https://www.shagun.xyz/categories/essay/Recent content in Essay on Shagun Attri | shagun.xyz | Product ManagerHugoenThis work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:52:57 +0530https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/softwareandcontentin2026/Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/softwareandcontentin2026/I’ve been wrestling with a strange paradox lately: the easier it becomes to build software and create content, the more urgent it feels to start right now. Let me explain what I mean. The Bell Curve Nobody’s Talking About When vibecode.dev, Claude Code, Cursor, and Emergent Labs hit the internet, these weren’t products from decade-old companies with hundreds of engineers. These were applications built at speeds that would have seemed impossible a few years ago - vibecoding, as we are now calling it(Terrible name btw, undermines a lot of impactful work).https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/twitter/Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/twitter/I’m writing this as a living note. Not a growth hack thread. Not “10 tips to go viral.” But a clear mental model of how X (Twitter) actually decides who wins in 2025 — especially if you’re building in AI, cybersecurity, startups, or DevSecOps. My personal targets are aggressive: 500 verified followers 3M impressions 3 months No paid growth, no engagement bait So I went deep into the open-source X algorithm, creator data from 2024–25, and real-world testing.https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/surviving_startup_life/Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/surviving_startup_life/Welcome to the startup life. Let me ask you something - have you ever been in a meeting where every word you say feels like it’s under a microscope? Where the air feels thinner (metaphorically, but also literally if your nerves are shot), and you’re just trying to breathe while making your point? Yeah, welcome to startup life. It’s fast. It’s relentless. And sometimes, it feels like you’re climbing Everest with no oxygen tank.https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/1percentclub/Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/1percentclub/The 1% Club news and Market Dynamics Layoffs unveil the intricate dynamics of the market, as seen in the recent news about the ‘1% club’ layoffs. The 1% Club, founded by social media influencer Sharan Hegde and funded in part by investor Nikhil Kamath, aims to elevate financial literacy in India by providing education, tools, and community support. It focuses on teaching users essential financial skills like budgeting, saving, and investing through resources such as the Finance Academy and accountability partner matching.https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/know/Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/know/How to Know? There are multiple ways to “know” about something you like or enjoy doing - join a class, enroll in a course, surf the web, talk to peers, get a mentor, and so on. Getting to know about something is not a problem. In this internet age of abundance of information sometimes in the form of misinformation, disinformation, and more is not an issue. That was a problem of the past.https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/12-05.23/Fri, 12 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/12-05.23/The art of building taste with online consumption choices of content and the ways it defines you. In a world where screen time is through the roof for most, the screentime-healthy-lifestyle-green-vegan-enthusiast-energy-ultra-pro-max folks are trying to figure out ways to manage their screen times while doomscrooling through their day. Well aren’t we all in some ways guilty of doomscrolling when bored at work or waiting for the metro to arrive and trying to fix it?https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/04-05-23/Thu, 04 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/04-05-23/How your counsumption pattern defines who you are. In simple terms - You are what you consume. Over the years, as we grow and evolve our understanding of the world. We consume information and content from various sources - on the internet, watching something IRL, observing other people behavior and more. The consumption patterns and behvaiors are partly influenced by the environment one is in and exposed to. If you have a friend circle in college which is into gaming, you will naturally be exposed to gaming and generate interest over time leading you to explore gaming.https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/31-03-23/Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/31-03-23/Comes down to how you switch gears When studying in college, I was fascinated by technology and curious about learning about the next big wave to ride on. Data analytics was talk of the town back then, now it’s Artificial Intelligence. These trends come and go with time but the process of figuring out which waves to ride and which one’s to avoid is the task at hand. The college journey typically lasts 4 years, and with all external factors considered your aim should to figure out the right role to get your career started.https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/21-02-23/Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/21-02-23/Crypto, web3, bitcoin, doge, luna, token, NFT, trade, sell, decentralized, dip, and dump have been talk of the town during the 21/22 lockdown period on twitter tech bro communities where all they could talk about was web3 being the future. Memes were made, money was dumped to create projects, spread the word about decentralization and people casually scrolling through their social feeds got into the web3 and traded crypto for some returns.https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/10-02-23/Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/10-02-23/#8 Edition of interesting reads from the week - 10, Feb 2023. #1 The optimal free trial length Free Trials for end users are a great way to experience the platform and extract the most value out of it while you have the time, which is a natural behavior for us humans. But on the other end are teams deciding whether to have a trial in the first place or a free Plan maybe a freemium plan for their product.https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/15-01-23/Sun, 15 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.shagun.xyz/blog/15-01-23/#7 Edition of interesting reads from the week - 15, Jan 2023. #1 Stability mangoge, chaos denge Getting comfortable with the constant change in life be it your friends, the place you stay, or the people you meet at work. We all aim to achieve a state of stability for all the hard work we do. But the cycle of uncertain events never stops - from one goal you keep moving to the next and sometimes do not even realize it’s been like that for a long time.