\");\n jsonObject.addProperty(\"number\", 1);\n jsonObject.addProperty(\"boolean\", \"true\");\n //any null property added will automatically becomes JsonNull\n jsonObject.add(\"null\", JsonNull.INSTANCE);\n JsonArray jsonArray = new JsonArray();\n jsonArray.add(\"string\");\n jsonArray.add(1.1);\n jsonArray.add(false);\n jsonArray.add(JsonNull.INSTANCE);\n jsonObject.add(\"jsonArray\", jsonArray);\n return jsonObject;\n }\n\n @PostMapping(\"/post\")\n public JsonObject post(@RequestBody JsonObject jsonObject) {\n return jsonObject;\n }\n}\nWe get the following output on testing GET endpoint and giving its response as input to POST Endpoint.
\n{\n \"String\": \"string\",\n \"number\": 1,\n \"boolean\": \"true\",\n \"null\": null,\n \"jsonArray\": [\n \"string\",\n 1.1,\n false,\n null\n ]\n}\nGson and Jackson are two of the most powerful and extensible libraries while handling JSON. Personally, I prefer Gson for Type conversions and internal JSON Logic and Jackson for Http Request handling.
\nThe Java community maybe biased while choosing between these two. But, I Hope, this may help you incase cross-functionality is in-evitable.
"},{"url":"/posts/lessons-from-richest-man-in-babylon/","relativePath":"posts/lessons-from-richest-man-in-babylon.md","relativeDir":"posts","base":"lessons-from-richest-man-in-babylon.md","name":"lessons-from-richest-man-in-babylon","frontmatter":{"title":"5 Subtle Lessons from The Richest Man in Babylon","subtitle":"The Richest Man in Babylon is a book suggested for fundamental knowledge on Personal Finance. The book presents some concepts of Personal Finance in a straight forward and practical way. However, There are also certain subtle concepts that appear when we try to understand the essence of it.","date":"2021-03-13","thumb_img_alt":"wealth-time","content_img_alt":"wealth-time","excerpt":"The Richest Man in Babylon is a book suggested for fundamental knowledge on Personal Finance. The book presents some concepts of Personal Finance in a straight forward and practical way. However, There are also certain subtle concepts that appear when we try to understand the essence of it. Read the post, where I try to list out few of these.","seo":{"title":"5 Subtle Lessons from The Richest Man in Babylon","description":"This book is most recommended to learn Personal Finance. Here, I try to list out few of lessons. These are not explicitly told but must to be explored.","robots":[],"extra":[{"name":"og:image","value":"/images/morgan-housel-PcDGGex9-jA-unsplash.jpg","keyName":"property","relativeUrl":true}],"type":"stackbit_page_meta"},"template":"post","thumb_img_path":"images/morgan-housel-PcDGGex9-jA-unsplash.jpg","content_img_path":"images/morgan-housel-PcDGGex9-jA-unsplash.jpg"},"html":"Few books are considered elementary when we look into the world of Finance. One of such book is The Richest Man in Babylon, by George S. Clayson. As the book preface suggests, few books stand the test of time and are still valid. It is quite fascinating how, nearly a 100 years old book is still relevant today, and it is actually based on a society which is thousands of years old. The book speaks about general rules of personal finance and building wealth which are valid today and probably much well in to the future.
\nI got this book nearly 2 years before writing this article. However, for a long time I did not move forward of 10-12 pages. Recently, I decided to move a little forward in completing the book. After going through a few more pages, I completed half of the book in next few hours. TBH, the book is just a 100+ pages but still, it is quite an achievement for me personally. It is straight forward and speaks out some general concepts as rules and some in BOLD to make the reader, a bit more focused on the point the author is trying to convey. However, so far, I found some certain subtle nuances. These are quite spoken high of, by many Mentors and Gurus these days. These are not focused much but are still quite relevant and important at present. Moving forward, I would like to highlight them and if you are planning on reading the book, this may have some spoilers.
