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Directing Your Friction: A Lesson in Design Thinking from 11th Century Sculptors

My friend Veer recently shared an interesting story. He spoke of the old Jain temples, like those at Mount Abu, renowned for their impossibly intricate marble carvings. The …

I Talk to My Bank Statements.

Last week, my Chartered Accountant sent me a query over WhatsApp while I was driving: "Can you send me a list of all high-value transactions from last year for me to verify?"

Normally, a request like this would annoy me. I'm a sucker for …

Why the command line will still be here in 2075.

Have you ever wondered why, in an age of slick GUIs and AI-powered interfaces, the command line is still here?

It has been around since 1971. If you apply the Lindy Effect—the idea that the future life expectancy of …

The Unix Philosophy Isn't Just for Code. It's a Blueprint for a Less Chaotic Life.

The Unix Way

We are drowning in digital chaos. Our lives are run by stand-alone apps: a to-do list that doesn’t talk to our calendar, a notes app that doesn’t sync with our …

Redefining Desktop Time

The Liberating Constraint

Let's begin with a thought experiment. Imagine you are placed under a single, artificial constraint: on any given day, you are only allowed to work at your primary desktop or laptop for four 15-minute windows. That's one total hour of "desk time," broken into …

You Don't Need Another App

At work, we live by systems. We operate within the structured worlds of CRMs, Asana backlogs and periodic reviews . We're systems-rich. We also strive to make our customers systems-rich.

But the moment we step out of the office, we become systems-poor. Our personal and creative …

Loving the Plateau

The Expert's Perspective

To the untrained eye, it might seem like experts are just going through the motions, their actions appearing coarse and repetitive. However, upon closer inspection, a world of nuance and refinement unfolds, revealing the true depth of their craft.

Experts have learned to love …

Rahul Gaitonde passed away unexpectedly on 12th October 2023. This has shattered all of us.

RG had empathy. Perhaps too much of it!

Recounting an old instance.. RG often gifted his friends books and bookmarks. I received this Neal Stephenson essay as a gift around the beginning of our friendship …

Our # 1 Solid Shots is posed as a question.

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Who manages all these 40 character wallet addresses? and further who ensures that these are unique? - In other words, who is calling the shots in Web3?

When you sign up for any service on web sites like Amazon, you are …

At its core, Web3 is an incredibly rich and radical set of technologies with unlimited value creation potential. However the signal to noise ratio in this space is very poor.

I've tinkered with various Web3 technologies for a few years now. Especially the last year, co-creating FNDX and launching our …