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TUI over GUI, and we might be onto something unprecedented

August 15, 2025

Graphical User Interfaces, or GUI, the shiny, most coveted area of the internet and software in general, is always the face of innovation. Some might say...

AI is this generation's Kryptonite

August 13, 2025

Hold off on the AI craze for the sanity of your Acquired Skills Every generation has its kryptonite that spirals most of them into anxiety-laden, desperate...

The World of Arch is Fun with Omarchy

First week of August, and I have already lived on two continents. I am trying to understand the Aussie way of living while holding onto the quiet traumas of...

Barcelona: The Beautiful Coastal City of Catalonia

Where the sunshine is bright and the food is delicious Hey Folks, Here is another edition of photoventures from The Analog Perspective. Today, I am...

The Archivist on the Chain

Introduction The world as we live in is fast approaching a point of no return. Big Corporations want to control everything at the expense of the skillful...

The Chill of Bavarian Landscapes & the Coldness of Munich

Hi Folks, I am diving back into my archives full of photos I clicked during my early days in Munich. I have been revisiting old pictures frequently for...

Hola España, Exploring the lanes & culture in Madrid

Hi Folks, Just going through my archives of photos from my time in Europe, I came across this album, one of my first photo adventures with my Fujifilm X-E4....

De-Evolution of the Internet while Outsourcing creativity to AI

I remember my first time entering the magical realm of the internet. It was overwhelming, over even before I got a chance to become familiar with it. It was...

The Dead Internet Theory may not be a Theory anymore

What happens when theories aren't theories anymore? Logically, we look for practical implementations to validate our new understanding, and if sanity...

Budapest - A Charming City

Have you ever gone on a vacation to a place where you are not aware of the happenings and history of the place? Your intentions of booking the trip were...

Nostalgia filled trip through the streets of Mumbai

Monochromatic to Color: Look at hotspots in South Mumbai I spent my formative years in Mumbai. My school-to-college days were spent exploring the hotspots...

The Magic of AI can only be managed with robust Data Governance

The AI craze is in hyperdrive, and it shows no clear indication of dying down anytime soon. The question is, do we jump on the bandwagon or do we hold back...

Big Tech is at it again with Artificial General Intelligence

The social media era started with Facebook. It was gaining so much traction that alternatives like Orkut and something else that Google tried to create to...

A Definitive Guide to Getting Started with Insurance Analytics

Data Analytics in Insurance Data Analytics processes past and current data using traditional and modern techniques and technologies to make accurate...

The World We Live in is Devoid of Nuances

The world is dealing with a lot. The times are highly complicated and the people dealing with the complications seem to be well versed with heightening the...

Tariffs, Inflation & AI - Why the World Feels More Chaotic Than Ever

I am not an Economist. All the knowledge I have about geopolitical trade is from the news, Thanks to Trump’s insistence on stirring the trading pot with...

AI & Its Impact on the World of Consulting

Consulting is a phenomena brought about by the changing landscape of businesses. If you look back at the history for the greatest booms in any industries, it...

The Perfect Future was in the Past we left behind

I was living in Mumbai travelling on the local train trying to make it to my lectures on time, my cellphone, the ever dependable and unbreakable Nokia 3310...

AI & Humans – How do we co-exist?

The world is rapidly moving towards an automated & robotic future. The effect of this accelerated growth of technology on our environment and world is the...

The New Found World of AI Agents & Consulting

Agentic AI is all the new craze in the tech world. I am intrigued with the notion that a AI agent will be able to access specific part of a system and learn...

Changing My Ways to Tell the Story from the Data Points

February 24, 2025

Change can be terrifying. It can be tougher even, when the changes are gradual as they take its due course to realize. It helps if the changes are influenced...

Happy New Year, Happy New Ventures

January 14, 2025

Just as the New Year celebrations are mellowing down, I am trying to get back into a productive groove with my projects and my writing. I am yet to iron out...

My Substack Summer

September 20, 2024

What I read in Summer 2024 Highlights ☕ I read the most in the morning💌 I subscribed to 42 new Substacks📽️ I watched 1 minute of video❤️ I liked 14 posts💬 I...

Finding new depths of data by diving into Data Lake

September 4, 2024

Making sense of the data in its most original form Modern tech legends say that 70% of the earth is covered by water and the rest is all data points. Don’t...

Reminiscing the Lost World of Quirky & Weird Old Internet

August 28, 2024

I miss the old internet. I miss the days of browsing the internet to explore information and communities, the feeling of uncertainty with intrigue, and...

AI for Photographers is the Steroids for Athletes, Win that comes at a cost

August 23, 2024

I have had it till here (I put my hand to my temple) with the AI talk. It is more so the constant chatter of AI in art forms like photography, music, and...

