Hey Reader! 👋 I hosted an AI hackathon yesterday where I had a lot of fun revealing the scores latent-style (with proper tech tools)! The response was so great that I might do another later this year. Hit reply if you wanna participate. In our inner circle weekly meeting earlier today, I got to know some brag-worthy things of a member which they weren't doing justice to while talking about it. I pushed them to double down on it, compared two different ways of saying the same thing...
15 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader! 👋 I just discovered Bandish Bandits. Binged S1 over the weekend. Absolutely loved it! Continuing my observations from the career clarity calls I'm doing (all slots taken for this month, folks that submit their context now will get reached out in sept): Meet G. The entire conversation revolved around them trying to make a case for doing a masters to get out of their current low-paying tech job and me trying to convince them not to go for it unless you want to settle there itself....
17 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader! 👋 A bunch of folks DM'd for last night's session so on popular demand, I'm putting the recording link up for the next 2 days so make sure you go through it asap: Watch Claude Code Masterclass Also, multiple updates came up together so sharing them all below: One week to go for the inaugural FTS event! Grab your pass here. Iterations are ongoing. We recently added one more member to our inner circle mastermind, where we meet weekly (every Wednesday @7:45am) to...
20 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader! 👋 I'm taking a 2 hour masterclass on how to code faster with claude code without compromising on quality! See you tonight 6pm. https://luma.com/claude Continuing my observations from the career clarity calls I'm doing: Meet A. A started their career in Infosys, switched to TCS after 3 years with a minor pay bump, and switched to Citi last year with a significant pay bump. Since the budget in this team was high the team is under pressure to deliver productivity gains for clients...
21 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader! 👋 Swapnil Agarwal 🌵 @SwapAgarwal built something for fun! run this in your terminal (5min gameloop): npx ai-cto lmk your score in the comments... 11:33 AM • Aug 2, 2026 1 Retweets 7 Likes Read 1 replies (^ in case linkedin is more your jam: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/swapagarwal_built-something-for-fun-run-this-in-your-activity-7489644702775017472-z2Ys) H was at 11LPA with 5+ YoE when we had a 1:1 call. Their company was in a domain that's going downhill with the rise of AI....
24 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader! 👋 I'm announcing the next 2 books together so you can plan accordingly. In case you feel a monthly pace might be hard to sustain, feel free to pick the one that appeals to you more and aim to complete that by quarter end! Aug → Agentic Coding with Claude CodeSep → The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, Deepmind, and the Quest for Superintelligence Grab a physical/digital copy and get ready for the ride! Share a pic in the WhatsApp group to join. Join the WhatsApp Group! Here are...
26 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader! 👋 Finally, Spider-Man: Brand New Day is here. I'm looking forward to it! Continuing my observations from the career clarity calls I'm doing: Meet S (referred by their friend H). S switched 3 companies quickly and is on their 4th now. While joining, they decided to stay here for a minimum of 5 years for long-term stability. On the frontend side, the company's VP is bullish on AI doing most of it and is pushing everyone to pull of all-nighters. There were a bunch of reframings that...
29 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader! 👋 Earlier today, I went on 2 calls with folks who were wrestling with issues at work. Rather than resisting against your personal nature, it's better to understand yourself better and double down on your strengths. Take this test at https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test and reply with your MBTI type. Let me know if there was anything in there that was surprising/interesting? Continuing my observations from the career clarity calls (slots open again next month) I'm...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader! 👋 July's pick is Essential GraphRAG: Knowledge Graph-Enhanced RAG.You can pick a free copy at https://neo4j.com/essential-graphrag/ Start with Appendix to get a primer on Neo4j and Cypher Query Language for graph databases.Then go to chapter 1, section 1.4 for a quick introduction.After that, come to chapter 4 directly for a text2cypher implementation.Finally, go through chapter 6 on creating knowledge graphs from text using LLMs.Feel free to ask any queries in the WhatsApp group...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
