Pankaj Rajan

I turn AI research into revenue generating products.

[Pankaj Rajan @sachuin23]

Productivity is simple.

Reality?
Success comes down to two ruthless habits:

1. Relentlessly focus on what actually moves the needle
2. Systematically block out everything else

Sounds simple. But most never master it.

Are you choosing your priorities, or letting distractions choose for you?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

I love giant machines

[Internal Tech Emails @TechEmails]

Elon Musk: "This is a bait and switch"

October 23, 2022

[Pankaj Rajan @sachuin23]

Playing it safe with enterprise AI? That's just asking to get left in the dust. 🚀

Everyone says "protect the brand," but honestly, moving slow just hands the game to your competition on a silver platter. Every time you tiptoe, you're basically saying, "Hey, take your shot, we'll just chill over here."

Failing fast isn't wild, it's how you actually learn stuff no one else does. Way riskier to waste years perfecting meh ideas in some boardroom echo chamber.

Big companies freak out about messing up in public. That's why startups eat their lunch every time. 🍴

Enough hiding behind "best practices." In AI, you gotta be bold or you're toast. 😎

So, you breaking out of your comfort zone or still playing it safe? Drop a reply if you're ready for the real thing! 👇 #EnterpriseAI

[Pankaj Rajan @sachuin23]

@tunguz You still need to type or speak ;)

[Pankaj Rajan @sachuin23]

@mehulmpt Ping when it completes ;)

[Pankaj Rajan @sachuin23]

@mihail_eric @cursor_ai I remember this

[Pankaj Rajan @sachuin23]

@pitdesi Giving priority to graduates from top universities and imposing much fees on consulting / staffing firms would reduce abuse significantly.

[Pankaj Rajan @sachuin23]

@pitdesi It increases cost to hire for startups. Rather than hiring in the US they will continue to hire outside. Many corporations are moving development out of the US. There has to be a better way.

[Pankaj Rajan @sachuin23]

@parkerconrad @Bouazizalex @DanWestgarth lol 😂

[Mihail Eric @mihail_eric]

I've spent 10 months developing the syllabus for our new Stanford CS course: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿.

The most important question I asked myself about AI software: in an age when the ground is shifting under you all the time, what principles won't go out-of-date next week?

Here's what I came up with:

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭: 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗟𝗠𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
Topics: what is an LLM actually, how to prompt effectively

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
Topics: agent architecture, tool use, MCP

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟯: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝗗𝗘
Topics: context management and code understanding, PRDs for agents,
IDE integrations

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟰: 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀
Topics: Managing agent autonomy levels, human-agent collaboration patterns

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟱: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹
Topics: AI-enhanced command line interfaces, sandboxed execution environments

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟲: 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆
Topics: Secure vibe coding, history of vulnerability detection, AI-generated test suites

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟳: 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁
Topics: what AI code systems can we trust, debugging and diagnostics, intelligent documentation generation

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟴: 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
Topics: design and frontend for everyone, rapid UI/UX prototyping and iteration

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟵: 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
Topics: monitoring and observability for AI systems, automated incident response, triaging and debugging

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟬: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴
Topics: future of software development roles, emerging AI coding paradigms, industry trends and predictions

[Pankaj Rajan @sachuin23]

@jasonlk 100%

[Elisabeth Potter MD @EPotterMD]

I’m sharing an actual recent peer-to-peer call that shows what physicians and patients face when trying to get a surgery approved. This call felt as absurd as it sounds.

The peer-to-peer call was to advocate for surgery to prevent and treat lymphedema for a patient with breast cancer. Her risk is high and we can perform a surgery to lower it.

The doctors from the insurance company on the call were an ophthalmologist with a subspecialty in oculoplastic surgery and a plastic surgeon who currently has a cosmetic practice. Neither doctor has ever performed lymph venous bypass…the surgery I was trying to get approved for my patient.

Neither doctor would provide their name or license number.

At the conclusion of the call, the doctors told me that they didn’t have the power to make a determination or decision to perform the surgery. They were just there to inform me of United’s decision to deny it.

The Medical Decision was not up to the doctors on the call. It had already been made by United.

So here I am, appealing again.

Medical decisions should be made by doctors who are well informed and patient-centered. Patients deserve access to the care that they paid for with their premiums.

[Pankaj Rajan @sachuin23]

@mihail_eric 💡

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

If we punish people for creating outsized value, fewer will try, and society loses.

We can look to China, India, and Vietnam. When I was born, poverty rates were 88%, 60%, and 80%. Each country embraced market reforms and let their versions of capitalism take root. Inequality soared, billionaires were minted, and today, poverty has dropped to ~0% in China, 12% in India, and 2% in Vietnam.

We’ve never seen a country lift hundreds of millions out of poverty without also creating inequality and extreme wealth. In fact, every major case of mass poverty reduction came with more billionaires, not fewer. And I think most citizens would take that trade.

People often speak about inequality, poverty, and injustice in the same breath, but they’re not the same thing. Pakistan has far less income inequality than the US, but very few would say a poor Pakistani has a better life than a poor American.

You can reduce inequality two ways: lift the bottom up, or push the top down. The first works. The second often backfires.

Poverty is a problem to be solved. Unfairness is a problem to be solved. Wealth inequality is not by itself a problem.

We should do everything we can to lift people up, but not by tearing down those who create value! Progress comes from innovation, not envy.

AKA
WE SHOULD HAVE MORE BILLIONAIRES

[Pankaj Rajan @sachuin23]

@mihail_eric Just signed up ;)

[Pankaj Rajan @sachuin23]

@EternalCyberD @Tesla_AI @aelluswamy I had similar experience in California. It was on an exit on I-5.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

More than 16 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care because Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act.

If the House passes this bill, it will increase costs and hurt working class families for generations to come. Call your representative today and tell them to vote no on this bill.

[Pankaj Rajan @sachuin23]

@juliarturc And I thought all SWE are going to get replaced 🤔

[Pankaj Rajan @sachuin23]

@SalesBlastBen CHEAP