Telugu Bytes

Still not done with Baahubali? Here's Part 2 of our mega-review where we talk about our issues with the film, some thought experiments, some trivia and end with collections and records. Rate Telugu Bytes on Apple (iTunes) Podcasts - link Issues with the film Plot contrivances and characters Pacing issues Bit songs VFX Interval card and ending Thought experiments What if it was just one big film? D...

Can't get enough of Baahubali? Here's Part 1 of our mega-review where we talk about our favorite moments, the plot, characters, performances and technical aspects of Baahubali 2 - the toast of India right now. Our rating Movie watching experience Favorite moments in the film Scene-by-scene commentary Characters of Baahubali 2 Amarendra Baahubali Devasena Sivagami Bhalladeva Kattappa Performances T...

Praveen and Ravi talk about origins of AI, recent advancements in AI and its impact on society. Bill Nye Saves The World Episode 3 - Machines Take Over the World:  https://www.netflix.com/title/80117748 The Arrival of Artificial Intelligence:  https://stratechery.com/2017/the-arrival-of-artificial-intelligence/ How Aristotle Created the Computer:  https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/201...

Acclaim for Part 1
 Part 2 delay 
Trailer release 
Trailer reactions 
VFX
Glitches 
Story clues from the trailer 
WKKB?
 Is Sivagami involved? 
Why the Krishna lullaby? 
Who does Kattappa owe fealty to? (Learnt a new word - fealty, thanks to Spidy!) 
Book: The Rise of Sivagami
 Undue emphasis on WKKB by makers
 Songs 
Hamsa Nava 
Dandalayya 
More drama in Part 2? 
Trade Predictions 
Spidy: 1000cr...

What is this episode about? Nothing Telugu Bytes Quarterly Report Website revamp Recent episodes Tharun Bhasker's feedback Backstories Who are our audience? An analysis Logo Refresh History of our logo Saawan's design Our take Recent movies PK's movies and Katamarayudu Programming Interviews - Part 3? Dhruv's recent job change Why? What he'll be working on Interview Prep String questions Dynamic P...

Ravi sits down with Tarun Cherukuri, his childhood friend and CEO of INDUS Action, for two part interview. In the second part, they talk about: Tarun's experience at his first job in Unilever Experiences which turned him to social service Life at Teach for India Experience at Harvard Starting and Leading IndusAction If you haven't listened yet, please listen 032 - Interview with Tarun (Part 1) Lin...

Ravi sits down with Tarun Cherukuri, his childhood friend and CEO of INDUS Action, for two part interview. Their experiences at VPS, Vijayawada His passion for sports and Badminton His experiences at BITS Pilani Interviewing and landing a job (Continued in Part 2) Links INDUS Action:  https://www.indusaction.org/project-team Tarun Cherukuri:  https://in.linkedin.com/in/taruncherukuri Follow him on...

After almost an year later, Aravind and Ravi get back to discuss one of their favorite topic - trips to India. They talk about Ravi's recent trip to India and his experiences. Follow up Air India (SFO to Delhi) Progress in Vijayawada Temples in Tirupati and Thanjavur Staying in Chennai  Sankranthi Movies Next episode guest!  

Dhruv and Aravind talk about the 2016 Telugu rom-com/coming-of-age film Pelli Choopulu. Our take on the film Dhruv Aravind Success of the film Budget Run in the USA Indie films and distribution models Thoughts on the film Story Screenplay Characterizations Treatment Dialogues The Telangana dialect Tharun Bhasker's idlebrain postmortem Thoughts on acting Vijay Deverakonda Ritu Verma Priyadarshi Ani...

Ravi & Aravind ponder over how software release process has evolved last decade Instagram Release Process Jenkins 2.0 Here Disclaimer: The views expressed in this episode are ours and do not represent those of our employers.

On its tenth anniversary, Ravi, Aravind and Dhruv do a scene-by-scene review of the Puri-Mahesh blockbuster and even try to derive some life lessons from the film. Our quick take on the film Ravi Aravind Dhruv Flashback to 2006 Trailer -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIwjSBIW4w Experience watching the film for the first time Subsequent viewings The pre-climax twist  Google movie summary  https...

In this episode, Dhruv, Praveen & Aravind get together & chat about their cricketing memories, favorite matches, upcoming T20 cricket world cup in India, current Indian team & their chances, and players around the world to watch out. Links Playing Cricket and my Eternal Damnation by Dhruv

On our 25th episode, Ravi and Dhruv look back at what went well and what didn't. Flashback Looking back at the flashback Inception Our Frequency Inspirations and lessons learnt from them State of podcasting in India and future Our strengths Our new strategy Introducing our new hosts What didn't go well Q & A format Incoherence Lack of scripts and preparation What went well The name "Telugu Bytes" ...

