The Hanuman Chalisa is a devotional hymn written by Goswami Tulsidas in praise of Lord Hanuman. It contains 40 verses (chaupais), along with introductory and concluding verses. I’ll explain it in simple English, with the Hindi lines and their meaning, so you can understand what you are reciting rather than just memorising the words. 1. …
Author Archives: Atul
Clarity
Artificial Intelligence has improved execution across many enterprises. Month-long sprints, documentation, architectural decisions, and many hours of calls with multiple stakeholders have shrunk. The new paradigm has added clear PRDs for LLMs to execute, and software engineers are operators. The bigger projects still require manual code reviews and testing. We are still away from precise …
Evolution
It’s been some time since I made a post. Like the rest of the world, I am also going through the AI Disruption. So much has changed in the last 12 months. For one, I am not worried about shipping and coding anymore. It has become more about managing code supervision. I have 6 team …
inward
There is a constant reminder in questioning self-existence. The questioning becomes dictatorial when it comes from within. Our origin is no less of a miracle. Even more surprising is how we have survived this far. The constant urge to be something better, contributing something meaningful for the greater good, the virtue alignment with guiding principles: …
Outcome
I keep reading about how AI has reshaped pricing. Now everything is shaped by output. I feel this has always been the case. We were paying for the outcome. Outcome-based pricing will make product usage more costly and more focused. A customer will know, bare-handed, what they need from the software. This is best for …
chance
We don’t take chances; we blame others for our failures. The small life we have is for doing something meaningful, not for playing the victim card. The ownership and responsibility of our lives depend on us. Most importantly, on our thoughts and actions. If you ask a successful businessman, they will not list their failures …
wrong
There is so much that can go wrong in life. Things can happen beyond our control: disease, accident, forgery, and the loss of loved ones. We need to see life in moments and live every second of it. Our desire to put things in the past is not fruitful. At the same time, living in …
meaning
We have forgotten to love ourselves. The desire to get wealthy and to become something is keeping us on a pedestal. The social pressure to act, react, and interact keeps us busy. We don’t have any time left for self, for idleness and for self-immersion. Every decade promises a new utopia. Every few years …
Tide
It requires a different sort of mental toughness to run an enterprise. The juggernaut of switching context is one; the uncertainty is another. It feels like sailing a rocket ship in uncharted territory. The only thing that keeps you going is the undaunted faith and confidence in your actions. I have been meeting founders more …
makeover
We are carrying a mask: an artificial version of ourselves, pretending to act as others expect. We play roles in different settings: with peers, parents, and partners. In short, we have built a unique mental model of stimulus and response. Everyone appears to be doing great: on social media, in their professional lives among friends, …