Harimanjunathan S

Die Hard fan of Viswanathan Anand & Batman | Product Manager

[Harimanjunathan S @harimanjunathan]

@Rainmaker1973 @grok Is this true?

[Harimanjunathan S @harimanjunathan]

Not sure about the SAT scores bit at the end but the rest of it is good :)

[One hard Truth @one_hardTruth]

Jensen Huang on The smartest person he's ever met:

[One hard Truth @one_hardTruth]

He fixed the feeling of “being stuck in life” in 30 seconds. (I wish I heard this earlier.)

[Paul Halpern @phalpern]

Brilliant mathematician Emmy Noether developed mathematical tools used for analysing the problem of energy in Einstein's general theory of relativity.

Einstein, in turn, praised her after her untimely death, writing:

"Noether was the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began.”

[Harimanjunathan S @harimanjunathan]

@PrachitiParkar What's the master's in?

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Newton spent more time writing about alchemy and theology than about physics or mathematics.

[Praggnanandhaa @rpraggnachess]

Congrats to Vaishali akka! 🔥🔥Proud of what you have achieved! Inspiring to see how you handled the critical moments in the tournament! Happy to see the results for all the hard work!

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

What the Artemis II astronauts did over the last 10 days was a testament to their bravery. And the fact that they traveled farther from Earth than anyone ever has, re-entered our atmosphere at more than 24,000 mph, and splashed down safely was a testament to human ingenuity. Thanks to everyone at @NASA for making this mission possible, and for taking us along for the ride.

[Arpit Bhayani @arpit_bhayani]

Nobody knows what things will look like 4 years from now, and there isn't a single right answer. It is uncertain for everyone. But what I strongly believe is ...

Everyone has a thesis - or at least, it helps to have one - and then act on it in your own way. For example,

- if you think you might not have a job, money-max now
- if you believe SaaS is dead, and you work there, switch
- if you think fintech is going to stay, move closer
- if you think vibe coding tools won't last, don't join one
- if you feel depth beats breadth (or vice versa), go all in
- if you think distribution would be important, build one

You might be wrong - and that's okay. No one gets this perfectly right. What matters is taking the time to think it through and form your own view.

By the way, this is exactly how I made my last career move.

I had a view that fintech would keep growing in importance, and that being close to money movement and financial infrastructure would help me learn faster and stay close to AI (in the areas I care about). That's what led me to join Razorpay.

I could be wrong, and I am okay with that. I would rather make a thoughtful bet than stay unsure.

If you are feeling stuck, you are not alone. Millions are going through the same right now. To me, it often just means you have not formed a clear point of view yet.

Take your time. Build one. Then act.

[Girish Mathrubootham @mrgirish]

Anthropic’s agents won’t kill SaaS. But something else will.

The “SaaSpocalypse” narrative is everywhere right now. When Anthropic dropped Claude Cowork plugins in Feb, $285 billion+ evaporated from software valuations in 48 hours.
I’ll be the first to admit: I have skin in the game. As an early-stage AI investor and founder of Freshworks, my perspective is naturally colored by that journey. But looking past the hype, here is my honest take on where we are actually headed.

1. Will “Vibe Coding” Kill SaaS?

There’s a popular idea that because anyone can now “vibe code” an app in minutes with Claude Code, the value of SaaS drops to zero.
First, vibe coding is not a SaaS death sentence.
Yes, you can now describe your requirements in plain English and Claude/Cursor spits out a working app in minutes. I’ve seen solo founders replace $300/mo tools overnight. Cool.
But that’s a weekend prototype — not a system that survives 10k concurrent users, SOC2 audits, 17 legacy integrations, and the 3 a.m. pager storm.
But the most important point is you are vibe-coding yesterday’s legacy systems based on structured forms. The right approach should be to start reimagining what software should feel like when AI is the operating system.

