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2026-04-01

#ai#technology#product#mindset

tldr; I'm a small-town kid who got addicted to the internet, dropped out of IIT Madras, and decided the syllabus was actually wherever the rabbit hole went next - Bubble docs at 2am, Flutter screens, EV dashboards, LLM SQL hacks, ML papers, Premiere timelines, and the occasional standup set.

Chose tech because I have too many real interests to fit into one lane: biology, physiology, evolution, nutrition, medicine, sports, media, strength training, flying, and space. Instead of picking a single field, I picked a base flexible enough to hold all of them, so I get the freedom to keep evolving instead of locking into one fixed identity.

Somethings I believe in

  • Ask forgiveness, not permission. Clarity shows up after you start, never before.

  • There's no right time, only the next one. Your second attempt will beat your first.

  • Motion isn't direction, and speed only helps when you're pointed right. Watch the feedback, not the movement.

  • Iteration times consistency is what compounds. Neither one alone does much.

  • Whatever you can control is a skill issue. Whatever you can't, ignore it.

  • Learn fast, but think slow enough to notice when you're drifting.

  • Your dopamine sources set your ceiling. Choose them like it matters.

  • Most procrastination wears a costume: polished decks, fake plans, research tabs, premium UI kits. It's still fear.

  • Proof of work beats ideas. A rough v0 shipped this week beats a perfect v1 you're still planning.

  • An idea with no live URL is nothing. A live URL with no users means ship harder.

  • I'd rather break in public than polish in a private draft.

  • I'll keep shipping rough tools and weird bots until someone pays me to ship theirs faster.

  • Code and media are the rare things that keep working after you stop touching them.

  • Read what the greats already worked out before assuming you're the first to hit the problem.

  • You're always being shaped, by people and inputs, online and off. Pick both on purpose.

  • Energy and time are the only currency you actually own.

  • Urgency is fuel. Burnout is not the same thing, so don't mistake one for the other.

  • "nothing helps; i must help myself, or i am finished" - Friedrich Nietzsche

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