GenAI has made writing and editing content very easy. One can use ChatGPT or Claude to write a blog post or improve one. On one end, one can use these tools to check basic grammatical and spelling mistakes. On the other end, one can use these tools to drastically alter the content and style. One…
Category: Opinion
Using GenAI for Effective Learning
While I was a student of Aerospace Engineering, I was doing a project under Prof Rao. I was given a research paper on simulating tsunami waves. The paper was quite complicated, involving a lot of higher mathematics. I was able to comprehend it with the help of Google Search. I felt somewhat proud of my…
TokenMaxxing and Goodhart’s Law
Management requires measuring effectiveness and efficiency. To measure efficiency, we need some metrics. Metrics are used to demonstrate if an initiative is succeeding or failing. Metrics are also used to measure how one person is performing against another. Metrics make comparisons data driven and objective. The first challenge is finding the right set of metrics. …
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
Charles Dickens opens A Tale of Two Cities with one of the most quoted passages in literature: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was…
MS Library
Today, I read a news article about Microsoft closing its physical library. I felt sad because I was a regular user of the MS Library during my Microsoft days. Change is the only constant in life. There may be reasons for this step, but the MS Library will always hold a special place in my…
Reading Culture
Why Writing Culture Fails Without Reading Culture Most modern software companies pride themselves on their writing culture. Amazon, for instance, is often cited as the gold standard here. And they are right: writing has immense value. Well-written documents sharpen the writer’s thinking, align diverse stakeholders, and make communication asynchronous. Each reader can absorb the content at…
How am I using GenAI?
Generative AI is rapidly gaining traction across industries, and software engineering is often cited as one of the fields poised for the most disruption. Personally, I’ve been slow to adopt GenAI tools in my day-to-day work. This post is a reflection on how I’m currently using them and where they’ve made an impact. ChatGPT &…
Impact of DeepSeek
DeepSeek has released open-source GenAI models that outperform advanced OpenAI ones, creating well-deserved buzz. I see this as a defining moment for GenAI and AI—things are about to get really exciting. Challenge to dominance of USA in AI Up to now, the U.S. has dominated the GenAI space. Top companies like OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and…
Why do I like Golang?
I first attempted to learn Go in 2019. The goal was to learn about the new concurrency technique. I learnt some syntax and understood goroutines and channels. I then moved on to do other things. And I forgot most of what I had learnt. For the previous two months I have been working on a…
Programming And Mental Model
In the software industry, people move from project to project and company to company. A programmer working on a project for a long time is generally very productive with the codebase. If another developer joins to replace them, there is a period of low productivity and risky outcomes. We can call this the transition time. During…