Essays on building audit-ready systems for India's regulated, operationally-demanding work — plus earlier notes on engineering, product and startups.
Summary To use two GitHub accounts on one machine, you need three things: separate SSH keys for each account, SSH host aliases in ~/.ssh/config to route…
MethodIn regulated work, a system is only as good as the proof it leaves behind.
Earlier writing from 2011–2018 — notes on engineering, product and startups from before Avant Insights, kept for the record.
Generating letsencrypt Wildcard SSL Certificate using certbot LetsEncrypt.org has recently added support for wildcard certificates however, the tools have…
Engineering NotesGenerate 2048 bit private-public key pair openssl genrsa -des3 -out private.pem 2048 You will be prompted for a passphrase for private key, make sure you…
Customer & GrowthCEO/Co-founder of BloomReach talks about the role of empathy & measuring impact of your startup for the customers… For example, a lot of products promise…
Customer & GrowthEvery investment is an emotional commitment to support and grow the business and to build long-lasting relationships with the founders.
Method & CultureMikeal Rogers’ perspective about processes and methodologies. If you build a culture that values critical thinking over process you’ll end up with better…
Engineering ManagementThis is one of the best playbooks I have read about Engineering Management. Thank you Yishan Wong (ex-facebook director engineering).
Engineering NotesFollow up to his earlier post about Greatest Enemy of a Programmer, Jeff talks about how programmers can avoid getting stuck.
Product & ExecutionBeing a good product development team is all about good execution.
Engineering NotesIn my years of experience as a lead programmer and a teacher of programming, I’ve learned that when a programmer is really struggling—when his or her…
# Insights — Avant Insights Insights and essays on building AI-native systems for India's regulated, operationally-demanding work: the evidence-first build method, what "audit-ready" really means, and how we measure ROI from day one. ## Latest Essays on engineering management, product development, security, and the evidence-first build method — spanning early startup lessons to current practice.