Thoughts
On recruiting, technology, and building great teams
Openclaw and all the rest
Many years ago, in a sea far far away, there was born a little lobster named Clawd. Normally, it would have taken years for such a lobster to be born, but such are the times...
The Agents Are On The Hunt
For many years now, smart programmers have known that it is a great idea to be 'findable'. Actually no, that's a cynical take. Great engineers have always known that they are...
The Stack is Dead. Long Live the Stack
In our universe, an organism can only eat something simpler than itself. You consume complexity below you to fuel your rise to the next level. This is how single-celled...
Happy Diwali
To all readers of this newsletter, a very Happy Diwali to you and along with that a big thank you to all of you for being here. This is my second Diwali newsletter, which means...
Go to meetups!
Yesterday was such an amazing day! First of all, a huge shoutout to my friends at Invideo for putting together the first edition of Bombay.ex, the Mumbai Elixir users meetup....
To H1B or Not?
Events of this week reminded me of the time my brother in law got laid off. He expected me to commisserate when he told me the news and was surprised when I said "good. you'd...
Rumors of the death of Rails have been highly exaggerated
I first started programming in Ruby back in 2008, and when I finally understood what Rails was, I felt genuinely cheated. You see, I had been trying to build something similar...
CVs are full of shit
DHH recently made a point that is very close to my heart - that all your CVs are full of shit. https://x.com/dhh/status/1956770356770873845 Every time I meet someone who thinks...
AI Application Engineering: The Way of the Tao
There's a moment every AI Application Engineer knows. You've crafted the perfect prompt. Tested it fifty times. It works beautifully. Then you deploy it, and the AI decides to...
Software is Literature now
Software is literature now. I'm not being metaphorical. Your IDE is a chat window. Your compiler is a conversationalist. Every interaction with AI is an act of writing. We're...