Code

I started coding on QBasic way back in 1993 which gradually gave way to Turbo Pascal, Turbo C and C++. I also used VB a lot, but only for the quick gui capability. Java was fun too - cleaner and quicker to program in. Turbo C++ remains my favourite language - there is something indescribably thrilling about being able to create function pointers and template variables.

I made several little projects, mostly incomplete despite the huge amount of manhours I put into them! Some of these were:

AudioRat - meant to be a song streamer from the internet, coded in VB. Here's the source.

Java mail server - a complete mail server in java implementing the POP3 and SMTP RFCs, and support for Outlook style attachments. Here is the code.. I don't even remember how to run it now.

netSensei - meant to be a server-client model tool for chat and whiteboard. Coded in Java, here are the source files, good luck to get it running! (The cserver class is for the server, and you need to run two clients simultaneously to see it working.)

Taxi - This was meant to be a scheduler application that would allow BPO shift managers to manage the various pick and drops in the city on an optimal path. The app includes a shift manager, a plotter to plot a vector map from a digital image map, graphical output of the route and a lot of reporting (like mileage in a month for one cab). Coded in VB and access, it seemed to work well at the time, but didnt' really reach 'production' quality :-) Here's the code anyway.

Viper - meant to be a 'spy' on your computer (or any other you installed it on), to trap keystrokes and other activity, and report it without the user knowing. Here's the vb code.

I began coding for the web in 1999 starting with PHP/MySQL and did a lot of freelancing using these, on several websites including www.expeditionquest.com and www.goyogi.com.

During my MBA I created a web game called 'Chitto chai' that demonstrates the Bullwhip effect in supply chains - similar to MIT's famous Beergame. Play the game here;

Another thing I coded 2 years back was an application to email yourself the airfare from various Indian airline websites so that you could go and buy just when a low price was reached; I called it 'Any Price You Like'.

I still code sometimes at home just for fun's sake.