Karthik Deivasigamani

Software Engineer

[Krishna Byre Gowda @krishnabgowda]

🚶 BENGALURU'S FOOTPATHS ARE GETTING THEIR SPACE BACK

From July 1–10, the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) is running a 'Safe Footpath Campaign' across 1,000 km of road network — clearing encroachments from footpaths in all five city corporations.

📊 WHY THIS MATTERS

30% of every 1,000 road accident deaths in Bengaluru are pedestrians. The Supreme Court has been clear: walking on a footpath safely is a fundamental right, not a privilege.

🚫 WHAT'S BEING CLEARED
➡Illegal parking on footpaths (vehicles will be towed)
➡Name boards, chairs, tables, and kiosks blocking pedestrian paths
➡Vendors and shops spilling onto walkways

✅ HOW IT'S BEING DONE
➡Notices will be issued before any action — not a sudden crackdown
➡Action will follow the Street Vendors' Protection Act and SC guidelines
➡Municipal officers, police, and clearance teams will coordinate
➡Damaged slabs and kerbs will be repaired alongside clearance

It follows the #1KmChallenge encouraging people to walk short distances instead of driving — Bengaluru is trying to become more walkable, one footpath at a time.

🗣️ WE NEED YOUR EYES ON THE GROUND

Let's make Bengaluru's footpaths walkable again — together.

#SafeFootpathBengaluru #PedestrianRights #GBA #WalkableBengaluru #BengaluruTraffic #Bengaluru #Citylife #CommuterLife

[Messi vk Stan @Im_vkolhi]

Ask Dhoni father Srinivasan who saved him from Match fixing to save his son in law meyappan & how much he spent to change umpires, rigging auctions & pitches to make CSK win to benefit India cements

[Arpit Bhayani @arpit_bhayani]

The industry has gone completely nuts.

Use tokens to generate AI code and documentation slop. Then use even more tokens to understand and review that slop.

Then judge engineers by token usage instead of how empathetic and clear their docs and code actually are, and completely neglect human comprehension.

Utter nonsense.

[Zeb Evans @DJ_CURFEW]

Today we reduced headcount by 22%. The business is the strongest it's ever been. So I think it's important to be direct about what I'm seeing and why.

First, I made this decision and I own it. I did it because the way to operate at the highest level of productivity is changing, and to win the future, ClickUp needs to change with it.

Second, this wasn't about cutting costs. Most savings from this change will flow directly back into the people who stay. We'll be introducing million-dollar salary bands. If you create outsized impact using AI, you'll be paid outside of traditional bands.

Most importantly, I have the deepest gratitude for those affected. We're doing this from a position of strength specifically so we can take care of people properly. Everyone affected receives a package aimed at honoring their contributions and easing the transition.

I only see two options: wait for this to play out gradually in the market or be honest about what I'm seeing and act proactively.

THE 100X ORGANIZATION
The primary change is that we're restructuring around what I call 100x org. The goal is 100x output. The roles required to build at the highest level are fundamentally different than they were a year ago.

Incremental improvements to existing systems won't get us there. We need new ones. That means creating enough disruption to rebuild rather than iterate on what's already broken.

The common narrative is that AI makes everyone more productive. It doesn't. Many of the workflows of today, if left unchanged, create bottlenecks in AI systems.

These roles will evolve. But waiting for that to happen naturally means falling behind now.

The 100x org is actually heavily dependent on people - infinitely more than today. This is only possible with 10x people that have embraced and adopted new ways of working.

THE BUILDERS, AGENT MANAGERS, AND FRONT-LINERS

— THE BUILDERS: 10X ENGINEERS
I don't think most companies have internalized what's actually happening with AI in engineering. The common narrative is that AI makes all engineers more productive. That may be true in isolation, but at an organization level - that is the farthest thing from reality.

Here's what we've validated recently at ClickUp: the great engineers, the ones who can orchestrate, architect, and review, are becoming 100x engineers. They're not writing code. They're directing agents that write code. The skill is judgment.

