Original Thinkers
Benjamin Franklin was an original thinker
GVRV
Gaurav Dadhania
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The Spotlight Effect
Mental exercise to help you overcome the spotlight effect
Eyes on the prize
In the age of social slop, keep your eyes on the prize
Fight scarcity mindset
Fight scarcity mindset, especially with digital resources
Village observations 2026
Rural Indians are spending good money to become cyborgs
Speed of improvement
Speed of improvement matters more than resources
Follow the pioneers
When you're missing an accurate compass, follow the pioneers
Code Review is now the bottleneck
AI coding agents spit out tokens so fast that code review is now the bottleneck
There is no AI FOMO
Do not have any anxiety about missing out on AI leaps and advances
Action is the real alpha
Credentials are dead, active track record is the new resume
Shell configuration – 2025 Edition
How I've configured my shell for 2025
Experts in Software Engineering
Experts in Software Engineering
How often do you update your system prompt?
Optimize your system prompt
Exercising Agency
You can just do things!
Read hard books
Read hard books to build your reading muscle
Slowness is a symptom
Always have a sense of urgency
Hard to find the highlights
Document your life better
Use LLMs for medical guidance
Use LLMs for medical guidance
Odoo Days - Rajkot
Thoughts on attending Odoo Day in Rajkot
2025
2025
Consumption activities can be done solo
Consumption activities can be done solo
Hedge your 'too late' bets
Hedge your 'too late' bets
They...
...took our jobs!
Value Investing Experiment
2025 Experiment
$MSTR: Overpriced
MicroStrategy seems overpriced
Pushpa 2: The Rise
Thoughts on Pushpa 2
AI wave anxiety
AI wave anxiety
Always attend funerals
Always attend funerals
Assume equity is priced at zero
Startup equity is zero, without a market
Relive your childhood
... possibly for the first time
Bearish on Remote Work
I'm bearish on remote work for knowledge workers
Make packing easy
A travel hack I'm loving
Celebrating Birthdays
A simple trick
Thoughts on JRE #2234: Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen speaks in 1.5x by default
Bitcoin exposure for Indian Investors
The Indian Government needs to propose clear regulations
Complaining about parents
I'm already tired of kids complaining about their parents
Unpaid roles
Thoughts on the recent Zomato CoS role
Paul v/s Tyson
And the winner was...
Audiobooks
Audiobooks experiment
Talk to LLMs
You already have an objective voice to talk to
Apply for Open Positions within your Company
Follow your own company's job board
Moonshots
Take the shot
The Discipline of being Indisciplined
Don't forget to enjoy life once in a while
1% Bitcoin Strategic Reserve
Corporate bitcoin reserves might go mainstream in 2025
Changing the World
Which organisations are truly changing the world?
Vanity Metrics
Why do organisations get fooled by Vanity Metrics?
Enjoy the Journey
The key to any long lived habit
Life is Fragile
On the fragility of life
The Grand Education
Education should be a journey, not a destination
Patriotism
Thursday Thought Experiment: Patriotism