Pulse Candy: A Disruptive Story
How a ₹1 candy turned into a ₹750 crore obsession. Pulse nailed local flavor, sparked viral buzz, and rewrote FMCG playbooks without a single celeb ad.
Sahil Kapoor
Why "Monolith" Became a Bad Word
Everyone fell in love with microservices, but complexity came free. Modular monoliths might just be the smarter path for most teams today. Even Amazon and Shopify circled back. Here's why that matters if you're building something new.
Why I Had to Ask a Junior Dev to Stop Using AI
AI makes you faster - unless it makes you lazy. Here’s the real story of asking a junior dev to pause ChatGPT, and what it taught me about product judgment.
Adapt or Vanish
Every product operates under pressure from competitors, platforms, users, or internal growth targets. What survives isn’t always the best. It’s what adapts the fastest.
That Rare Moment When AI Actually Delivers Exactly What You Meant
AI accelerates output, but clarity of intent still defines quality. Good prompts come from good thinking.
DevOps Feels Less Like a Role and More Like a Lifestyle
Owning deployment, infra, and reliability demands resilience. It’s rewarding, but never truly off.
Why Remote Work Is Not The Same
Remote work felt like a revolution in 2020. But it wasn’t a revolution. It was an emergency. And now that life is back, remote isn't the dream everyone thought it was, it’s a system out of sync with reality.
The Bug Was the System
We fixed the tools. We cleaned up the code. But something still felt off. Everyone was doing their job, but velocity kept slipping. I couldn’t shake the feeling that what we were fixing wasn’t the thing that was broken.
How to Become a Product Manager
You don’t need a PM title to start thinking like one. This is a hands-on path to build product instincts, by noticing flows, fixing real problems, redesigning what’s broken, and learning to ship with judgment. No fluff, just habit and reps.
Cognitive Biases & Design Principles in Product Design
Design is psychology in disguise. Every scroll, tap, and wait time is shaping user behavior. Products that lean into these biases feel smooth and addictive, while those that ignore them feel clunky.