Kill Your Culture
Or live it. There is no in-between. I didn’t realize this until I left Maryland, where I grew up, in 2012. I missed my parent’s goat curry. The symphony of spices, aromatics, and tender meat that falls to pieces between my teeth. I couldn’t buy it. There
Lessons I Learned From Going Broke
We always hear about founders risking it all to go after their dreams. The Zuckerbergs of the world. The Bezos’s. These stories dominate the discourse. We never hear about the Janahan’s of the world - risking it all. And losing it all. In June 2015, I quit my
Coconut Ginger Shrimp Curry
I learned this from my Amma. By measuring out the oil and coconut milk ahead of time, it's possible to make a high protein, lower calorie version of this curry.. This is a common strategy I employ with fats to control for total calories. Per serving (makes 4): |Ingredient | Weight
Alfredo Sauce
A sauce so creamy, smooth, and cheesy it’ll piss off Italians. And satisfy Americans. Per serving (makes 5 servings): 19g protein/8g fat/19g carbs OR 150 calories I like to serve it with pasta and chicken. I’ll show you how to cook the chicken in a later
Ask For a Raise
With inflation skyrocketing, getting a raise could mean the difference between keeping a roof over your head and being homeless. So I start every 1-on-1 with this question: “When’s my next raise?” I wasn’t always like this. For the first 5 years of my career, I wasn’t
How To Give Your All
After quitting my job to start my own company, I became paralyzed with fear. I would lie in my bed worried about whether I’d ever be able to find another job. I was watching my savings dwindle. One day my co-founder, Sahil, asked if I wanted to go on
Colloquial-Written Tamil
People want to connect with each other. The easiest way is to speak the language, the way people do, colloquially. I want to minimize the time it takes to accomplish that in Tamil. When I first started learning Tamil, I concentrated on the formal flavor. I didn’t realize the
How I Learned Tamil In My 30s
I learned a hyper-specific regional dialect of Tamil from the Northern Province of Sri Lanka (SL) while never having left New York City. In fact, I’ve never even been to SL. I used to think this was impossible, until I did it myself. My Why When I was 23,
How to Migrate From Ghost to Substack (Pt 1)
Last week, I migrated the TTT newsletter from Ghost to Substack for 2 reasons 1. Better email deliverability 2. Network effects to grow the community Since switching, I've grown subscribers over 10%. It's not just me, see this thread from Louie Bacaj... In a prior role, systems my team and
TTT 20: I Need Help
Welcome to the 20th edition of the TTT Newsletter. I'll be sharing a 2 tweets I loved and a thought I had. Hi friends, இரவு வணக்கம் (iravu vaNakkam), Buenas Noches, and Good Evening from New York City! Tweet I loved I’ve been designing and operating distributed systems since
