Ayush
@ayushkcs
21 • yc engineer • notes to self
if you want anything in life, no matter how big, don't believe in fate. just have: - clarity - pure intent - hard work - resilience - consistency - perseverance - zero expectations everything else is noise.
unpopular opinion: the term "vibe coding" is very misleading, especially for amateur engineers. it might work well for non-technical folks, but for actual engineers, it does more harm than good. these days, people confuse the ability to write or generate code with being a great…
Career Update: Joined a startup as founding engineer to build AI agents.
"with all the new tools, prior experience isn't at relevant. but being able to think and learn quickly definitely is." ~ @neetcode1
curiosity is not a feeling that shows up. it's a by product of being bored long enough to want to explore.
"The seas are often changing but the will to become a pirate king never sways."
i actually beg to differ here. if anyone thinks cs is going to be crushed in the coming years, you couldn’t be more wrong. just sit down. think for a bit. read a few books about the history of technological evolution, especially over the last 50–60 years. it’s insanely…
i'm too aware to fully conform, but too ambitious to walk away from the world. i can see through how most people live, work, and think. i can’t pretend that status, job titles, or shallow success actually matter. i feel bored or fake in systems where others feel safe. i…
you can avoid a lot of chaos in life by simply staying silent. not everything needs a reaction.
"we are alive for the briefest moment. it's a tiny moment, but what a moment."
"certainty flattens all optionality. it destroys the convexity that uncertainty synthesized with courage can offer."
not oversharing things with people, whether good or bad, gives you a lot of internal drive. seek neither validation nor sympathy.
for a normal human to read the amount of text used to train gpt-3, it would take over 2600 years if they read non-stop, 24/7. that's insane.
no shitposting. last month, i made this new X account cus everyone was building an audience. honestly, it felt cool to just post random stuff, especially after the whole anon anime pfp movement (btw, which i think is great). a lot of folks are landing jobs, getting investments,…