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things i think
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unfiltered. no audience capture. just what's on my mind.

May 2026·3 minute read

i forgot how old i am

Growing up online changes your perception of ambition, success, and how fast life is supposed to move.

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May 2026·3 minute read

The internet made me grow up too fast

Growing up online changes your perception of ambition, success, and how fast life is supposed to move.

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May 2026·2 minute read

The weird psychology of shipping projects online

The emotional side of building things on the internet that nobody really talks about.

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May 2026·3 minute read

What Minecraft accidentally taught me about systems design

Survival servers, economies, automation, trust systems — Minecraft teaches more about systems than people realize.

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May 2026·2 minute read

Lucknow has nothing to do with it

Building from a smaller city changes your workflow, but the internet makes geography matter less every year.

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April 2026·1 minute read

What YC Startup School India actually taught me

I went in expecting networking and left with something more valuable: clarity on why most startups fail before they even begin.

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March 2026·3 minute read

Why I took a gap year at 18 and what happened next

Everyone told me it was risky. Here's what the first few months actually looked like.

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February 2026·3 minute read

Building Rey — why I wrote a programming language

I wanted to understand compilers from first principles. So I built one in Rust.

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January 2026·1 minute read

What it's like to build a tech company from Lucknow

Not Bangalore. Not Delhi. Lucknow. The disadvantages are real — but so are the unexpected advantages.

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December 2025·1 minute read

JEE + startups: how I'm doing both without burning out

A realistic breakdown of my schedule, what I've sacrificed, and why both are possible if you're intentional.

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