Skanda Prasad S

Full stack web developer at Morgan Stanley | Writer | Your co-pilot in life's journey—merging health, coding, and purpose | Mentoring at Topmate!

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

https://t.co/VMcR6gKKy7

This seems suspicious

#cheatingIITR

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

To all the people that say, technology is not ruining their lives.

Please ask yourself these 2 questions

- Am I using technology intentionally in a way that aligns with my values and goals?
- Am I truly living a fulfilling life or are you on autopilot?

[Fireship @fireship_dev]

Remember, for every paid SaaS, there is a free open-source self-hosted alternative:

Notion -> Appflowy
Zoom -> Jitsi
Jira -> Plane
Airtable -> NocoDB
Vercel -> Coolify
Heroku -> Dokku
Firebase -> Pocketbase/Appwrite/Convex/Supabase
Shopify -> Prestashop
GitHub -> GitLab
Slack -> Mattermost
Salesforce CRM -> ERPNext
Dropbox -> NextCloud
Mailchimp -> Mautic
Trello -> Wekan
Docusign -> Docuseal
Calendly -> Cal dot com
Datadog -> Prometheus
Google Analytics -> Matomo
Microsoft Office 365 -> LibreOffice
Asana -> OpenProject

what else?

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

https://t.co/HQkTQmsair

check this to learn more

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

To all the people that say, technology is not ruining their lives.

Please ask yourself these 2 questions

- Am I using technology intentionally in a way that aligns with my values and goals?
- Am I truly living a fulfilling life or are you on autopilot?

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

With the growth of the hyper independent individual, there comes a growth of loneliness and avoidance.

This tends to be a growing problem where we don't receive help and only give help.

Why would we suffer this way?

https://t.co/mba8k8ulZ9 - Feel free to check out why here!

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

@archita_v THANK YOU ARCHIZ! 🥲🥲🥲

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

https://t.co/7J8ZWiJxeX

25 weeks of writing

21 posts published

Reached 50 subscribers!

It has been an awesome year for me as a new writer in figuring out how and what to write about!

I hope to continue writing every week and get 100 subscribers by the end of the year!

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

@OnePlus_IN At this point there are so many phones by one plus, I have no idea what to buy

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

2. Step 1: Harm to teens is occurring on a massive scale.

There are so many studies showing elbows around 2013, especially for girls. See my google doc w @jean_twenge here:
https://t.co/nMilxPLGOD

e.g., recent data on self harm from UK, from
https://t.co/XrlYtRo7Zz

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

As a child, you were sold a faulty equation: unhappiness + achievement = happiness

I show how happiness can be viewed as something entirely different by going through 5 research papers and 5 different ways of looking at it!

https://t.co/HoHO2B2fDE

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

The Descent into Dopamine Despair https://t.co/UaOGoPc37n

I wrote my own version of how I lost control over my life and how @hubermanlab and @HealthyGamerGG helped me get back to scratch.

Dopamine is a real killer and can absolutely derail your life very quick

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

https://t.co/mM6SCuU1UA

Here is an article that I wrote which was inspired by Dr.K's video "why you are unhappy"

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

As a person with ADHD, I always struggled with my ego and my emotions.
Here is an article where I go deeper on how I could never master a skill or get really good at something and stay miserable while at it

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

I have been struggling a lot recently with progress. And nothing seemed ever enough
And when I did progress, I would stop when things got hard. And immediately shift to another thing or hustle. It was just about progress rather than about getting better.
https://t.co/u4FthHAsnn

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

Here are some of my favorite generated AI images made by #gemini. @Google This is art.
These were generated for my latest newsletter and I think they are gorgeous

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

If you've ever felt stuck in rigid thinking patterns, this perspective might just be the key to unlocking a richer, more fulfilling experience of reality.

https://t.co/0MX9sZ4k1P - check out my newsletter on the topic here :)

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

For a while, I've been trying to understand how the world works.
As a software engineer, my brain had become binary - dissecting and rationalizing everything in my life.

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

In the "grey zone," I learned to hold opposing views without cognitive dissonance. It allowed me to see the world from multiple perspectives, leading to a richer understanding.

[Skanda Prasad S @GreyzoneSkanda]

The link dives deep into practical concepts like non-duality and DBT that facilitated this personal growth.
https://t.co/0MX9sZ4k1P