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Why tracking mutual funds across multiple AMCs in India feels harder than it should
I had my investments spread across a few AMCs. Nothing complicated. But every time I wanted to understand my portfolio, I found myself doing the same thing. Open one AMC site.Check a few funds. Google their returns. Switch to another app.Then finally go back to my search results. It worked. But it never felt simple. And more importantly, it never answered the one question I actually cared about. What is the true return for the fund i am researching right now ? Cognitive Block
sathyavenkatesh
Apr 62 min read


The price you pay for choosing least privilege
There is a real cost to building products on the principle of least privilege. Nithin Kamath wrote recently about how systems designed with strict permissions, limited access, and tighter controls are harder to build, slower to ship, and often less convenient in the short term. But they tend to be safer, more resilient, and more trustworthy over time. That observation stayed with me because this is something we run into constantly while building Aarambh and Saarthi. In theory
sathyavenkatesh
Mar 182 min read


AI Didn’t Make Us Faster. It Made Us Honest
There’s something slightly uncomfortable happening in tech right now. This whole buzz around productivity has had us all questioning our life choices. But heres my two cents: AI didn’t suddenly make developers 10x more productive. It exposed that coding was never the real bottleneck. As a founder, that realization stings a bit. For years, engineering bandwidth was the default excuse. We need more devs. We need more sprint capacity. We’ll ship it next quarter. But now AI can
sathyavenkatesh
Feb 202 min read


Mastering Data Analysis in Product Management
When I first stepped into the world of product management years ago, I quickly realized that intuition alone wouldn't cut it. Making decisions based on gut feelings might work occasionally, but to consistently build products that resonate with users and scale effectively, I needed to master data analysis. Data is the backbone of smart product decisions. It helps us understand user behaviour, identify opportunities, and measure success. But how do you approach data analysis in
sathyavenkatesh
Nov 20, 20254 min read
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