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Vibe coding will make Enterprise Software worse
Giving an LLM to a programmer is like giving alcohol to a poet. It makes the good ones better and the bad ones worse.
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We have been celebrating the New Year at the wrong time
If you are in India, the time for the countdown has already passed.
Dec 31, 2025
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Culture vs. culture
Fatalism does not explain the lack of innovation in India. We do not lack innovation in India. We lack productization.
Jul 2, 2025
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India's IT industry has failed to move up the value chain
May 17, 2025
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A case for the Amazon 6-pager
Aug 19, 2024
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The Thesaurus of Theseus - Part 1
Jun 12, 2025
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Co-pilot and Saarathi
May 30, 2025
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India’s election system won’t work in the US
Jun 19, 2024
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Rerun: Happy Deepavali and Halloween to those who celebrate
Oct 28, 2024
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The Thesaurus of Theseus – Part 2
The tree and the wave of languages
Jun 26, 2025
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Nehru's Bharat Ratna and India's Sedition Law
A tangential connection
Jun 17, 2025
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The Thesaurus of Theseus - Part 1
Why the idea that today's Tamil is the origin of today's Kannada is nonsense.
Jun 12, 2025
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Co-pilot and Saarathi
The pilot's job is different from a rathi's
May 30, 2025
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India's IT industry has failed to move up the value chain
It is a comprehensive failure, and not a noble one.
May 17, 2025
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Fighting language policing
Why you should continue to use "commit suicide", "slave" and "actress"
Dec 30, 2024
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Trump Card
An allegory
Dec 12, 2024
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