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Sep 5, 2021

Loot Project amplifies what you were completely missing about NFTs

Loot is the inflection point in the history of blockchain. Here’s why. — context : Loot & MoreLoot Both of those put together define the future. It’s just like any other NFT. It uses a standard, it is unique, it has only one holder, it has some nerdy art that people laugh away. But it shines light on the parts that is most…

Crypto

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Loot Project amplifies what you were completely missing about NFTs
Loot Project amplifies what you were completely missing about NFTs

Jun 30, 2021

Why developers are excited about Web3

Ethereum is the Unified API schema that didn’t exist — Ethereum smart contracts let us do things that were previously impossible using REST and GraphQL APIs. A new kind of database Everyone is writing to the same database Every smart contract is writing to and reading from the same blockchain. All the data that has ever been stored, is stored here. This has previously never been possible. Imagine Facebook and Twitter using…

Crypto

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Why developers are excited about Web3
Why developers are excited about Web3

Dec 12, 2020

I engaged a PR agency, so you don’t have to

I got a lot of press. I hired a PR agency. The two were mutually exclusive. — [ First seen on Substack ] We have been exploring growth channels for our company. Every once a while “PR” would come up. I talked to a few founders and tried to analyze what it meant to do PR. I found a lot of advice that didn’t work out for…

Entrepreneurship

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I engaged a PR agency, so you don’t have to
I engaged a PR agency, so you don’t have to

Sep 14, 2020

Hindi — My love hate relationship

A language that was the source of my childhood trauma and a secret weapon as an adult. — I’m seeing two distinct cadre on Social Media — one asking for making Hindi a compulsory part of curriculum pan India, the other refusing to learn or speak the language. I’ve been at the center of this dichotomy and I wish for neither of the two sides to win. Here’s…

Hindi

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Hindi — My love hate relationship
Hindi — My love hate relationship

Jul 22, 2020

Facebook, Twitter, Youtube breed fake news and it can’t be stopped.

Twitter recently got a lot of attention for fact checking President Trump’s Tweet. This is dangerous at worst, futile at best. — These mega-platforms operate on attention as a currency. More re-tweets, more likes, more subscribers all mean more eyeballs on your content and on your life. The most successful YouTuber is the one who has the most subscribers. The biggest Twitter celebrity is the one with most followers.

Fake News

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Facebook, Twitter, Youtube breed fake news and it can’t be stopped.
Facebook, Twitter, Youtube breed fake news and it can’t be stopped.

Feb 25, 2020

Is everyone equally unhappy — as a rule?

A thought experiment to explain why no-one is ‘all happy’ — Everyone I’ve ever met seems to be unhappy in their own unique ways. I think I have a mental model to explain that. All parties are the same I noticed a pattern in all parties I’ve been to. It starts with a jolly mood. People start getting comfortable with each other. Then, they open up…

Philosophy

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Is everyone equally unhappy — as a rule?
Is everyone equally unhappy — as a rule?

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·Jun 18, 2019

We are losing ideas

If you have an idea— act on it now. It’ll make you happy. I’ll tell you why. — What is an idea? You are bombarded with information every moment. So much so that you’ve probably learnt to tune out most of it as noise. Even when it is not. Humans thrive on their creative part of their brain. The creative brain keeps churning out ideas. It was the same biology that generated…

Entrepreneurship

3 min read

We are losing ideas
We are losing ideas

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·May 14, 2019

How to avoid status games

Patriarchy, religion and politics is eating away your peace — Keeping distance from status games will help you reclaim your peace of mind. I’ll show you how. What is a status game? A status game is a battle to have superiority over the other person. Status games are played to feed ego. It feels good to be right. It provides for a dopamine rush. A…

Self Improvement

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How to avoid status games
How to avoid status games

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·May 10, 2019

I ditched Apple and Android for the PWAs

I’ve been building apps for almost 7 years — I have decided to move on. — My job requires me to ship apps for my clients. I’ve built a robust framework over the last 4 months, have paying customers and many willing to do so — yet I feel native apps is a thing of the past. My startup needs to be ready for the future. Why did I choose to build native apps in the first place? They give a native experience

Web Development

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I ditched Apple and Android for the PWAs
I ditched Apple and Android for the PWAs

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·May 3, 2019

Help me build a product without a UI designer

I’m a developer. I don’t have many designers on my speed dial. — Over the last 2 years, I’ve worked with a dozen designers. Most of them for UI design help. I feel I suck at it. I haven’t found any good UI designer, especially because my network doesn’t have that many designers. I recently started working with a designer though. But her…

Design

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Help me build a product without a UI designer
Help me build a product without a UI designer
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