Sumit Saurav

Today’s thought……Last few days have been very interesting in space of AI. Unlike blockchain and IoT , AI skills will become must have for every IT engineer in few years. Better add those certifications and courses which you have been procrastinating on….

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💼 Layoffs don’t define your worth — they redefine your direction. In my latest episode of 🎙️ Aapki Didi Podcast, I talk about the real emotions behind job cuts, how to reset your mindset, and practical steps to rebuild confidence and career momentum. 🎧 Episode: Career Comebacks: From Layoffs to Liftoffs! https://bit.ly/4oAIS2X #AapkiDidipodcast #CareerResilience #Layoffs2025 #ProfessionalGrowth #MindsetShift #Podcast #careerbreak

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𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀.  One of the major bottlenecks in scaling a true 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗗𝗟𝗖 isn't model capability; it is the friction of context switching. Visual Studio Code 1.107 released on Dec 10 shifts the paradigm from 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.  With the new 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗤, we can move from "Pair Programming" to "Fleet Management," delegating work across a proper architectural hierarchy. 🤖 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 (𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁): Your standard Copilot Chat. You use this for strategy, clarification, and quick answers. 🛠️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 (𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁): Deep work tasks delegated to run locally in isolated Git worktrees. They fix bugs and write tests in the background without blocking your editor or corrupting your current state.  ☁️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿 (𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁): Heavy lifting (like documentation generation or security scanning) offloaded entirely to GitHub’s servers. This is grounded by the 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗠𝗖𝗣 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿, ensuring these agents share a unified context without hallucinating your project structure. For leaders, the value is clear: 𝗔𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. We are no longer limited by the speed of a single chat interaction. This framework is extensible: you can engineer custom agents to handle your unique tech stack or deploy organization-wide agents to enforce architectural standards at scale. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲.   🚀 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.  🏗️ 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵.  ⚙️ 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘭. https://lnkd.in/gGYcRjD4

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Spec-Driven Development → Key Takeaways The challenge with vibe coding is that it loses context and skips core parts of the SDLC. Spec-driven development with Kiro is trying to solve exactly that. Kiro’s spec-driven approach focuses on requirements, design and tasks to keep the development flow structured and aligned. I also came across property-based testing. In simple terms, it checks whether your code always satisfies defined properties by generating many different inputs. video reference : https://lnkd.in/dxGr3dqa #kiro #spec_driven_development #aws #ide #vibecoding

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What is common between Mahabharat, Microsoft Azure and Data? The launch of the 100-episode AI-powered series Mahabharat: Ek Dharmayudh (JioHotstar /Star Plus) is a monumental achievement, positioning it as India’s first AI-powered premium series. While the exact technical blueprint is not public, I am inferring this architecture based on partnership information available (JioStar, Collective Artists Network/Galleri5 AI, Microsoft Azure) and the current state of enterprise-grade Generative AI: 1. Platform: Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, providing scalable compute (likely NVIDIA H100/A100 GPUs) for high-volume video synthesis. 2. Visuals: Custom-finetuned Latent Diffusion Models (LDMs). Their key to success is using proprietary "mythology and culture-based AI datasets" to ensure cultural fidelity and character consistency. 3. Coherence: Specialized LLMs (for script consistency) and Neural TTS models (for multilingual localization in seven Indian languages) complete the sophisticated pipeline. First Impressions & Quality: Technologically, the series is impressive. Characters maintain remarkable visual likelihood between frames, and critical AI anomalies (like characters having extra fingers) appear to have been successfully filtered out, showcasing the robustness of their finetuning. My own cynical eye found the visual flow slightly surreal, perhaps perceiving it as connected video segments (my bias!). Yet, the true test was showing it to my in-laws—they were completely immersed and couldn't tell it was AI-generated. I applaud JioStar/CAN/Galleri5 (now, part of Collective Artists Network) AI for this pioneering effort. I strongly urge them to release a detailed technological case study. This blueprint for the world's first AI epic deserves to be shared! #AI #GenerativeAI #Mahabharat #JioStar #MicrosoftAzure #TechCaseStudy #IndianM&E #FutureOfFilmmaking CFBR: divya kodukula Ravi Ramchandran Abhishek Sagar Jitendra Agrawal Venu A.

