Quotes and Reminders

 “Sometimes rock bottom is your trampoline.” | Danny Cho

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“If you don’t schedule time for maintenance, your equipment will do it for you.” | Deb Chachra in How Infrastructure Works

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Belief is expressed in actions.

Words that are used to express belief, as George R R Martin would say, are wind.

Source: A Learning a Day 

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Location: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

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