QuarkRuby, one of the hottest shopping startups in India has a new post about building widgets. It is a great post and they talk about all sorts of widgets one can possibly make.
On seeing a post on programming, it is surprising that most developers at Indian Startups hardly ever talk much about the technology they are using. Maybe it’s because none of us here are really innovating all that much, and most of it is not already available on the internet. But I am sure there are a lot of really good programmers out there with loads and loads of tricks up their sleeves. Somehow none of it ever comes out in the open.
There are some like Vikas Patial of NGCoders, who is literally a God. Everybody always wanted RSS on Orkut, but he was the guy who actually brought it out. I know what everybody is thinking now, but no, that’s not important. I don’t care how much money he made off the script. What’s important is that he made a script which worked like a charm, and he just put it out there for everybody to use.
There is so much talk about how much funding each of the startups are getting, how much business they are doing and what not. But the most important stuff gets left out in the middle. Something that we all love doing. Programming.
Until we start talking about it with the same dedication and emotion as we talk about our big idea, it would be really difficult to build an ecosystem of quick, smart and experienced programmers who create the next generation of applications.
Is there anything like this which is already happening and I’m unaware of?
Sudhanshu,
I definitely agree with you that most of the tech companies/programmers are not innovating in India. Mainly because they have a very little exposure to latest trends in technology.
In India, most of the tech companies are either services companies or startups which would be duplicating US Internet ideas to Indian market … which hardly needs innovation.
Hmmm… Hate to admit, but I agree with Ritesh. And I am saying this, from the perspective of a person, who is actually “doing it”! Aping a US internet idea! ;(
Hey guys, thanks for dropping by
RD, there is absolutely nothing wrong with localizing an idea which works well in US. Even while doing the same, I think one needs to innovate to quite an extent. The aim of my post was that why aren’t people talking more about the small improvements that they have been making?
About the lack on innovation in India, I really agree with a comment I read somewhere, which said that until we start having mentors in their late 30s who have been coding all their life, it would be impossible for us to expect youngsters like us to be innovating.
As Ritesh says, the exposure to latest trends and infrastructure in colleges is so low that it isn’t quite possible for programmers to start becoming experts before they touch 27-28.
It’s a high severity blocking bug and it really needs to be fixed. Until that happens, we will be stuck.
well i wanted a widget of bse stock exchange~~can some body tell me the website where i can get more widget??
Rambhai, I don’t think anybody provides a free widget as yet. Though there are couple of desktop applications which do that.
If you want I can build one for you. Let me know if you’re interested.