Day 4/31 GDP of a country or state or per capita is measured in USD. But Is USD a good measure of Gross Domestic product of a state? Does it really capture total “value” created in a set time in a society? 1 dollar today does not have the same value it had 50 years […]
Day 3/31 I have never smoked a cigarette in my life. Nor do I intend to. But, I have smoked one in a dream. Now, here’s the thing. I don’t know if what I experienced in the dream is anywhere close to what actual smoking feels like. I don’t intend to find out. But I […]
Day 2/31 Say you are secretly the most competitive, jealous, judgmental person you know. You open social media and realized today is the worst day of your life. You are frustrated because that one college nemesis is enjoying a lavish Europe vacation, Your college roommate is preparing to get married and that random LinkedIn connection […]
Day 1/31 Almost a year ago, one night I tried to sleep under a flyover. Why? From an economic PoV not having a place to sleep could be the worst thing that ever happens to me. And there is this whole stoic thing to face the worst case scenario to relieve the fear of it. […]
Day 0/31 I want to do 31 days of writing for the month of December 2024. Why? Whats the plan? I will write at least something every day. could be a blog here, could be a linkedin/twitter post or something else. Will update this blog on 1st Jan to see how well it went.
My phone has a loose usb-c connector. Everytime I have to charge it, I need to put the cable at a specific angle, apply pressure sometimes, or keep the phone on a ledge. It takes ~2 mins to figure out the exact position everytime I need to charge the phone. And half the time, it […]
Zoom used to be a video call service, Now it is a calendar app and a chat app. Slack used to be a chat app, now it is a video call service, a documentation tool, and also a task-tracking tool. G Suite started as an Email service, then they added an office suite, a chat […]
A couple of days ago Zomato launched a feature where if the delivery guys do not change for a CoD order, the balance can get added to your online balance. Now, this feature might look simple on the surface but the product manager for this feature probably had to figure out a lot of things, […]
Independent Podcast Apps Will Probably Disappear. Podcast apps like Castbox and Pocket Casts were instrumental in popularizing podcasts as a content medium. They had a simple business model: either charge a fee for using the software or serve ads intermittently in the UI. As the popularity of podcasts grew, so did these apps… well, at […]
You just moved to a 1 bhk in HSR from Bellandur. From your sterilized gated society next to the monolithic JP Morgan office to an independent apartment next to a small dosa place and a cute tree. These are times of change. You are scared. “What do you mean, I have to keep the garbage […]