AI makes the best engineers wildly more productive, and everyone else using AI slows these engineers down.
Think about it - the bottlenecks are (1) orchestration - telling AI what to do, and (2) reviewing - what AI did. Everything is leapfrogged and no longer needed.
So who do you want orchestrating and reviewing code?

And how do you want your best engineers to spend their time?

If your best engineers are spending time reviewing other people's code, then this is inherently an inefficient bottleneck. These engineers can review their agent's code much faster than reviewing human code.

The new world is about enabling your 10x engineers to become 100x.

The wrong strategy is to push every engineer to use infinite tokens. Companies doing this are celebrating 500% more pull requests. But customer outcomes don't match the volume of code being generated.

I call this the great reckoning of AI coding, and every company will face this soon if not already.

More code is just another bottleneck to the best engineers, and ultimately to your company's impact as well.

— THE BUILDERS: 10X PRODUCT MANAGERS
Product management and design roles are merging.

Designers that have customer focus, become more like product managers.

And product managers that have intuition for UX become more like designers.

The bottleneck of user research is gone. It takes us just one mention of an agent to kickoff research and analyze results.

The bottleneck of product <> design iteration is also gone. The product builder iterates on their own, along with agents and skills that ensure alignment with quality and strategy.

Also controversial today - I believe that the wrong strategy is to have your PMs shipping code - that just introduces another bottleneck that the best engineers will waste their time on.

To be clear, PMs should be coding but they should do this in a playground to iterate, validate, and scope. That code should not go to production.

Everything outside of managing systems, orchestrating AI, and reviewing output becomes a bottleneck.
That's why the other roles that are critical along with these are the systems managers (to reduce bottlenecks) along with a bottleneck you can't replace - customer meeting time.

— THE SYSTEM MANAGERS
Ironically, the people that automate their jobs with AI will always have a job. They become owners of the AI systems - agent managers. We have many examples of these people at ClickUp.

The underlying systems in which we operate are absolutely critical to get right. I think most companies are delusional to think they can iterate on existing systems and compete in this new world.

You must create enough disruption so that old systems are deprecated entirely. If there's any definition for 'AI native' that's what it is.

— THE FRONT-LINERS
In a world that will become saturated with AI communication, the human touch will matter more than anything to customers.

This is a bottleneck that you shouldn't replace - even when agents are high enough quality to do video meetings.

One-on-one meeting time with customers is something that shouldn't be automated. The systems around the meetings should be - so that front-liners spend nearly 100% of their time with customers.

REWARDING 100X IMPACT
In a world where companies are able to do so much more with less, where does that excess money go?
In our case, much of the savings in this new operating model will flow directly back to those that enabled it.

We must reward people that create productivity accordingly. This aligns incentives on both sides. Plus, in a world where your best people create 100x impact, you can't afford to lose them.

You should aim to retain these employees for decades. The context they have and their ability to efficiently orchestrate and review will be nearly impossible to replace.

Compensation bands of today should be thrown out the door. We're introducing $1 million cash/year salary bands with a path available to nearly everyone in the company if they produce 100x impact by creating or managing AI systems.

THE FUTURE
Nearly every company will make changes like these. The ones that do it proactively will define what comes next.

The future is not fewer people. It's different work, new roles, and better rewards for those who embrace it. We're already seeing entirely new roles emerge, like Agent Managers, that didn't exist a year ago.

ClickUp is positioning to lead this shift, not just internally, but for our customers too. I've never been more certain about where we're headed.

[Abhishek Singh @0xlelouch_]

US FAANG culture vs Indian job culture (what I’ve seen):

1. US: “no meeting Fridays” and people actually protect focus time. India: calendars are a battlefield, everything becomes a call.

2. US: written docs, RFCs, async reviews. India: verbal decisions, WhatsApp pings, “just do it bro” specs.

3. US: oncall is real, but incidents become postmortems with fixes. India: incidents become blame and late-night heroics.

4. US: pay aligns with impact, increments are smaller but base is already high. India: big titles, slow comp growth, lots of "loyalty" tax.

Not saying one is perfect.

If you want to grow fast: steal the best parts. Write more. Ship with metrics.