Data Engineering SneakPeek: A step-by-step representation of extracting value from the data

August 22, 2024

While the summer is summering outside, I intend to take full advantage of the sunshine and explore some of my usual spots for any new observations I may have...

What is the purpose of Technology and Do we even know why we use it?

August 15, 2024

Technology is ruined and we should all pack up and return to the start of the Millennium and restart. Early in the 2000s, I had my first experience with...

Etherion & its place on the plank in the sea full of Data Consultancies

August 15, 2024

Imagine living with items of invaluable wealth and having the misfortune of not understanding their value or even the ways of extracting value from them....

Facing Business Challenges? Discover How Invisoul Unlocks Your Data's Potential

August 14, 2024

In today's fast-paced business world, data is being generated at an unprecedented rate. From social media interactions to educational content and multimedia,...

Short Update and Excited to Share the Launch of New Venture

August 10, 2024

During a time when everything in technology is uninspiring, the world has ceased to even try to be a healthier space, and every party is out to abolish the...

Healthcare Data Exchange: The Challenges that demand unique solutions

When people talk about oceans of data, it is safe to assume they are more often than not mentioning a typical healthcare organization. It will make more...

From Data Chaos to Clarity: A Leader's Journey to Data Literacy

My Data Disaster: A Cautionary Tale of Putting the Cart Before the Horse AI this, AI that - it's the buzzword on everyone's lips these days. But have you...

Finding Life's Purpose: A Burnt-Out Tech Consultant's Journey to Creativity

I am a burnt-out technology consultant having worked in the technology industry for 15+ years. Every job comes with its unique challenges and the will to...

Data-Driven Product Strategy: Building Models That Actually Work

I have worked at the forefront of data engineering in the Healthcare world where the struggles with data quality and completeness can be the difference maker...

Rediscovering Bombay: A Journey Through Time (Or How I Fell in Love with the City... Again!)

Picture Credit A Sunday Morning Adventure (AKA 'Operation Nostalgia') Guess who's back, back again? This girl, stepping into a Mumbai train after seven long...

Data Engineering Demystified: A Product Manager's Guide to the Data Ecosystem

Last week I wrote a post to cover an overview about Data Product Managers. You can read it here. Photo by Luke Chesser on Unsplash While researching for the...

What is a Product Strategy & How to keep it aligned with Engineering Teams?

Have you ever wondered about the thought process behind the scenes in the organizations undertaking product development? I ask myself the very same question...

Data Product Managers and Their Time to Shine

In my earlier post, I covered Product Management and different types of Product Managers. You can read it here. In this post, I want to cover one specific...

There is more than one player in the AI field. Here's a look at Claude!

I am becoming increasingly skeptical about AI and its uses in every aspect of our lives. My question to myself keeps hovering around the Why of it all and to...

What is Breaking Encryption and why are Europe and Australia debating on it?

Encryption is safe for now but for how long? Europe and Australia’s quest to figure out a way around the end-to-end encryption took a momentary pause this...

The Dilemma About Working a Job Or Building a Portfolio

I have spent 15 long, a little tenuous, but more exciting years in the IT industry. I have been blessed to learn new things and travel the world to work on...

The Adobe Fiasco and building affinity toward the competitors

In today’s tech world, AI can make or break your product. Sounds too intense? Ask Adobe. Adobe has had a terrible few days in the wake of the Terms &...

3 Ways to Use AI for Product Managers With and In Product Lifecycle

The noise about AI is deafening. It is not all bad, there is a dire need to put a filter on it. The product managers need to work with varied data depending...

3 Reasons to believe a change is inevitable in the Tech Industry

As the winds of change gather pace There is no storm yet. It seems to be brewing though, underneath and about to surface sooner than later. The world of...

The Intrusion of AI & Loss of Individualism by Design

The fundamental use of any machine is to make the redundant tasks easier for the humans and take away the margin of error. Instead we have managed to involve...

5 simple ways to get started in Product Management

As of 2024, there are over half a million product managers in the world actively working to improve the product experience across various factors. The...

3 Simple Ways To Clear a Mind With a Hike to Beautiful Landscapes of Zugspitze

September 13, 2023

A stranger’s push can break the barrier separating the subtle reality from the oblivious memories. The fleeting nostalgia accompanying the bittersweet...

3 Cultural Attractions to Enjoy on the Grand Budapest Photo Walk

August 27, 2023

Summers are full of anticipations. The planning churn wheel is at full speed. The only sane thing to do is to get on board and plan to the heart’s content....

4 Places in Amsterdam that makes Euro Trip Memorable

Summer days seem like a long party that everyone refuses to leave. The after-party that follows is one never-ending Gatsby event. The canals of Amsterdam...