Yash

Full Stack Developer | Learning new things in tech

[Yash @00YashX]

@mattzcarey dogfooding

[Yash @00YashX]

@fardeentwt I think the whole "Ai is going to take away your jobs" thing didn't quite play out very well with the general public. The amount of hate these frontier labs are getting (like leaders getting booed out while giving a commencement speech) probably made them change their PR strategy

[Paul Graham @paulg]

There is nothing more powerful than well-informed optimism. It has to be well-informed though. The "everything will be fine" type of optimism may also be somewhat useful, but it's not as useful as the "Hmm, what if we tried x?" kind.

[Arpit Bhayani @arpit_bhayani]

Before you form an opinion, experience it.

It is easy to jump to conclusions and form opinions based on what others say. But nothing beats the firsthand experience. Before forming a strong opinion, take the time to see and understand things for yourself.

When you actually go through something, you see the full picture - the good, the bad, and everything in between. That's when your opinion truly holds weight.

Holds true for all things work and all things learning. If you are trying to make an impact, challenge the status quo, participate in design discussions, mentor people, make decisions, or navigate uncertainty - experience matters, because real impact demands real understanding.

The best part? It holds true for life, too.

[Yash @00YashX]

@code_kartik Would be cool if you could share some resources as well

[Arnav Gupta @championswimmer]

👏👏👏

[Anjney Midha @AnjneyMidha]

it's time to make tech fun again

[Jay @jayair]

Brother I’m still working on my first brain

[himanshu @himanshustwts]

This is how you set a bar.

We usually find sessions like these in seminars / frontier circles to an extent.

Bringing this down in public via classrooms is one of a kind thing to do. Kudos to Anjney for pulling it off.

and dude, the lec looks p interesting !

[Yash @00YashX]

@Ra1kshit yeah completely agree I think F1 has kind of nailed that

[Yash @00YashX]

@mehulmpt I think software has to be the most democratic fields out there

[shadcn @shadcn]

Hear me out. Crazy idea. What if we took one billion and just… did some good. Right now. Instead of investing it in AI to maybe do some good one day.

[Yash @00YashX]

@himanshustwts Crazy how many reputed names have backed them, I'm still skeptical though

[Kim-Mai Cutler @kimmaicutler]

PG never misses.

[Yash @00YashX]

@Tess_Radar @CyreneAI Sick!

[Yash @00YashX]

@cbajpai7 Perfection is a fallacy, learnt it the hard way

[Saша Stark 🔳 Zero to Null MRR 🔳 swe/av/acc @tsybalab]

@terminaldotshop Gender reveal

[Yash @00YashX]

@anurag__kochar damn damn

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

Agency > Intelligence

I had this intuitively wrong for decades, I think due to a pervasive cultural veneration of intelligence, various entertainment/media, obsession with IQ etc. Agency is significantly more powerful and significantly more scarce. Are you hiring for agency? Are we educating for agency? Are you acting as if you had 10X agency?

Grok explanation is ~close:

“Agency, as a personality trait, refers to an individual's capacity to take initiative, make decisions, and exert control over their actions and environment. It’s about being proactive rather than reactive—someone with high agency doesn’t just let life happen to them; they shape it. Think of it as a blend of self-efficacy, determination, and a sense of ownership over one’s path.

People with strong agency tend to set goals and pursue them with confidence, even in the face of obstacles. They’re the type to say, “I’ll figure it out,” and then actually do it. On the flip side, someone low in agency might feel more like a passenger in their own life, waiting for external forces—like luck, other people, or circumstances—to dictate what happens next.

It’s not quite the same as assertiveness or ambition, though it can overlap. Agency is quieter, more internal—it’s the belief that you *can* act, paired with the will to follow through. Psychologists often tie it to concepts like locus of control: high-agency folks lean toward an internal locus, feeling they steer their fate, while low-agency folks might lean external, seeing life as something that happens *to* them.”

[Paras Chopra @paraschopra]

Stop watching short-form videos.

Meta-analysis of ~100k people shows how it is associated with decreased cognition and increased stress + anxiety.

I know this is correlation, not causation but ask yourself - do you feel great after a session of consuming reels/shorts?