[Carl Vellotti 🥞 @carlvellotti]

I only follow one rule in leadership meetings.

"Yes."

Last quarter, the CEO asked if we could ship the entire roadmap by end of month.

I said yes.

The EM said we'd need to cut scope.

I said "Interesting, let's align offline."

In the parking lot, I told her "You handle the timeline communication."

Two weeks later, she sent an email explaining the delays.

The CEO replied "Why is Engineering always the bottleneck?"

I replied publically "LMK how I can help unblock."

VP replied "Great that you're managing this."

Yesterday, leadership asked if I could commit to an even more aggressive timeline.

I said yes again.

The EM is now on a PIP.

I got promoted to Senior PM.

I deliver vision. She delivered reality. Only one of those gets promoted.

[Meet Shah @MeetshahV]

Who else can relate to this ?

[Karthik Deivasigamani @ccarticc]

@SonySportsNetwk
One of the worst broadcast in recent times, we are watching cricket in between 2 gutka ads. @BCCI never cares about fans and viewing experience. This asia cup is a total disaster!

[Sony Sports Network @SonySportsNetwk]

And just like that, Abhishek Sharma reaches his fifty 🤯

Watch #INDvBAN LIVE NOW on the Sony Sports Network TV channels &amp; Sony LIV.

#SonySportsNetwork #DPWorldAsiaCup2025

[Kaz Nejatian @nejatian]

We are adding a coding section to all of our Product Managers interviews at @Shopify.

We'll start with APM interviews. We expect candidates to build a prototype of the product they suggested in the case interview.

There is no excuse for PMs not building prototypes.

[Karti P Chidambaram @KartiPC]

We can’t ignore this any more! #Streetdogs

[Dr Aniruddha Malpani, MD @malpani]

India's first crowd sourcing platform to report potholes is now live .
Developed by the talented @roshanasingh6 !
Please help us improve the website - feedback is welcome !
Help us make India a better place !
https://t.co/sAvznkTOa2

[Dharma Party of India 🇮🇳 @DharmaPartyInd]

Transparency is first step to Accountability!

We demand 'QR codes' on all roads. Scanning them should show who built it, names of officials, cost & firm maintaining it.

It's time to #KnowYourRoad

P.S. Do scan QR code in the image below

Spread the campaign so it reaches govt.

[Karthik Deivasigamani @ccarticc]

@DKShivakumar Roads turn lakes during rains, wonder what will happen to the tunnels! This could be another disaster in the making.

[Tejasvi Surya @Tejasvi_Surya]

We, RCB fans, are indebted to CM Siddaramaiah and DCM DK Shivakumar for winning us the IPL after 18 years.

They displayed incredible cricketing and leadership skills on the field and brought our club this long elusive glory.

We are also very upset about Virat Kohli, other players and the RCB Management for poor arrangement of the security measures at the program organised to honour CM & DK and their families for winning us the trophy.

Good that RCB Management is arrested and police commissioner is suspended. They are primarily responsible for security in Bengaluru.

Anyways, CM and DKS can now go back to Chinnaswamy Stadium to start practising for their next IPL season.

#StateofAffairsKarnataka

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

My Reading ⚠️

Trump/U.S. played no direct role in today’s India-Pak ceasefire. True that Trump & Co spoke to both sides, but it was 3 days of punitive 🇮🇳military action that forced Pak to pick up the phone and request ceasefire. Was 100% bilateral. At best, 🇺🇸 kept engaged.

[EngiNerd. @mainbhiengineer]

MS Dhoni is the only Uncle in the world who doesn't request kids to let him bat for some balls while seeing them playing.

[Karthik Deivasigamani @ccarticc]

@ravi__sharma27 @TataPlayin Thanks bro

[Karthik Deivasigamani @ccarticc]

@Viz__29 @StarSportsIndia Does star4k have ads in between overs?

[Dr Aniruddha Malpani, MD @malpani]

Fed up of being harassed by petty Govt officials ?
File RTIs !
They hate them ,because it increases their workload ,and they don't get paid extra for filling these in !
Fight fire with fire and give them a taste of their own medicine !
Costs only Rs 10 !