Aravind is back from India after a long trip and shares his thoughts on the weather, philanthropy, education, IT and everything else happening in India.  Teach for India Folllow Tarun Cherukuri on Facebook Hindu coverage of Tarun

Dhruv and Aravind try to follow follow follow follow Sukumar's latest thriller Nannaku Prematho. This episode is full of spoilers. Spoiler Alert Sukumar's 3 Cs - Concept, Creativity and.. we'll talk about the third later. Dhruv's take AK's take 3 kinds of moviegoers and how Sukumar impresses them 3 lead roles and how they performed Supporting cast and crew 3 roles of Sukumar - story, screenplay an...

Ravi laments about too many JavaScript frameworks, Praveen tries to make sense of all this and bring some sanity. History of Javascript HTML, CSS and Javascript - How all of them work together ? Gmail history and pioneers of AJAX Advent of JQuery MVC pattern Different JavaScript MVC frameworks BackboneJS ReactJS AngularJS Facebook reverses MobileWeb approach Praveen concludes that lack of diversit...

Dhruv Vemula and 'Spidy' Sri Atluru talk about the best Telugu and English films they've seen in 2015, and the worst ones.. Telugu films including Baahubali, Srimanthudu, Bhale Bhale Magadivoy, Bruce Lee, Akhil etc. English films including Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jurassic World, Mad Max, Star Wars etc. Other good films we might have missed

We have a second guest after Spidy at Telugubytes. In this episode, Ravi talks to Praveen, longtime listener of Telugubytes, Software Engineer at Uber & Paypal about his career as Software Engineer and how he got started. Praveen and Ravi reminisce about their early days of grad school Praveen explains how he prepared and what it takes to succeed in interviews. Experience at Uber versus Paypal Ond...

With iOS9, the discussion on web ads and ad-blockers has gone mainstream. In this episode, Dhruv and Ravi have a discussion on the topic. Origin of web ads Newspaper ads and TV ads Ad Networks Google and Facebook Ad-Blocking in Firefox and Chrome iOS 9 content blockers Native ads Facebook Instant Articles Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)

We discuss the success of Baahubali and discuss if it can change the way Telugu films are produced and marketed. Ticket prices and the "range" of Telugu films Baahubali's production and financing Remunerations of Telugu film stars Collections and fan wars

We chart the rise of SS Rajamouli over the years, from Shantinivasam to Baahubali. Shantinivasam Student No. 1 and the years of obscurity Simhadri Intensity Inspirations from Braveheart Dialogues and dramatization Sye The villain Chatrapathi Utilizing Prabhas The interval block Vikramarkudu Sleaze in the first half Titla The mass appeal Yamadonga The pre-interval scene NTR's transformation Magadhe...

Dhruv and Spidy  (Sri Atluru)  attempt a review of Baahubali.  This episode is full of spoilers. Please watch the movie before you listen. Please! We sometimes slip into English during the conversation. It's not deliberate. Excuse us. We sometimes refer to celebrities (cast and crew) in the singular (athadu, vaadu). This is purely because it's a casual conversation between friends. We mean no disr...

Dhruv and Ravi's take on trips and planning Dick Costolo is stepping down as CEO of Twitter An employee's  farewell letter BBC's  worst CEOs of 2014 TWTR stock price in the last  three months What is Twitter? Microblogging service or a social network Montly Active Users (MAU) Twitter vs. Facebook MAU Chris Sacca's open letter -  What Twitter Can Be 1 billion people have tried Twitter, but most don...

El Capitan, the name (hint: Yosemite's half-dome) OS X Wi-Fi performance Metal on OS X Possibilities on Apple TV iOS 9 Search and deep linking to apps WebKit content blocker WKWebView watchOS 2 Native apps Possibilities Apple Music and Apple News

Sundar Pichai's shoutout to the TV show ' Silicon Valley ' Hooli, the fictitious company in the show Android M Granular app permissions Web views can share cookies Google Now on Tap Josh Topolsky's article  on Google Now on Tap. Google Photos Competition: Flickr, Amazon Photos, iCloud photo library, Dropbox Machine learning for photos Android Pay Google Cardboard (VR headset) Google : RGV :: Oculu...