How NOTA can help in better politics and governance?
Exploring how the 'None of the Above' option in Indian elections can be a powerful tool for voter dissatisfaction, accountability, and electoral reforms.
Arbob Mehmood
Thoughts on technology, startups, education, and life philosophy by Arbob Mehmood. Exploring AI, blockchain, entrepreneurship, and the pursuit of meaningful impact.
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Miscellaneous advice and lessons from my early startup years
A compilation of advice and lessons from my early years of entrepreneurship - from building networks, taking risks, to never giving up on your vision.
How I created Voicera? (A Voice-as-a-Service App)
The technical journey of building Voicera - a voice-as-a-service platform using NodeJS, GraphQL, AWS Lambda, and AI-powered text-to-speech to help bloggers reach their busy readers.
Why huge PPE stocks do not exist?
Why claims of billions of masks and gloves OTG are almost always scams - the financial, logistics, and manufacturing realities that make huge PPE stockpiles impossible.
How to Lie with Statistics?
How statistics can be manipulated through sampling bias, misleading graphs, and incorrect interpretations. Learn to identify when numbers are being used to deceive.
Books & Podcasts I Like
A curated collection of my favorite books and podcasts on entrepreneurship, leadership, technology, and personal growth that have shaped my thinking.
Things I learned from my startup journey
"Remember that life's greatest lessons are usually learned at the worst times and from the worst mistakes."
The Story of SoloCoin (A Social Gamification App)
A novel game-mechanics based ad-tech platform for business to target consumers in a more effective way.
Contact tracing apps are a bad idea
Why contact tracing apps for COVID-19 won't work as intended - from false positives to adoption challenges, the technology has fundamental flaws that make it unreliable.
Silver Lining behind COVID Pandemic
As the world halted during the pandemic, Earth began recovering. Air pollution slowed, water cleared up in Venice, and wildlife returned home. Here are some unexpected benefits of the lockdown.
Penalty in Distributed systems and Trust-risk mitigation
How to mitigate central points of failure in blockchain oracles - from fallacious data relay to Sybil attacks, and solutions using a hybrid centralization-decentralization approach.
Token incentivization on Universal Rewards API
A technical deep-dive into designing a token-based rewards system with reputation scoring, penalty mechanisms, and variable inflation for blockchain gaming platforms.
Vanity metrics in Startups
FOCUS can make or break a path to startup success. FOCUS on things that matter. Unlike the ones listed below.
How to get Million Dollar Startup Ideas?
What are some of the best million dollar ideas?
Lies told by Billionaires
World: So, What’s your excuse? You: I don’t have a rich uncle.
Notes on Crypto Regulations: A Boon or Curse?
IF YOU ARE DEPENDING ON THE STATE TO PROTECT YOU, THEN CRYPTO IS A FAILED EXPERIMENT.
How to become creative?
A list of 29 actionable tips to boost your creativity - from making lists and carrying a notebook everywhere to surrounding yourself with creative people and never giving up.
A Primer on Cognitive Biases
A cognitive bias happens when someone makes a bad choice that they think is a good choice. One of the first things it teaches you is not to trust yourself.
On controlling anger
Everyone gets angry occasionally. The real test is what we DO with it.
Most Important Life Lessons
Some important life lessons as collected from series of tweets by Tyler Cowen.
ELI5 - Proof-of-Stake vs Proof-of-Work.
A simple explanation of the differences between Proof of Work (PoW) and Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus mechanisms in blockchain, their advantages, drawbacks, and how they work.
Investing in the future of Cryptocurrencies
The blockchain is one of the greatest inventions in the history of mankind. When investing in crypto, focus on projects solving fundamental blockchain problems like scalability, reliability, and security.
Blockchain
The technology likely to have the greatest impact on the next few decades has arrived.
Most Powerful Ninjutsu in Naruto Universe
A breakdown of the strongest ninjutsu techniques in Naruto that don't rely on Kekkei Genkai - from Kisame's Super Shark Bomb to other powerful chakra-based abilities.
A common mistake made by managers
What's obvious to you may not be so to the other person!
How to get team members for Startups?
Finding the right team is the universal first step to building a strong and sustainable company. You succeed or fail not on the strength of your idea or your product but on the strength of your team.
How can I succeed without going to college?
Experience the world around you. Extract the things you love to do or What is wrong with a particular thing? How to solve this problem? Think. Nurture your thought.
Story of "The Crab' Bucket"
Ignore the crabs. Charge ahead and do what is right for you. It may not be easy and you may not succeed as much as you like, but you will NEVER share the same fate as those never try.