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I wrote this in the days after India won the T20 World Cup in June 2024, but never got to publish it. Some things kept coming up, and the post remained as a draft. With the next edition of T20 World Cup starting tomorrow, it felt like a good time... [Read More]

I’ve always admired software engineers who can just make things. People who built apps in their spare time, the two creators who came together to create Obsidian, transforming how people take notes, developers casually mentioning they “threw together a tool” over the weekend. It seemed like a superpower I’d... [Read More]

When my wife and I were preparing for the birth of our first child (who arrived in Jan this year), we had never even heard the word doula. A friend—American, already a parent—brought it up when we were confused about whether we should be looking for a doctor or a... [Read More]

Before I started living with my wife, I had two extremes for organizing my room and belongings: either everything was laid out in the open (to find easily, of course) or stored in super-specific places, where I’d spend hours searching when I needed something. It turns out I was doing... [Read More]

“Most people just laugh when they hear that the secret to success is giving… Then again, most people are nowhere near as successful as they wish they were.” The quote above captures the central idea of this book called “The Go Giver”. Through a short and sweet story, the... [Read More]