· 11 min read
A Third Path, Paathuklam
Sridhar Vembu says programmers should consider alternative livelihoods. He's right about the disruption - but how you sit with this moment matters more than what the moment is.
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Thoughts, ideas, and things I've learned.
· 6 min read
Naval on Happiness: A Practical Philosophy
Naval's framework for training happiness - from desire as a contract to peace as the goal
· 8 min read
The Jevons Paradox of AI
A documentation project that grew into an MCP server, a competitive landscape analysis, and a realization about what AI actually does to software demand.
· 7 min read
The Hidden R&D Giants of Tamil Nadu
A fan buying experience led me to discover local companies doing world-class engineering that most of us don't know about.
· 5 min read
The River That Came Back
A city forgot its river was a river. Then it remembered.
· 6 min read
The Leader Makes the Difference
Two stories from different worlds - a startup ecosystem and a Christmas carol competition - that reveal the same truth about leadership.
· 5 min read
Two Tales of Marketing: A Tourist Trap on the Way to Mysore Zoo and a Sweet Surprise in Madurai
What a Diwali trip taught me about the extremes of marketing - from deception to delight.
· 6 min read
590x More Test Code Than Production: Is SQLite Insane or Genius?
SQLite has 92 million lines of tests for 155K lines of code. A Twitter debate made me rethink what balanced testing really means.
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Hello World
Welcome to my blog! This is where I'll share my thoughts, learnings, and things I'm building.