\nBefore going to the points, I would like to mention the premise, if you haven't read the book. The book in the first half gives lessons of personal finance from perspective of Arkad, The Richest Man in Babylon, wealthy than the King himself. He is a self-made wealthy man, starting from a modest job and built his wealth learning saving and investment from his Mentor. He first gives some advice to his friends and later to a hundred people on orders of the King, when he observes the wealth difference among his subjects. Some consider his success as luck, but Arkad is an example of how Luck Is What Happens When Preparation Meets Opportunity. Many of these lessons or rules are to the point to keep the reader on track.
\nNow coming to the subtle points, these are something that are relevant at present and spoken quite frequently over many Media and Forums. Fascinating to see them being valid and important till date. These are not boldly mentioned in the book but can be picked up when we relate it with Present World.
\nApart from these there are several others on Procrastination, Investing early and starting small, Acting upon gut feeling and Luck. It is definitely a trove of most sought after concepts of present.
\nI found these things when I read the book, maybe because I am looking for them or as result of acquired knowledge from other source previously? I am not entirely sure of either. It is really fascinating, how these are still relevant and passed on for years, yet disappointing that they are never taught formally. I am looking forward to read further and complete the book and maybe write another post. Feel free to share you ideas/opinions and read the book if possible.
"},{"url":"/posts/what-is-itom/","relativePath":"posts/what-is-itom.md","relativeDir":"posts","base":"what-is-itom.md","name":"what-is-itom","frontmatter":{"title":"What is IT Operations Management?","subtitle":"A Quick Introduction to IT Operations Management and, How we do it at OpsRamp","date":"2021-02-27","thumb_img_alt":"itom-computer-screen","content_img_alt":"itom-computer-screen","excerpt":"Find out why IT Operations Management is necessary and learn a bit on How OpsRamp excels at it","seo":{"title":"What is IT Operations Management?","description":"A Quick Introduction to IT Operations Management and, An intro on how OpsRamp does it.","robots":[],"extra":[{"name":"og:image","value":"/images/markus-spiske-Skf7HxARcoc-unsplash.jpg","keyName":"property","relativeUrl":true}],"type":"stackbit_page_meta"},"template":"post","thumb_img_path":"images/markus-spiske-Skf7HxARcoc-unsplash.jpg","content_img_path":"images/markus-spiske-Skf7HxARcoc-unsplash.jpg"},"html":"With every known Business, Service, Content and also Education going digital, there is an increasing need to observe how these Digital Platforms are running, identify issues as soon as possible and resolve them, to prevent interruptions and not lose Customers or Audience. In this, post, I would like to explain how IT Operations Management comes into the picture and also what we do at OpsRamp, a SaaS ITOM Platform.
\nA quick search of Observability gives us several results on how it differs from Monitoring. Monitoring is collecting the metrics which can give us a picture of the underlying system and present it in a simple, human understandable format, so that we can know how the system is performing. It enables us to gather data on several parameters which can be analyzed to understand the state and performance of system.
\nHowever, Observability is a bit different from this. If Monitoring, can give view and raise issues due to known metrics. Observability is ability to analyze and understand collected data to learn about the unknown changes which may have affected the system. Observability is a requirement this day, where most of the Applications and Infrastructure are loosely coupled and continuously changing be it APIs, Cloud Resources, Containers or server-less Technologies.
\nITOM comes in to picture to regularly Monitor and provide Observability to these complex yet fragile mesh of interconnected and interdependent systems. ITOMs are equipped for providing a high level of systems view and to find and report issues before they can cause service outages or negatively impact businesses and customers. They include, but not limited to, monitoring, reporting, escalating, automating and remediating several issues which arise in Application or IT Infrastructure. They ensure reliability of services.
\nOpsRamp as a SaaS platform enables unified view and management of resources of the whole enterprise at one place. Opsramp is currently a leader in Hybrid Infrastructure Management (both On-Premises and Cloud) with its Automated Discovery and Monitoring capabilities. Opsramp excels in :
\nAt OpsRamp we continuously strive to enable our Customer Businesses to server their users better. We use highly scalable and modern technologies to drive our Customer capabilities.
\nYou can find out more about OpsRamp in our official Blog.
\nIf you are either an Individual or Company looking to manage your Cloud and On-Premises infrastructure, you may be in need of an ITOM. OpsRamp empowers your SREs and help them find and remediate issues and also brings automation into your processes. We, at OpsRamp, are on a continuous endeavor to enable you to serve your Customers better and, take pride in making strides in this field to empower the ever-growing Digital Ecosystem.
