The @naralokesh data centre water debate has everyone arguing past each other.
“Data centres will drain Andhra Pradesh dry. There is no environmental flow after water allocation”
I have seen these wrong claims everywhere this week. I am a water resources engineer from IIT Bombay. I did my master’s thesis on Polavaram and just finished a 29 year daily simulation of the reservoir. Let me show you what the Godavari actually does with its water every year. 🧵 (1/15)
Here is what nobody says about money:
The reason you want it is because of what you've already experienced without much of it.
You had a trip that changed how you see the world. A meal that made you feel alive. A morning where the coffee was perfect and the air was right and for fifteen minutes, everything made sense.
Those moments are not expenses. They are the entire point.
And the person who's experienced those moments? They work different. They create different. They show up different. Because they know what they're building toward.
That's why "stop spending on things you love" is the worst financial advice ever given. It removes the very thing that drives people to build wealth in the first place.
At Coinage, we ask a different question. Not "how do I spend less?" but "how do I make every dollar work even the ones I spend on the things I love?"
Your phone got smarter. Your TV got smarter. Your car got smarter.
But the way you pay your credit card bill in 2026 is identical to how your parents did it in 1995.
Money in. Bill comes. Money out. Repeat.
Here's the thing nobody talks about. The average American checking account earns 0.07% interest. Not 7%. Zero point zero seven. Meanwhile the S&P 500 has averaged 10% a year for the last century.
That's not bad luck. That's a choice. Just one nobody ever made consciously.
If you're someone who keeps a buffer in your checking account money you don't need this week, maybe not even this month
that money is doing almost nothing for you. It's not invested. It's not growing. It's just waiting to pay a bill.
I built Coinage for exactly that money.
You take the portion you don't immediately need and put it in the market. When your credit card bill comes, Coinage checks your portfolio. If something's up, we sell just enough to cover it. If the market's down that month, nothing gets sold you pay normally, no surprises, no stress.
But when the market's up? You just paid your bill with gains. On top of your credit card rewards.
The app is live. You can do this today.
I don't know exactly where this goes. But I genuinely hope we're building something useful. If this resonates try it. Tell me what you think.
2026 money should work like it's 2026.
To my beloved TDP family - While I get the emotion behind such content, personal attacks are never desirable. We may be political opponents, but our public discourse must be grounded in dignity and respect. I request everyone, including our supporters, to avoid amplifying such content. Let us maintain civility even in disagreement, and focus on constructive politics that strengthens Andhra Pradesh.
Anand ji, thank you for your gracious words. I firmly believe India is entering a phase of transformative growth, and as policymakers our responsibility is to continually innovate and create new pathways to unlock the vast entrepreneurial energy of our people. I am merely doing my part in this national endeavour.
Your support and partnership over the past several decades have been invaluable. I look forward to welcoming you to Andhra Pradesh soon!
@anandmahindra
Heartiest congratulations to Andhra Pradesh government. It is a great achievement to bring Google's AI hub to Vizag; it is also a transformative moment for India's digital infrastructure. Kudos to Government of India for facilitating it.
Along with the investments and infrastructure, the State Government needs to focus on freezing current expenditure for the next few years. As the economy grows, and as revenues improve correspondingly, a few years of freeze on further revenue spend will make the public debt more manageable. Right now, when you include off-budget loans and unpaid bills, the debt-gsdp ratio exceeds 60%, and is unsustainable. I hope the government will show the same dynamism in fiscal management and prudent use of resources as in attracting investment and building infrastructure.
@ncbn@nsitharaman@AshwiniVaishnaw@naralokesh
Vibe coding - that one weird trick for AI to draw you in!
> It starts super easy, and you make rapid progress
> The AI says yes to everything you ask for
> You have a prototype in one prompt!
> You click on a few buttons, and it up-levels your prototype
It feels like you are super close, but you are never done... trapped in a death loop of AI making false promises and apologies 🤣