I use Twitter as a commonplace note: https://t.co/vPr6DeA0d4 CTO In Sales • Homeschooling dad Building @siteaudittools & @thoughttonote
I'm thrilled to hit 40k pageviews on my blog this year: I write mainly for self-improvement, not sales, so I haven't worried about traffic. While 40k is a nice nod to my work, it doesn't alter my goals. You can start here: …
Learning to see ... One thing I teach to my boys is photography. Learning to see is an important factor in capturing good photos. The shades, light, angles, composition ... all contribute to an artistic photo. This one is captured by my younger one. Tell me how is it?
SM Krishna, Chandrababu Naidu, MMS all teach one thing .... People prosper because of development. But people don't vote based on development. I hope DMK is also focusing on re-election.
Apparently today is Men’s Day. How far the definition of “hard life” has shifted. Our grandfathers went to war, farmed unforgiving land, raised a dozen kids, buried friends, argued for democracy, and still showed up the next morning because life didn’t give them a pause button.…
What do you do when things you take for granted are down. On another note, billion dollar company sites are down. Don't panic your site is down too.
Education was supposed to be about making a person Today it is only about making a living
How to Grow Your Career When You Feel Stuck in Legacy Tech Many developers in IT services find themselves maintaining legacy systems—managing ticket queues, fixing bugs, and applying small patches. After years of this, you might question whether your career has stalled. Is my…
This caught me from recent @guptar piece here: Though this is regarding the election, I am approaching this as a CXO of an IT organization. Every leader faces this conundrum: Should they persist despite negative feedback, or should they move on? There…
> Critical business questions are almost always critical talent questions A CXO really has only two levers to pull, money and talent. And money is the easy one. You send it somewhere and it goes there quietly, without opinions or mood swings. Talent is where the drama lives.…
It seems the gap between what marketing wants and what IT can deliver is a problem even Meta faces. Meta's product managers aren't waiting for engineers to turn ideas into demos. Instead, they are vibe coding to design prototype apps themselves.
"100 Ideas from Books" is gaining popularity on my site. I began posting one idea from each book I've read that has shaped my thinking. It has already attracted much traffic. If you're interested, read more here:
My First Overseas Presentation for a "Faculty Development Program" I presented on "Human Oversight in AI-Driven Educational Systems" for the Department of Engineering & Technology at UTAS, Oman.
"An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
The key to meaningful life is not to discard The Box of Daily Experience and find a new one — it’s to warmly embrace the one that we have now — with its joys, its flaws, and everything in between.
"looked into the abyss" ... Looking into the abyss destroys that person but heals the broken, and pisses off the righteous.
When you feel powerless against AI slop, the best remedy is to read a well-crafted dark-humor essay on an important topic and smile. Abhishaike makes you smile while writing about biology. Read a random interesting essay to reflect:…
Kobo Plus > Amazon Kindle Unlimited Kobo is filled with genuinely useful books that I want to read.
Apparently when US MNCs layoff citing AI, it means "Always Indian"
See how different personas will interact with your marketing Define personas Test your copy against them (there are few other tools too)
Just three important insights for parents • You are a shepherd, not an engineer of your kids. • Just because little bit is good doesn't mean more is more good • Where you live has more impact on kids than in-home environment Watch:
Hi @DellAnnaLuca If I were to start with one of your books, which one would you recommend I should start with?
Python is the 2nd popular language for doing anything with respect to software development
Jaw dropping marketing insight for me: 90% of marketing budgets go toward acquiring new customers, while only 10% is allocated to retention. I always assumed marketing is only about getting new customers. That is not true. Marketing is about engaging with customers. That's why…
> My father used the immediate to prepare us for the future. Before becoming a father, I read a line that made me pause. It prompted me to envision how I could embody its wisdom when my time came. This wisdom is profound, as it connects two timeframes: the immediate and the…
What Kind of Country Does India Want to Be? One of my favorite Indian public policy authors explores this question against the backdrop of the recent Nobel Prize in economics. Joel Mokyr’s central insight is that progress relies not just on knowledge or capital, but on culture.…
8000 Thank Yous Being on LinkedIn is a key part of my self-directed learning journey. I share what I'm learning or doing, often focusing on technology (GenAI-based coding, software architecture, retail tech, coaching developers, etc.) or parenting (mainly homeschooling). These…
If you're not active, you're sick. You just don't know it yet. If you don’t move regularly, your metabolism is already compromised. You may feel fine, but under the surface, the foundations of long-term health are deteriorating.