"},{"url":"/posts/why-podcasts/","relativePath":"posts/why-podcasts.md","relativeDir":"posts","base":"why-podcasts.md","name":"why-podcasts","frontmatter":{"title":"Five Reasons Why you should give Podcasts a Try","subtitle":"What is a Podcast? And, Why you should try one.","date":"2021-03-06","thumb_img_alt":"why-podcasts-image","content_img_alt":"why-podcasts-image","excerpt":"Podcasts are audio form content gaining a steady traction. If you are not listening to one, Read to find out, Why you need to check them.","seo":{"title":"What is a Podcast and 5 Reasons to give them a Try","description":"Podcasts are a form of Audio content. If you are not listening to one, find out why you should get started.","robots":[],"extra":[{"name":"og:image","value":"/images/juja-han-uT55XxQLQGU-unsplash.jpg","keyName":"property","relativeUrl":true}],"type":"stackbit_page_meta"},"template":"post","thumb_img_path":"images/juja-han-uT55XxQLQGU-unsplash.jpg","content_img_path":"images/juja-han-uT55XxQLQGU-unsplash.jpg"},"html":"Podcast is a form of Audio Content, which is recorded by one or more hosts that discusses some topics or events. They can be standalone episodes or a series with recurring themes. They are similar to a YouTube video/series sans Video or a Spoken/Discussed QA or Blog. Podcasts are produced from quite a while (Since 2007 as per Wikipedia) and are constantly gaining traction. They are available with-in Music/Audio streaming platforms like Spotify, Gaana or JioSaavn and also have dedicated Apps in form of Apple/Google podcasts, iHeartRadio, etc. They are reminiscent of Radio Shows of pre-television and Internet era.
\nI have been following and listening to several podcasts from around 1.5 years. I find them to be efficient and quite a favorite way to consume media. Through this post, I want to share, why I find them to be so.
\nComparing with a YouTube video, podcasts are less distracting. Many of us find ourselves spending hours on YouTube, moving from one recommendation to other without realizing the time spent. This may decrease our productivity, if it becomes a habit. Videos often serve multiple ads, often un-skippable, and require subscriptions otherwise. Podcasts can also have sponsored sections, but they are skippable. Podcasts serve singular topic and recommendation engines are not as much distracting (yet) compared to Video media at present.
\nThis is yet again a comparison to Video media. Almost all professions deal with Computers on a daily basis. Most of our entertainment content is also in Video format. If something like news can be consumed through Podcasts, we can reduce our daily screen time, considerably.
\nPodcast content is evolving fast and increasingly versatile. You may not be getting pranker Podcasts but, there are alternatives promoting good Comedy. Most of the podcasts are also focused on a niche, providing analysis and in-depth content. When considering the fewer distractions, they provide crisp content with better value.
\nActive Listening is an important everyday skill. We must be able to give our concentration to understand and respond to a speaker either in-person or over digital means. Vision makes up the most of our sensory perception. For few people, focus on Images, still or moving, can be a distraction from listening. Immersive podcasts on interesting topics, to self, may promote this kind of attentive listening and understanding.
\nThese are a bit far-fetched ideas. Podcasts can be Music replacement during commute or long work hours. They can simply be a background noise while cooking or cleaning. Maybe, sometimes, an interesting analysis is better than a repeating the playlist? I also found several Audio books for free on Podcast feeds (some pirated). They did help me re-kindle an interest in book reading.
\nWell, the grass is not always greener on the other side. Podcasts are impressive, but, only the right ones. The community is not yet mature like YouTube, so finding quality content on several niches can be an arduous task and sometimes not possible. Discussion on complex or specific topics may not be feasible without Visuals and also not quite engaging. Also, Most of the time, the content creators do both Audio and Video formats, and release on respective platforms. This is great, yet repetitive.
\nPodcasts are simply another form of consumption. They have their own audience, creators and enthusiasts. Emerging Social media platforms like ClubHouse are also helping their reach. They can either be helpful or just another distraction, based on the audience. However, if you have not yet checked one, I recommend you to try something in your interest zone. Maybe, it can become one of your favorite pass time.
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