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2026
- May 2, 2026 moats in ai, built on shifting ground
i have been thinking about moat in building an ai company, and three independent insights from three different people…
- Apr 23, 2026 mmm...what is storytelling
I’ve read many books, watched countless movies, listened to a bunch of podcasts, gone through endless X threads, and…
- Mar 18, 2026 the design systems moment for ai content
Internet users will drown in AI-generated content. The brands who survive won't be the ones who generate the most.…
- Mar 13, 2026 the ai slop argument is costing you
If you're someone complaining about AI generated slop, almost to a degree where you take pride in doing so. You will…
- Mar 11, 2026 nobody is building for the instinct
People think building AI films is simple. You prompt, you get a video, you're good to go. But that is not the reality.
- Mar 4, 2026 the monoculture tax
When everyone uses the same AI tools and prompts, outputs converge. The cost of that convergence is originality.
- Mar 2, 2026 why the US, Israel and Iran are at war now
A breakdown of the structural incentives driving the US-Israel-Iran conflict, beyond the surface-level political…
- Feb 27, 2026 my father, 35 years of banking, and claude
How my father used Claude to simulate a senior executive interviewer before his promotion panel — and what that reveals…
- Feb 26, 2026 show me your claude chat
In a world where humans and AI are collaborating, you're not hiring a person anymore. You're hiring a human + AI agent…
- Feb 21, 2026 talk to customers that's not the point
An average product person talks to customers to gather pain points and behaviours, then builds from that. The good ones…
2025
- Dec 25, 2025 don't play their game
Playing by someone else's rules means you've already lost. On the importance of defining your own metrics.
- Dec 23, 2025 the poker table you can't even see
Every time I read or hear the stories of 1000x breakout success like Elon Musk or Jensen Huang, it feels like the…
- Nov 26, 2025 doctor like product thinking
The best product thinkers diagnose before they prescribe — like doctors who listen before they write a prescription.
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The mechanics of building a startup and leading a social movement are more alike than most founders realize.
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We are emotional beings. We like to consume content that’s polarizing.
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Today, I sat down with someone on the product team to review our CRM – supposedly THE 'System of Record' for all…
- Jul 23, 2025 india needs dating education before dating apps
Most dating apps in India are solving for perfect matching. But is the real problem a lack of dating education?
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Lately, I've been feeling this quiet disappointment every time I open an OTT platform or see a movie trailer blow up on…
- Jun 16, 2025 things connect in unexpected ways
I was tinkering on some image models with my buddy Sahil the other day.
- Jun 12, 2025 the narrative we tell ourselves
I was talking to a UPSC aspirant who had spent 6 years trying to crack the exam, but could not.
- Jun 10, 2025 value of ai agents in india vs usa
I had a big revelation today about the fundamental difference between Indian and US consumers in the AI agents market,…
- Jun 5, 2025 CNN was seeking the truth
A reflection on journalism, truth-seeking, and what it means to report with integrity in a world of noise.
- Jun 1, 2025 AI’s impact on Anguilla
Everyone’s hyped about AI models, AGI, and billion-dollar valuations. But no one’s talking about a tiny Caribbean…
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Everyone is talking about the $6.5B acquisition, and almost no one is talking about what Sama casually said:
- Apr 26, 2025 i hate current operating systems
Operating systems have not fundamentally changed in decades. A rant about why the interface between humans and…
- Apr 22, 2025 india undervalues talent, overvalues hard work
India celebrates grind over genius. Why this cultural bias is holding back a generation of talented builders.
- Apr 19, 2025 cultural values are lame and mostly useless
Most company values are decorative. They describe who you want to be, not who you are. Here is why they fail.
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1/ With all the advancements in AI, the role of a designer remains the same = Biz Problems + User problems + User…
- Mar 27, 2025 my learnings from SaaSBoomi 2025
1/ Storytelling is the most critical skill of an entrepreneur. But it's incredibly hard. So after speaking to a lot of…
- Mar 11, 2025 incentives and penalties
Culture is the fundamental fabric of any society, and startup culture is one of those things people understand at a…
- Mar 9, 2025 the art of experimentation
Today, I have been thinking a lot about experimentation.
- Mar 7, 2025 the physics of winning in startups
Startups that win are not the ones working hardest — they are the ones who understand the forces working for and…
- Mar 6, 2025 you only get 1-2 moonshots, so make it count
“I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
- Feb 27, 2025 random learnings from B2B
1. Avoid building tools to replace low-income, low-frequency jobs.
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the journey to enabling the next billion developers is going to be interesting.
2024
- Dec 6, 2024 developing taste with pre-20th century classics
AI is generating prolific amounts of content, and it's likely to get even better next year.
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When you’re in a high-performing team—whether in tech, sports, or business—handling conflict is not enough. You have to…
- Aug 23, 2024 follow your awe, intensely
Moving out, house hunting, and the lesson that the things worth doing are usually found by following what genuinely…
- Aug 2, 2024 rebellion
Rebellion is not a sin — it is the source of all progress. The rebels and misfits push humanity forward.
- Jul 26, 2024 not that kind of love
so here we go again, my attempt at writing something meaningful or, hopefully, capturing today's stream of…
- Jul 20, 2024 idea person and bullet train driver
you have to be either one of the things to do this. you are either an ideas person like Hari or bullet train driver…
- Jul 19, 2024 tyrannical hierarchy sucker punches creatives
in a tyrannical hierarchy, freedom of expression is unwelcome. power is the only currency, everything is too orderly,…
- Jul 5, 2024 why do anything in this meaningless life
A personal answer to the nihilist question — if life has no inherent meaning, why bother doing anything at all?
- Jun 28, 2024 energy sources, energy sinks
Every person, project, and environment either gives you energy or drains it. Learning to tell the difference changes…
- Jun 28, 2024 of the ai, by the ai, for the ai
Abraham Lincoln said in a democracy - government is of the people, government is by the people, government is for the…
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The best creators do not resist new tools — they filter them through their unique worldview. What would Gandhi or…