Author Archives: yugalrajjain

This should provide some insight on why I made the move from the US back to India after a few years of work. And no, my work visa wasn’t expiring. The intent is not to try and convince more people to do the same, but at least get people in similar situations to talk about […]

It’s fascinating to realize how we all exist on the edge of a razor sharp celestial knife when it comes to what made human life possible on earth in its current form. It’s as if there exists a cosmic ‘life-balancer’, similar to the classic Winamp MP3 EQ/equalizer from the late 90s/early 2000s. Except that in […]

I’ve been reading about a particular category of ideas: specific ideas that are successful in specific fields, and then using those themes to extrapolate to general applications in other areas.  Time-sharing of resources is one such theme. The idea is very simple, but its ubiquity can be tricky to appreciate. In essence,  Venture = time-sharing […]

My background in computer science and software engineering is limited (so far!) to basic data structures and algorithms, with some experience in Python and C++. At work, I’ve picked up a preliminary understanding of how software product development and collaboration works.  Regardless of location of software collaboration – Github or vehicle firmware development at Tesla […]

There’s a common concept in chemistry – activation energy, or energy of activation for a chemical reaction. It refers to the minimum amount of energy needed for a chemical reaction to occur. In other words, the energy needed to convert ‘reactants’ into ‘products’ in a chemical reaction. You need to strike the match to light […]

The idea that humans are just biological computers is not new – it’s been around for quite some time. We get inputs about external stimuli with our five senses, do some processing in the brain, and then take some action with our motor system aka muscles. However, the notion that humans are more than just […]

I wonder how many concepts from basic mathematics can be applied to things outside of textbooks. I have been enamored by the idea of global maxima and local maxima off late, and I’m trying to incorporate it as best as possible into my professional pursuits.  Often I had been vying for my local maximum’s optimization […]

This one is super interesting, as my friend Tanushi explained.  Actual growth may happen in the background even if the optics of it don’t prove that. Fitness is a common example for this – you have got to put in the hours for months before you see visual changes in your fitness level. Doesn’t mean […]

This one’s pretty clear – if supply of ‘thing’ is high and demand is low, then the cost of ‘thing’ is low, and vice-versa. What may not be super intuitive is how universally this applies everywhere.  Common sayings – “you only value things when you lose them”, “the grass is greener on the other side” […]

Reading books is one of the best things you can do if learning and growth is important to you. It may not bring you pleasure and instant gratification as some other things might (such as watching a show, eating junk food), but it’s amazing for what it’s meant for.  A very low capital investment, high […]