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After playing a lot of poker, and losing money on good bets, I wanted to systematically analyse the underlying…

Everything from engineering and biology to filmmaking and democracy is a system — each with its own moving parts, all…

It's the art and science of mentally living through alternate possibilities without having to experience them in…

A vision document exploring Hiraeth.

long-form storytelling with current generative ai tools is like taking a trip to HELL and going 3 inches further from…

I believe in the power of the written word. I believe writing is the deepest form of thought. I believe reading and…

yesterday, i met an entrepreneur with good credentials (ex-apollo, springleaf, etc.) who wanted to jam about a product…

One of the qualities I admire most in my co-founder Samir is that he consistently puts himself in uncomfortable…

i have been thinking about moat in building an ai company, and three independent insights from three different people…

After books, movies, podcasts, and X threads, I finally understand what storytelling actually is — not a skill, but the…

Brands won't survive the AI content flood by generating the most — they'll survive by being the most narratively…

If you take pride in dismissing AI-generated content, you're on the wrong side of history. The people pushing through…

People think building AI films is simple. You prompt, you get a video, you're good to go. But that is not the reality.

When everyone uses the same AI tools and prompts, outputs converge. The cost of that convergence is originality.

A breakdown of the structural incentives driving the US-Israel-Iran conflict, beyond the surface-level political…

How my father used Claude to simulate a senior executive interviewer before his promotion panel — and what that reveals…

You're not hiring a person anymore — you're hiring a human + AI system. Most interviews aren't built for this. The best…

Average product people collect pain points and build from them. The best ones treat pain and behaviour as raw material…

Playing by someone else's rules means you've already lost. On the importance of defining your own metrics.

Every time I read or hear the stories of 1000x breakout success like Elon Musk or Jensen Huang, it feels like the…

The best product thinkers diagnose before they prescribe — like doctors who listen before they write a prescription.

The mechanics of building a startup and leading a social movement are more alike than most founders realize.

We are emotional beings. We like to consume content that’s polarizing.

Today, I sat down with someone on the product team to review our CRM – supposedly THE 'System of Record' for all…

Most dating apps in India are solving for perfect matching. But is the real problem a lack of dating education?

Lately, I've been feeling this quiet disappointment every time I open an OTT platform or see a movie trailer blow up on…

I was tinkering on some image models with my buddy Sahil the other day.

I was talking to a UPSC aspirant who had spent 6 years trying to crack the exam, but could not.

I had a big revelation today about the fundamental difference between Indian and US consumers in the AI agents market,…

A reflection on journalism, truth-seeking, and what it means to report with integrity in a world of noise.

Everyone's hyped about AI models and billion-dollar valuations. But a tiny Caribbean island called Anguilla is quietly…

Everyone is talking about the $6.5B acquisition, and almost no one is talking about what Sama casually said:

Operating systems have not fundamentally changed in decades. A rant about why the interface between humans and…

India celebrates grind over genius. Why this cultural bias is holding back a generation of talented builders.

Most company values are decorative. They describe who you want to be, not who you are. Here is why they fail.

1/ With all the advancements in AI, the role of a designer remains the same = Biz Problems + User problems + User…

Key lessons from SaaSBoomi 2025: a storytelling framework for founders, why organic distribution is brutally hard, what…

Startup culture isn't vibes — it's actively shaped by what you incentivize and what you penalize. The values you…

To create anything meaningful, you have to show up, run experiments, and trust the feedback. Why experimentation is the…

Startups that win are not the ones working hardest — they are the ones who understand the forces working for and…

“I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

1. Avoid building tools to replace low-income, low-frequency jobs.

the journey to enabling the next billion developers is going to be interesting.

AI is generating prolific amounts of content, and it's likely to get even better next year.

When you’re in a high-performing team—whether in tech, sports, or business—handling conflict is not enough. You have to…

Moving out, house hunting, and the lesson that the things worth doing are usually found by following what genuinely…

Rebellion is not a sin — it is the source of all progress. The rebels and misfits push humanity forward.

so here we go again, my attempt at writing something meaningful or, hopefully, capturing today's stream of…

you have to be either one of the things to do this. you are either an ideas person like Hari or bullet train driver…

in a tyrannical hierarchy, freedom of expression is unwelcome. power is the only currency, everything is too orderly,…

A personal answer to the nihilist question — if life has no inherent meaning, why bother doing anything at all?

Every person, project, and environment either gives you energy or drains it. Learning to tell the difference changes…

Abraham Lincoln said in a democracy - government is of the people, government is by the people, government is for the…

The best creators do not resist new tools — they filter them through their unique worldview. What would Gandhi or…