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Asankha Chamath Perera


I am married to Shyaminie, and have two wonderful children named Avanka (3Yrs) and Chamathka (1Yr). I am a Software Architect at Virtusa Inc. where I have been employed since May 2000. I work primarily with Java/J2EE and related technologies.
           
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Mechanical watches always interested me since I was young. This 1956 Omega Constellation was my grandfathers watch. It is interesting to note that the best watches takes the most amount of time to be manufactured, and also only the best and the most skilled craftsman ever get to work on these!

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Omega

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The automatic movement of the Constellation

 
  

Some of the best systems design principles

This is one of the lectures I really enjoyed from the 6.033 class.

Complexity Revisited Jerry Saltzer, MIT 6.033

Why did only 28% of the Software projects of 2000 Succeed?

Read about it in the Standish group reports..

Extreme Chaos and Chaos

10 Technology Disasters

What do a 17th-century Swedish warship, an opulent Chicago theater and a Kansas City hotel "skyway" have in common? All met catastrophic ends and they have important lessons to teach today's innovators.

10 Technology Disasters from the MIT Technology Review

The Mythical Man Month

This book is a classic that all systems people should have on their bookshelf. Although slightly old, it contains a unique perspective and advice on building complex systems. You will probably re-read this book several times during the next couple of decades. We all do.

The Mythical Man Month from Wikipedia

   

Asankha Perera's Blog
Well this is about anything that I may find interesting!

How to get a loan in 3 days?

[Please note that this entry is written for the Sri Lankan context and hopefully will not apply outside of Sri Lanka]

Couple of days ago I bought my first house? from the day the property was advertised in the paper, until the day it got written under my name, it took 17 elapsed calendar days. Although I took an express 24 business hour housing loan from the NSB ? pa...

I recently acuired these scans of the latest PAYE Tax Tables applicable in Sri Lanka since April 2005. A Javascript tax calculator can be found here -> http://www.geocities.com/asankha/Contents/Public/TaxCalculator.html

Galilee Song

Deep within my heart I feel, voices whispering to me
Words that I cannot understand, meanings I must clearly hear
Calling me to follow close, lest I leave my self behind
Calling me to walk into, evening shadows one more time

So I leave my boats behind
Leave them on familiar shores
Set my heart upon the deep
Follow you again, my Lord!

In my memories, I know how you send familiar rains
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Asankha means 'brave' in Sinhalese, my mother tongue. It is written as 'අසංඛ' in the native alphabet, and is commonly pronounced the same way as 'asanka'; though the two names differ in the native language spelling and pronunciation.
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