2. Agents vs. Systems of Record

The “Claude agents will kill SaaS” argument misses a fundamental architectural reality.
If an agent sits on top of HubSpot, Salesforce, or Freshworks to deliver intelligence, how exactly does that kill the underlying platform?
These applications are the System of Record. They are the crucial data input layer. To be effective, agents need:
• Structured data from CRMs and ERPs
• Unstructured data from emails, Zoom summaries, and call recordings
The agent is the brain. The SaaS platform is the memory and the nervous system. One cannot function effectively without the other. (Aaron Levie nailed it recently: agents will be SaaS’s biggest users.)
There is another theory that you don’t need the underlying system of record anymore. Just connect the zoom meetings, emails and call transcripts and AI can figure out everything by itself - thats a very flawed assumption and we will do a separate post on why and how that will fail

3. So, Who Will Kill SaaS?

SaaS isn’t going to be killed by a specific LLM release. It will be disrupted by whoever reimagines the solution from the ground up.
Adding an AI layer on top of legacy architecture is a stop-gap—a “wrapper” strategy.
The real killer will be either:
• An incumbent brave enough to disrupt its own legacy architecture, or
• An AI-native startup that builds a system where AI isn’t an “add-on,” but the core foundation of the logic.
The Path Forward
We are moving from a world of “software you use” to “software that does.” The transition won’t be overnight, but the blueprint is changing fast.

In my next post, I’ll outline exactly what a reimagined system of enterprise software—built from day one for the AI era—actually looks like.

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

Charlie Munger literally explained why trying to be a genius is the fastest way to fail:

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Jackie Chan said this stunt in ‘Police Story’ (1985) was the one that terrified him the most in his whole career

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@Arden_2210 36

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

Alan Watts gives some of the most insightful thoughts on life and its worth watching 1000%

[Priyanka Vergadia @pvergadia]

I failed IIT twice. Took loans I couldn't afford. Started as a Quality Engineer while my friends climbed faster. 25 years later, here's the timeline:

2000: Decided to become an Engineer from IIT

2004: Failed to get into IIT

2005: Failed to get into IIT a second time—reluctantly took admission in another engineering school

2006: Started preparing for grad school in US

2008: Ran around trying to get a loan to go to grad school.

2009: Graduated with an engineering degree in India

2009: Moved to the US for grad school at UPenn, started from scratch in a new country

2010: Struggled landing an internship, while all my friends had one.

2010: Clock was ticking on student loan installments

2010: Finally got an internship at a tiny startup

2011: Finally landed a job at the same startup

2012: Struggled through tech career beginnings as a QA engineer

2013: Doubted if I belonged, took a leap into customer-facing engineering

2014: Really felt like I'd arrived in my happy place—solving new business problems every day with engineering

2017: Google found me!

2019: Found this role called DevRel, found my love for learning out loud

2020: Launched some cool zero-to-one products

2021: Became a published best selling author

2023: Led Developer Advocacy for North America at Google Cloud

2024: Microsoft found me to lead Developer Strategy for GTM!

2025: Earned Wharton MBA, launched another best selling book, took the TED stage while building and leading a team with multi-billion dollar impact.

Story goes on...

The entire time, one truth kept me going: I had to believe in myself before anyone else would.

Failing IIT twice felt like the end of the world. But it wasn't my destination—it was just the beginning.

From a "Not-IIT" engineering school to leading developer strategy at the
world's biggest tech companies wasn't about being the smartest person in the room.

It was about showing up consistently, learning relentlessly, and never letting failure or fear make my decisions.

Don't give up on yourself. Your timeline is your own. Dream!

Dream big! You can only achieve what you can imagine..so don't hold back.

#hustle

[Compounding Quality @QCompounding]

"I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up."
- Charlie Munger

[Venkatesh Alla @venkat_fin9]

A Whitefield resident. An Amazon employee. An IIT & IIM graduate. A young man earning, building a future, dead because Bengaluru can’t fix a pothole.

Last Sunday 1:30 AM near Zudio/SBR One, the bike hit a pothole, he was thrown off and died on the spot. His mother already lost her husband last year. Now she’s lost her ONLY son.

Not due to an accident.
Not due to speeding.
Due to a pothole.

How many more lives does @CMofKarnataka @BBMPCOMM have to read about before you act? Bengaluru potholes are literally MURDERING people.
Every month one more death, one more photo with a garland and one more family destroyed while those responsible sit comfortably in AC offices and give excuses.

@blrcitytraffic @BlrCityPolice, please stop blaming riders. Start fixing roads before another mother ends up lighting candles instead of celebrating her child’s life. Bengaluru needs accountability. Not condolences

[Harimanjunathan S @harimanjunathan]

@ronin21btc So good!

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@Saganismm @grok Did Robert Frost, the poet really say this?