developer Developers & the shiny new tool syndrome What I have observed is that developers are a curious lot - and always willing to explore new tools. Now, I have been developer in my past life and have worked closely with devs most of my professional career.
data Data and Product Management Data is the new oil. Deciding what to build in a product is powered by this oil. Especially in B2C products where its virtually impossible to talk to every customer and build product based on that.
SaaS Honey, its the Landing Page! Landing pages are critically important for a SaaS product. How fast does it convey the value proposition of the product? Does it make potential users move down the conversion funnel?
life 10yrs and counting... (Part I) 10 yrs is a long time .. long enough for a man to reflect on what happened, how it happened and how he felt about it.
startup Efficient Markets don't exist The Efficient Market Hypothesis hypothesis relies on a class of people/agents who can be loosely identified as "entrepreneurs" - who identify any opportunity to make higher returns, make money out of it and correct the prices. Hence, markets again become efficient.
work Quantity vs Quality Is quantity more important or quality? This question comes up in many facets of life.Is hard work better or smart work? Is trying multiple things more important or carefully selecting the few you try?
founder Founder accountability Being a founder is considered a milestone by many. You have finally taken the plunge to make your dreams a reality. Something you have been carefully tossing around in your mind, can now finally be tested against real people.
office Unbundling the Office In way, office is bundling multiple things - not just work. Its an all-in-one package of work, source to earn money, social circle, friends, etc.
Politics If politics is the product, fundamentalism is the growth hack If you think politics as a product, power is the currency and fundamentalism is the growth hack
ego On the importance of Ego If you look at world history, most of the big events (whether good or bad) were led by Ego of an individual. If you look into how Mao's China and its after effects like cultural revolution came into being, its largely due to the ideas which Mao had and his will to act on it.
mental-models Mental Models - Importance of buyer and seller dynamics in pricing One the key question most of us often face is what is the 'right' price of a product. It could be the price you pay for hiring talent in your company (aka salary), price investors pay for buying shares in a company (aka valuation), etc.
data Data Driven Disruptions Anand is an electric speaker with deep focus on how technology and data can be used to build new types of products. The core of his talk was this fundamental idea that access to huge amount of data will lead to creation of new business models which will disrupt existing players.
books My notes from "The Dispossessed" by Ursula K Le Guin The Dispossesed is a sci-fi novel about an anarchist society formed on the imaginary planet of Anarres. The society has been founded after an anarchist revolution in Urras, which led its government to send the anarchists to an uninhabited Anarres to establish the society of their dreams.
death Meditations on Death If all of us eventually die, does it really matter what you do in your life?
decentralization Is decentralisation always better? (Part 2) What do people really want? Are they OK with sacrificing some privacy and freedom for better user experience and less effort. This is the key question.
decentralization Is decentralization always better (Part 1)? Somehow people believe that decentralization is inherently good. Most of us have a meme of evil corp in our mind - and any thing which gives us hope of taking down these evil corps seems quite appealing. Most of us hate how these evil corps like Google, FB, Uber, etc. make huge profit
china My notes from Wild Swans - How modern China came into being? China's history is very complex and interesting. From once a great nation. it fell to abject poverty under Mao, but is slowly getting back its old glory riding on a spectacular growth story. My notes from one of the best books I've read on China
hacker Underground : A great book on early days of hacking culture My notes from the book Underground by Suelette Dreyfus & Julian Assange. It's an amazing book if you want to get a glimpse of the early days of the hacking culture. The culture which created folks like Julian Assange, who is a powerful force in the world today.
anarchism American Kingpin : The story of the creator of Silk Road Here are some of my notes from the book - American Kingpin by Nick Bilton. It is the story of Ross Ulbricht, the creator Silk Road, arguably the most dangerous website to have existed on the Internet.
Politics Disinformation and Public debate Do you really have a strong, well-researched viewpoint on matters of public debate or you have just formed an opinion based on the numerous Whatsapp forwards and Facebook shares you have seen?
hacker Hacker Culture and Anarchism Hackers are generally painted in a negative light and most people think that hackers do shady things by stealing money by sneaking into systems. Very few people see them as pioneers who are pushing the boundaries in their field, figuring out gems which push our society forward.
cryptocurrency CryptoUX and mass adoption One of the biggest hurdle in crypto reaching to mass audience is the importance of private key management and how the loss of private key can lead you to losing your crypto wealth.
blockchain How to become a Blockchain developer? Many people come to me ask about how they should proceed to become a developer in the blockchain space. I thought it would be a good idea to put down my thoughts in a post so that I can easily refer people to this.
blockchain Consensus Protocols: Tendermint and pBFT The consensus problem in distributes system is an age old problem. Byzantine General's Problem for achieving consensus in distributed process is a special class of problem in which some processes can take arbitrary actions (lie, deceive, etc.)
blockchain Can Blockchains solve the issues of trust in Supply Chain? 👇 One particular case which many people tout as a good use case of blockchains are Supply chains. Somehow its intuitive to people that blockchain should help here.
