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How to level up in robotics
Robotics Stanford ENGR319: Robotics and Autonomous Systems…
Running analytics with AI
How to use AI to run analytics: How Faire uses AI to run analytics How Nao runs agentic analytics Other tools I am looking to try…
anti AI-slop
How to think about AI slop. AI slop in writing AI thinking…
AI workflows I have setup
AI workflows I have managed to automate: Content Management System Cover image pipeline Code review…
Being a nerd
I am a nerd. I have spent a lot of time trying to become more comfortable with the idea. It also helps that we are a few years away from high school so jocks…
From tokenmaxxing to token budgeting
Tokenmaxxing Companies like Meta set up leaderboards to push for rapid AI adoption (before eventually figuring out who to lay off!). In some places, we even…
Are legal AI firms just model wrappers?
Harvey/Legora vs frontier labs Are Harvey and Legora providing real value to their clients, or would frontier labs like Anthropic outmaneuver them and get to…
Take home exams and assessment
I have written several take-home exams and assessments over the years. Take-home exams Assessments Clipboard Health -…
Product thinking in an agentic world
Would SaaS survive the age of the agent?…
How to use agents
Reading material Thinking of agents as compilers How Shopify is using public agents to push organizational learnings How to…
Prediction markets
Things to talk about: Polymarket Kalshi What prediction markets tell us Reading material:" https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-ozempicization-of-the-economy…
The economics of AI
Watch material MS&E 435 Stanford Economics of the AI Supercycle course Reading material Daron Acemoglu — "The Simple Macroeconomics of AI" — Skeptical…
Training gym for AI agents
What does a training gym for AI agents look like?…
A new internal FDE role is emerging
Ramp built a coding agent for each employee and saw a massive productivity rise. Ramp is already a gold example of how companies can completely transform…
On monorepos
I just learned about monorepos. There is a possibility that this portfolio website would be set up better if we switch to a monorepo. I came across this…
My current AI stack
Current AI tech stack As a ( constantly evolving ) AI-native builder, I use Zapier’s AI fluency rubric to measure how I stack up in my AI usage and then use…
Grounding yourself in the age of AI
Reading material in the age of AI Mario’s Slow the Fuck Down A case for going slow in the AI…
Trying V0 by Vercel
I tried V0 for the first time at a Vercel event hosted in NYC as part of the Columbia AI study group. Then, at another event in Toronto hosted as part of the…
The art of chip making
Crash course on learning more about chips Adam Majumdar’s deep dive on chips Nand2Tetris Digital Design and Computer Architecture (Harris & Harris) ASIC World…
Deep dive into evals
Evals/observability products to check out: Galileo…
AI-native products and thinkers I follow
AI-native products that I am keeping an eye on to understand how the agentic app stack will evolve: Ando - read a review here Natural - read their memo…
The AI age is one for ICs
I came across this chart on my LinkedIn feed, an eye-catching modification of the famous Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow developed a psychological…
Books that build DeepMind
Books that built…
Voice agents to experiment with
Voice agents to build with Gradium AI…
Forecasting the AI job loss
Forecasting the AI job loss Potential articles:…
Managing context
Token-maxxing vs context management As anyone new to agentic coding learns, you need to get better at context management. Now is the time to manage context…
Media diet - long form articles, Substacks
Media diet Semafor Puck TBPN New Statesman Spectator Here are some of my favourites: Dominic Cummings - I like his voracious reading capacity and then…
API wars in the AI age
Ideas in manufacturing that caught my attention
Material in manufacturing that caught my attention The Mittelstand in Germany - mid-size firms that you might have never heard of, unless a heist at the…
3D carousel bookshelf inspo
My 3D bookshelf carousel is inspired by the following: Santa can design Adam Majumdar Stripe…
Is AI the death of open source?
Is AI the death of open source? Some products like cal.com are now going closed source to prevent AI-generated code from overwhelming PRs.…
AI design tooling
Design tools to try Stitch Galileo AI Claude design - my experience using Claude Design Reading material on AI design tooling How Knak designers design…
How AI is eating some jobs and changing others
AI killed the traditional SDLC cycle, and it’s now coming for the rest. The SDLC cycle was designed for a time of siloed job descriptions. The product…
The AI-native interview prep
What is the AI-native interview? How Sierra does it How to prepare for interviews using AI The bar on how deeply researched and well-prepared one can be…
Excellence is mundane
Excellence is mundane , it is just a set of qualitatively differentiated habits that compound. Found as a Doss value…
ChatGPT personalization
One of my major hacks in getting more out of ChatGPT is through greater personalization. I had added a bunch of different priorities and preferences to the…
Career growth
Career growth advice What hiring managers look for How to waste your…
How to create an enviable culture
Thoughts on people who create culture Netflix…
Design engineering
Portfolios I seek inspiration from daybreak.studio Untold Studio My design inspiration stack on GitHub - always updating Portfolio inspiration - there are…
Memos and writing culture
I am a big fan of good writing. Easily, I am a big fan of companies with strong writing cultures. This writing can be either internal, where strategy is…
A life story of the prompt (2023 - ?)
Prompt engineering advice has evolved, prompting has moved from “tell the model every step” to “define the outcome, constraints, tools, evidence rules, and…
American Dynamism and re-industrialization
If you are chronically online as I am, you would have come across the A16Z-proposed American Dynamism themes that seem to have caught fire. Hating on…
Advice on upskilling
Justin Skycak’s advice on how to…
Frameworks in business, industry and life
I am an aspirational thoughtboi. It’s a luxury that I do not have to spare some of my limited intellectual heft to build an opinion on everything, and can…
How to think product in the AI age
A short list of product thinkers and newsletters I like to keep in my orbit. Lenny's Newsletter Hannah Stulberg Linear the art of software design Super.com…
On traits I aspire to embody
In a world of mediocrity, I aspire to give a shit. Here are a few people and their thoughts on leadership, which I ascribe to. These are also the same…
How to build a bookshelf
I have an Umberto Eco anti-library . That is, I keep buying books that I deeply feel that I must own, but which I do not necessarily have the intention of…
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