https://master--suspicious-stonebraker-7d2d21.netlify.app/tags/criticism/ Recent content in Criticism on Nikhil's blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-US Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:52:00 +0000 https://master--suspicious-stonebraker-7d2d21.netlify.app/post/2008/2-things-pissing-me-off-right-now/ Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:52:00 +0000 https://master--suspicious-stonebraker-7d2d21.netlify.app/post/2008/2-things-pissing-me-off-right-now/ Microsoft, for their persistence in monopolizing (?) document formats, and hounding countries which reject it [1] And of course its associated allies in the NASSCOM, and the Indian media, who are Microsoft's pet dogs. China, for all the shit going on in Tibet and for all the human rights violations going on behind closed doors. Boycott the Olympics! ( Hey china? will my blog be blocked now? ) https://master--suspicious-stonebraker-7d2d21.netlify.app/post/2008/why-java-sucks-highly-subjective/ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:47:00 +0000 https://master--suspicious-stonebraker-7d2d21.netlify.app/post/2008/why-java-sucks-highly-subjective/ Java was the first language I learned properly. I cobbled together stuff in BASIC for a few weeks, but for Java I bought 2 books and programmed a lot of stuff. That was 4 years ago, I was young, not so experienced, and Java was God to me. It was cool, it had GUI libraries, and lots of people used it. And the WORA concept was quite cool to me then.