I may not be the smartest, but I succeed through sheer persistence. I shared 10 ideas from the books I've read, posting daily—not for likes or sales, but to build discipline. What are you pursuing with relentless determination?
> anything that has more upside than downside from random events (or certain shocks) is anti-fragile; the reverse is fragile. Understanding the concepts in the book took me a long time, and I’m probably still learning. However, these ideas have helped me make my life as…
Life comes full circle Started with @instapaper read-it later app. A nice & polished app. Then jumped around pocket, readwise .... Now back to Instapaper (with Kobo integration)
AQI is inversely proportional to IQ
My happiest moment: Reading, "your invoice is paid"
> It's no humility to live a lesser life than the one you are capable of living. In fact it's a crime to live such a life. This line from Jacqueline Novogratz's autobiography struck me so profoundly that it became one of my professional principles: The…
Skills obsolence is a reality for everyone - from coders to the CEO. Do you think CXOs are not under pressure to upskill themselves? I know CEOs who are taking private coaching & enrolling in executive MBAs.
Why There Can’t Be a Mamdani in India It is striking that India - despite having the largest youth population in the world - has ossified the way it has. Across politics, governance, media, entertainment, and business, there is a dearth of new ideas. Political parties recycle…
Speed to market → Speed in market Lots of companies can’t switch gears on this. Both need a different style of work and engineering culture.
Crazy, crazy idea for your internal hackathon Cloudflare has just released an open-source vibe coding platform that enables you to vibe code any app. Think of it as an open-source Replit or something equally lovable. If that sounds like jargon, here's the simple version: you can…
We’ve built a world of moral theatre, full of gestures, empty of gravity. We’ve replaced virtue with visibility. Once we stopped worrying about survival, we started worrying about significance. We seek meaning where it’s easiest to display it: online, in public…
Fundamentals win: For fitness: lift heavy 3–4 times a week, sleep 8 hours, eat real food with enough protein. No supplements. Progressive overload, consistency, and patience. A metaphor for everything: focus on what moves the needle, repeat it endlessly, and let time compound…
When tools like AudioPen & VoiceNotes came out I bought them. Even lifetime plans. But now I use chatgpt directly. It has all my chats together in one place. With “memory” feature I can chat across everything. Do you still use these apps? What are your use cases?
What I like about Kobo Plus (the Kindle Unlimited equivalent): Recently, I started using Kobo for reading, and I've come to appreciate this feature a lot. They don't show books that aren't available under the Plus subscription (Kindle does). They don’t "trick" you into buying.…
> who is the key to the future of your company, and what are you doing to unleash his or her potential? > You must deploy talent as successfully as you deploy capital. Started reading this book. Like the ideas. Have you read this? What are your views?
> get out there and try stuff until you learn where your talents, interests, and priorities begin to pay off. When you find out what really works for you, then it's time to flip from an emergent strategy to an deliberate one. I didn't fully understand my talents and interests…
The more I experiment with AI for coding the more I understand their limits. This also tells me how effective these AI tools are for other domains like nutrition, fitness … These AI tools replaces average minds and democratises actions for average expectations.
What are the advantages & disadvantages of #svelte? There are many advantages. Only one disadvantage: no job market or super low. Now with all agentic tools (figma, lovable) generating react / nextjs based code, demand is going to be more for them, not for svelte.…
The agentic commerce ecosystem is developing very quickly. In the beginning, there was MCP. Then, OpenAI introduced the Agentic Commerce Protocol, enabling checkouts within ChatGPT powered by Stripe. Now, PayPal is not just a payment system; it's also a wallet.…
I don’t know what we, Indians, should outrage Pollution levels are > 300 in North India No roads survive a rain Data privacy is a joke. Everyone asks for your phone number and sells to everyone Work in govt offices won’t move an inch without greasing Votes are stolen
Zapier vs Pipedream vs n8n • Zapier is non-tech business person's automation tool. • n8n is self-hosted bare-metal automation tool. • Pipedream hits sweet-spot between the two. You can get down to coding if required. Their AI assistant to write your automation is also superb
A dead-simple API to store and retrieve text or JSON. No login. No fuss. I came across this setget service while researching for storing temporary data. Simple, small, but useful service.
While experimenting with workflow tools such as Zapier, n8n, and Pipedream, I often find: Pipedream > n8n > Zapier.
