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:

Also, multiple updates came up together so sharing them all below:

1. One week to go for the inaugural FTS event! Grab your pass here. Iterations are ongoing.
2. We recently added one more member to our inner circle mastermind, where we meet weekly (every Wednesday @7:45am) to reflect/course-correct on our long-term goals, learn new things from each other, and push our limits. This structure has accelerated careers of many folks, and I'm sure it will happen to our latest inductee as well.
   • The inner circle was started in Oct 2025.
   • We got a lot of initial interest from the community itself so we never had to post about it publicly.
   • Hit reply to join as a founding member before we go public on our first anniversary! You can also be a visitor for one week and see if it'll be a good fit.
3. I did some Neo4j courses last month and just got a link to claim a t-shirt! Hope it actually gets shipped, clears customs, and arrives at my doorstep.
4. While working on yesterday's workshop, I also ended up putting together a client-side tracker with 15 incremental hands-on exercises: https://swapnilagarwal.com/posts/claude-code-mastery-checklist​ (hmu with your scores!)
5. If you've submitted your context for a career clarity call, expect to hear back sometime next week. I generally put aside a day on a rolling basis whenever the requests pile up. As a rule, I don't do immediate calls. Urgency makes us take bad decisions, so don't wait till things get messy at work! If you're on the fence, you can submit your context for a 1:1 call. You can always choose not to pick a time slot when I send you my Calendly link!

What are your weekend plans? I'll watch Bandish Bandits. I caught a sneak peek that intrigued me.

💚,
Swapnil