Sahil Kapoor’s Playbook: Product & High-Scale Engineering

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Sahil Kapoor

📍 New Delhi, India

The Hidden Cost of Remote Work

Remote looks attractive in the short run, no commute, lower expenses, the ease of home. But years later, the regret surfaces. You realise you missed out on the social side of work, the compounding of proximity, the unspoken lessons that come only from being in the room.

The Secret to Faster, Better Teams

More headcount doesn’t guarantee more output, often it just adds overhead, slows decisions, and creates blockers. The real advantage comes from building small, values-aligned teams where every person raises the bar.

Living in a Two Player World

Across India’s biggest markets, two dominant names hold the top, and everyone else fights for scraps. It is efficient, but it raises questions about the future.

Flutter Is Taking Over

I started out writing native code and believed in it fully. But Flutter has evolved into something rare - a truly cross-platform system that doesn't feel like a compromise. In 2025, it's earning its spot as a real default.

Balance by Design

Every product has invisible thresholds set points that quietly define what "normal" looks like. Miss them, and things break. PMs must learn to design with those baselines in mind, not against them.

Deploying on a Friday Night

Healthy teams respect operational risk. Stability isn’t an obstacle, it’s a responsibility.

Why We Made Copilot Mandatory (and Would Do It Again)

Everyone said "just try it," so we did. Then we made it non-optional. Not because we love AI, but because we hate wasting smart people’s time on dumb stuff.

Lessons from Working a Decade in Startups

If you’re about to start your first company, here’s everything I wish someone had told me before I burned through time, energy, and peace of mind.

Best Fruit is Forbidden

The idea of rewriting everything from scratch is tempting clean code, faster builds, fresh tech. But clean slates come with real costs. Here's a more honest take on why backend rewrites feel right, but often aren't.

What Startups Can Learn From the Fall of Nokia and BlackBerry

BlackBerry once owned over 50% of the US smartphone market. Nokia ruled half the world's pockets. And yet, both fell hard and fast - not because of bad luck, but because of bad assumptions. They ignored early signals, clung to legacy systems, and bet on the wrong future.