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The Side Project Paradox: Why We Abandon Our Best Work
Your GitHub repos tell a story. Half-finished React apps. Abandoned APIs. That brilliant SaaS idea collecting digital dust. Sound familiar? We’ve all been there. The midnight coding sessions fueled by excitement, only to wake up three weeks later wondering why we ever thought anyone would want another task management app. But here’s what I’ve learned…
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The Power of What We Don’t Show
I’ve been watching global content lately. Something struck me about how they handle intense moments. They don’t show everything. Take bomb blasts. Most movies would show the explosion, debris flying, buildings crumbling. But what if you just showed the scientist who created it? His face. His silence. The weight he carries. That’s what Oppenheimer did.…
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Rewrites vs fixes: Losing personal touch.
We default to agentic mode for everything: content, code, the works. But which path makes sense here? Here’s what bothers me: these tools don’t just fix errors.They rewrite entire thoughts. My drafts sound like me, but they need a lot of refinement. But the edited version doesn’t sound like me at all. Are we losing…
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Great leaders don’t just delegate. They trust.
What’s the difference between good leaders and great ones? Recently, I noticed something in our product that could be improved. Instead of keeping it to myself or waiting for someone else to spot it, I brought it up with my lead. What happened next showed me the essence of our workplace culture. My lead didn’t…
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Domain Expertise + AI Prompting: The Killer Combo Every Developer Needs
After 15 years of web development, I thought I had it all figured out. Then AI came along, and suddenly my decade and a half of expertise felt… incomplete. I could architect complex systems, optimize databases, and debug the trickiest issues. But when I’d casually ask AI to “help me with this React component,” I’d…
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The Cursor Extension That Taught Me to Stop Overengineering
I had this “brilliant” idea to build a cursor extension. Spent hours diving into the docs, setting up the development environment, figuring out the APIs… But here’s the thing about cursor extensions – they’re not like VS Code extensions. There’s some secret sauce involved that’s not immediately obvious. After hitting wall after wall, I stepped…
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The Premortem vs. The Rave: Seth Godin’s Secret to Project Success
Just caught Seth Godin on Marie Forleo’s podcast and my developer brain is buzzing. As someone who follows Seth everywhere he goes (yes, I’m that fan), I was curious to hear his take on AI and the latest shifts in our industry. But what really stopped me in my tracks were two simple documents he…
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100 Years Legacy!
How does a small corner restaurant survive for 100 years? I found myself asking this question while picking up takeaway from Coronation Hotel yesterday. I kept it simple – just 3 rotis for takeaway. But the guy taking my order had other plans. “Sir, try our chicken gravy with that!” “I don’t want anything spicy,”…
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A Simpler Approach to Prompt Templates
Prompt templates are so helpful. Recently, I tried using different templates. There is no one-size-fits-all template. You need to choose the one that suits the task. Start a chat with the models, and observe the quality of the output. Then ask the model itself: How would you rate my prompts? What am I missing? Ask…