Sagar Upadhyay

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"Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection" by Mark Twain is so relatable!

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I believe to truly experience a place or a city, it's best to mindlessly stroll on the streets with limited plans. Absorb the energy, people, and, of course food!

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Free will is an interesting concept and remains a conundrum. You try hard and nothing moves? You think there is no free will.
Other times put in effort and everything just aligns? You feel in control.
In reality most of us keep swinging like a pendulum between these two.

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With big companies, it becomes harder to truly develop world class products because the delivery is often promotion driven. Employees optimize their own career advancements over product excellence. Which is why small focussed teams/companies often build the best products.

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That person in your team showing relentless work discipline might look inspiring at first. But often that drive stems from work addiction, something they cannot walk away from even when told to do so. Not healthy.

Its hard for human beings to not be doing something all the time.

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Reading "Blood in the Machine", it’s interesting how today's tech titans use the exact same script as Industrial Revolution entrepreneurs. They promise automation benefits society in the long run, but it’s really just a forced transfer of wealth from workers to the owners.

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When you hear management pushing 10x delivery with AI for complex software like a database, and dude(read: noob) engineers pitching 10x performance ideas on things they don’t understand, I can officially confirm that we’ve entered a dumb world.

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These days I am not sure whether its more impressive to say I wrote the code or that AI did

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With AI helping write and explain code, everyone is expected to work at 5-10x speed. Unfortunately, my brain still runs on the original hardware, so understanding what it just produced has become the real bottleneck. As AI isn't awalys correct and sometimes misses nuances.

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The traditional software engineering(a lot of coding) has died, I would like to mourn with my fellow software engineers 😂

Exciting times ahead. Fewer people will be required to write and manage complex software. Hierarchies will flatten and a lot bloodbath ahead.

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Over time, I have learned to stop expecting every work/effort to feel meaningful. Instead find meaning within the mundane, something which applies to everything in life beyond work. Constant joy.

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I have recently come to realize how clarity is an essential and crucial aspect of leadership, something I often struggle with due to my scattered thoughts. With numerous ways to execute or choose a direction, it's vital to step back and then commit to one with conviction.

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A secret to a relationship:
"The battle of two minds should never create a rift between two hearts."

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An ambitious man's road to the top seemed driven by sheer might,
But with wisdom, he soon learned it was about navigating his inner battles and emotions right.

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A man once left his home in the forest and found a beautiful garden, full of comfort but bound by restrictions. After years of enjoying it, he faced a choice: stay in the peaceful, confined garden or return to the wild forest, chaotic but free. Comfort or freedom?

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Failures bring wisdom, while successes breed arrogance

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Relying on external sources for happiness often brings a corresponding level of distress. True contentment is found within oneself. Once found, it completes you, turning you into a source of joy for others.

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Life is hard until you realize it's a game.

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While most of the electric vehicles like tesla claim to save the environment(which is also questionable), but those cost almost equal(or even more) to luxury cars which only rich can afford.
But the rich only comprises of ~5% of total population so the claim is a hoax.

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In a highly capitalistic and materialistic society, luxury usually correlates with the amount of money you have.

But it is usually forgotten that having adequate time for yourself with a steady flow of income is a luxury in itself. Might be even better.