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Narayan Murthy: earlier “work 70 hours a week” & now 72 hours, citing China’s 9-9-6 culture (declared illegal by SPC in 2021) as a model for India. Cognizant: tools that track laptop activity & mark employees “idle” after just 5 minutes of no keyboard or mouse movement. Several companies are following the same path: silent surveillance, micromanagement, rigid attendance rules disguised as “productivity”. ⚠️ Is anyone in real positions of influence seriously talking about employee career growth and monetary growth❓ “Work extra for the nation’s growth.” With due respect, that sounds less like national service & more like corporate self-interest. Company will surely see growth. Nation? Maybe. Individual employee? Usually stuck with 5–7% salary hikes while everything around them becomes more expensive. Education costs, house prices, basic living expenses & taxes keep climbing. Responsibilities increase every year. India has the fuel — talent, creativity, ambition — to build original products & ideas we usually see coming from other countries. But instead of designing systems that nurture innovation, we’re busy enforcing rigid working hours & monitoring screens. The same influential industry leaders who actually have the power to change things are promoting a culture that keeps people locked in a loop where they barely have time to live their own life; they just work for some company, year after year. No wonder many people are leaving high-end jobs to start their own entrepreneurial journeys or to move abroad. Then we act surprised when people with real potential choose to leave. 🧐 What’s missing in most of these speeches is honesty about: - burnout & chronic stress - mental & physical health issues young professionals are already facing - unethical or toxic work practices - abrupt layoffs even after years of service - mismatch between rising cost of living & stagnant salaries Doctors & experts are already warning that such schedules are a health hazard. Globally, we’re advanced in tech. We have everything needed to make work smarter, not just longer. Earlier, fixed office hours made sense because tech, tools & infrastructure were limited. Today that excuse doesn’t hold. The tools evolved. Many mindsets at the top have not. To be fair, not every company or leader is like this. Some are genuinely trying to create flexible, humane, outcome-driven work cultures. But when prominent voices keep romanticizing 72-hour weeks & illegal 9-9-6-style models, they drown out healthier examples & send the wrong signal to the next generation. 💡We lack leadership that behaves like leadership. Real leadership is not about squeezing more hours out of people. It’s about building systems where people can grow, earn fairly, stay healthy & still have a life outside work. Until that becomes the centre of the conversation, “work more for the nation” will sound less like inspiration & more like a convenient slogan. #infosys #cognizant #workculture #worklifebalance

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🚀 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 .𝐍𝐄𝐓 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐖𝐒! 🎉 Amazon Web Services has just launched the AWS Message Processing Framework for .NET — a powerful new library designed to simplify building message-driven applications using AWS messaging services like SQS, SNS, and EventBridge. 👉 https://lnkd.in/dmjvj9VJ This is a big step forward for .NET developers working in the AWS ecosystem. Looking forward to seeing how the community leverages this to build scalable, resilient applications! #AWS #DotNet #OpenSource #CloudComputing #EventDrivenArchitecture #SQS #SNS #EventBridge #SoftwareDevelopment

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Thrilled to see the Build with AI – Pune | GenAI Workshop from GDG Cloud Pune come alive at Data Axle India Workshops like these, exploring ADK, MCP, multi-agent systems, and real-world GenAI, show the true power of community-driven learning. And this is only the beginning. At Data Axle, we aim to build a vibrant, open tech-learning ecosystem with monthly community meetups focused on Python / Django, React, MS .net, C++, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, Databricks, AI, and its use cases, as well as in-depth architecture discussions and hands-on engineering sessions. If you are excited about sharing knowledge, hosting a meetup, or collaborating on tech events, please don't hesitate to reach out to me. Let’s grow this community together, make Pune a hub of continuous learning and innovation, and build a movement where learning never stops and everyone grows together.

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Healthcare affordability is not a luxury — it is a necessity. When even basic medical treatments push families into financial stress, the system clearly needs disruption. Stories where treatment becomes accessible at a fraction of the usual cost highlight an important truth: efficient healthcare models can dramatically reduce patient burden without compromising care. India’s middle class doesn’t need sympathy; it needs scalable, transparent, and affordable healthcare solutions. The future belongs to institutions that prove quality treatment can also be financially humane. #HealthcareReform #AffordableHealthcare #HealthcareInnovation #IndiaHealthcare #MiddleClass #HealthForAll #MedicalAccess #PublicHealth #HealthcareLeadership #SocialImpact #HealthcareTransformation #IndiaDevelopment

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