GeneralJul 17, 2025
The New Frugality: Why Gen-Z Chooses Experience Over Savings
## The Great Generational Money Divide I track every expense across 17 different apps, credit cards, and investment platforms. I have spreadsheets t...
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TechnologyJun 15, 2025
Evaluating Subscription Models in the New Age of Internet
Remember when Netflix deleted that controversial '13 Reasons Why' scene? That's when I realized: we don't own anything anymore, we just rent access to someone else's edit button.
#subscriptions#streaming#content-ownership+3 more
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GeneralJun 5, 2025
Dreams as a Service: Why Your Sleep Schedule Determines Your Subscription Tier
## The Discovery That Changed Everything Last night at 3:47 AM, while reading my fourth "How to fix your sleep schedule" article, I had a realizatio...
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TechnologyMay 20, 2025
From Chaos to Cosmos: Fixing a SaaS Architecture That Spawned EC2 Instances Like Rabbits
When your AWS bill looks like a phone number and your architecture diagram needs a magnifying glass, it's time to admit: you've built a distributed monolith with extra steps.
#architecture#aws#mongodb+4 more
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LeadershipApr 10, 2025
Re-evaluating the Evaluation Process
We're using 20th-century industrial metrics to evaluate 21st-century knowledge work. No wonder everyone's miserable and nothing's getting better.
#management#performance-reviews#leadership+3 more
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PhilosophyFeb 5, 2025
Systems Need Change Every Few Cycles
When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. Every system eventually gets gamed, and sometimes the only solution is to burn it down and start fresh.
#systems-thinking#education#open-source+3 more
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PhilosophyDec 10, 2024
Systems of Governance
Democracy promises freedom but delivers the tyranny of the majority. Authoritarianism promises efficiency but delivers tyranny. Maybe we're asking the wrong questions.
#philosophy#politics#democracy+4 more
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TechnologyOct 12, 2024
Startup Culture: The Silicon Valley Sitcom
We've created a culture where 'The Wolf of Wall Street' meets 'The Office,' but everyone thinks they're in 'The Social Network.' Spoiler: 98% of you are extras in someone else's failure montage.
#startup-culture#silicon-valley#entrepreneurship+3 more
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TechnologyJul 20, 2024
Reddit, Please Don't Go So Meta
Reddit's magic was never about who you are, but what you had to say. Now they're trying to be Facebook with worse UI and better memes.
#reddit#social-media#anonymity+3 more
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TechnologyApr 15, 2024
Terraforming by Hans Zimmer
When your solution to planetary engineering sounds like a Christopher Nolan film score, maybe it's time to turn down the volume.
#technology#blockchain#hype+2 more
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LifeJan 10, 2024
The Cost of Getting Dressed Up
Every time you walk out the door, you're spending money you've already forgotten about. Let's talk about the economics of existing.
#personal-finance#minimalism#economics+2 more
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TechnologyOct 20, 2023
Uneducated Access to Unlimited Knowledge
We gave everyone a megaphone before teaching them what's worth saying. Now we're drowning in the noise.
#technology#internet#information-literacy+2 more
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ProductivityJun 15, 2023
Why You Should Unplug from Technology Once a Week
In a world that never switches off, choosing to power down is the ultimate power move.
#productivity#digital-detox#mental-health+2 more
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ProductivityMar 10, 2023
Asynchronous Communication and Peace of Mind
In a world of instant messaging and real-time notifications, choosing when to respond is the ultimate luxury.
#productivity#communication#remote-work+2 more
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EducationDec 15, 2022
Education System Needs to Teach Skepticism
We teach students to memorize 'facts' from textbooks written by committees, approved by politicians, and printed by the lowest bidder. Then we wonder why they believe everything on WhatsApp.
#education#critical-thinking#skepticism+3 more
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EducationSep 10, 2022
Inhe Chhapne ka Shauq Hai: The Copy-Paste Curriculum
We've built an education system that celebrates copying so much, it should come with a Xerox sponsorship. Original thought? That's for the rebels who don't want good marks.
#education#india#creativity+4 more
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ProductivityJun 20, 2022
The Power of an Old-Fashioned Notebook and Pen in the Digital Age
In a world of apps and algorithms, sometimes the most powerful productivity tool is the one that doesn't need charging.
#productivity#analog#writing+2 more
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EducationMar 15, 2022
Choice: Knowledge Vs Grades
When did we start valuing the certificate more than the competence? A reflection on education's misplaced priorities.
#education#learning#academic-system+2 more
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GeneralMay 16, 2020
Hello Readers! I'm writing a blog
If you are reading this post, chances are that you have already visited my website. This post is meta - it's about this blog.
#meta#blogging#writing+1 more
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