I'm Saket Modi and this is my digital home.https://modisaket.com/enhttps://modisaket.com/posts/india-culture-of-mild-scamming/https://modisaket.com/posts/india-culture-of-mild-scamming/A zero-sugar label, a diabetic in the family, and what the fine print on an Indian pack is actually there for.Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayIndiahttps://modisaket.com/posts/lack-of-accountability/https://modisaket.com/posts/lack-of-accountability/The moment breaking a rule has no cost, shortcuts win. Traffic, surgeons, managers, and people who fall off their words.Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayIndiahttps://modisaket.com/posts/me-first-culture-in-india/https://modisaket.com/posts/me-first-culture-in-india/Why we stand in the middle of the door before people can get out, and what it costs everyone.Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayIndiahttps://modisaket.com/posts/tracking-the-wrong-things/https://modisaket.com/posts/tracking-the-wrong-things/Control access to a coveted good and a black market beats the rules - Tatkal tickets, US visa appointments, and what broken government websites say about how much a government cares.Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayIndiahttps://modisaket.com/posts/a-layover-is-a-movie-trailer-for-a-city/https://modisaket.com/posts/a-layover-is-a-movie-trailer-for-a-city/Seeing a city from the air on a layover tells you whether you want to come back and plan around it.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTravelMental Modelshttps://modisaket.com/posts/planes-should-have-flat-beds/https://modisaket.com/posts/planes-should-have-flat-beds/Long flights are stuck in a local minimum where everyone sits upright and we invent pillows instead of letting people sleep flat.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTravelProducthttps://modisaket.com/posts/speed-as-a-proxy-for-strength/https://modisaket.com/posts/speed-as-a-proxy-for-strength/Going fast worked for most of my life. With more people, variables, and ambiguity, direction matters more.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMental ModelsCareerhttps://modisaket.com/posts/what-should-we-do-with-our-time/https://modisaket.com/posts/what-should-we-do-with-our-time/Working hard is not the same as being productive. Success needs a definition, and you have to define it for yourself.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTProductivityPhilosophyhttps://modisaket.com/posts/whisperflow-is-a-weird-startup/https://modisaket.com/posts/whisperflow-is-a-weird-startup/Great product, real value, and possibly no moat. Is this the story of every AI startup now?Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIStartupshttps://modisaket.com/posts/opportunity-cost/https://modisaket.com/posts/opportunity-cost/Doing one thing means not doing another, and the gap compounds over years.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayMental Modelshttps://modisaket.com/posts/an-actual-terminal-on-my-phone/https://modisaket.com/posts/an-actual-terminal-on-my-phone/Running an actual sandboxed Linux terminal on Android with Omalauncher to run AI agents on the go.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayTechnologyAIhttps://modisaket.com/posts/meta-green-dot-notification/https://modisaket.com/posts/meta-green-dot-notification/Meta shows a green dot for connected-app notifications with no way to turn it off.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayTechnologyDesignhttps://modisaket.com/posts/the-death-of-software-or-the-rise-of-ultra-niche-software/https://modisaket.com/posts/the-death-of-software-or-the-rise-of-ultra-niche-software/AI can clone big suites in one shot, headcount is falling, and the opening is ultra-niche software that does exactly what you want.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayAISoftwarehttps://modisaket.com/posts/taking-the-time-to-do-unique-stuff/https://modisaket.com/posts/taking-the-time-to-do-unique-stuff/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayLifeTravelhttps://modisaket.com/posts/the-curse-of-performing/https://modisaket.com/posts/the-curse-of-performing/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayLifeSocialhttps://modisaket.com/posts/why-i-dont-like-instagram/https://modisaket.com/posts/why-i-dont-like-instagram/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayTechnologyLifehttps://modisaket.com/posts/the-cost-of-not-knowing-things/https://modisaket.com/posts/the-cost-of-not-knowing-things/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayLifeMental Modelshttps://modisaket.com/posts/a-summer-sacrifice/https://modisaket.com/posts/a-summer-sacrifice/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayLifePersonalhttps://modisaket.com/posts/building-custom-software-with-ai/https://modisaket.com/posts/building-custom-software-with-ai/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssaySoftwareAIhttps://modisaket.com/posts/learn-to-rely-on-strangers/https://modisaket.com/posts/learn-to-rely-on-strangers/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayLifehttps://modisaket.com/posts/poker-and-life/https://modisaket.com/posts/poker-and-life/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayPhilosophyLifeGameshttps://modisaket.com/posts/harry-potter-treatment/https://modisaket.com/posts/harry-potter-treatment/Rewatching the series as an adult: Harry never practices, an army of people exists to save him, and that is exactly why we love it.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTMoviesEssayhttps://modisaket.com/posts/ai-is-essentially-free/https://modisaket.com/posts/ai-is-essentially-free/Token use went vertical, token maxing burned budgets, and the price of intelligence collapsed. Intelligence is now the cheapest input in software.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIEssayhttps://modisaket.com/posts/does-code-need-to-be-maintainable-anymore/https://modisaket.com/posts/does-code-need-to-be-maintainable-anymore/AI writes code fast, so why keep it maintainable? Because the context window is a physical limit, and somebody has to know what is under the hood.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIEngineeringhttps://modisaket.com/posts/incentive-structures/https://modisaket.com/posts/incentive-structures/Everyone has incentives, and people act to shift situations toward what fulfills them. Watch the incentive and behavior stops surprising you.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayMental Modelshttps://modisaket.com/posts/india-you-have-seen-this-but-have-you-noticed/https://modisaket.com/posts/india-you-have-seen-this-but-have-you-noticed/Things you see every day in India but rarely stop to articulate.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayIndiahttps://modisaket.com/posts/supplementation/https://modisaket.com/posts/supplementation/My daily supplement stack, slot by slot, and why supplementation is not medicine but a complement to your diet.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTHealthPersonalhttps://modisaket.com/posts/what-would-i-change-in-india-immediately-if-i-had-the-power/https://modisaket.com/posts/what-would-i-change-in-india-immediately-if-i-had-the-power/A thought exercise on India - the strengths, the pattern behind the headlines, and the pillars I would fix first.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayIndiahttps://modisaket.com/posts/why-is-dnd-on-our-phones-not-active-by-default/https://modisaket.com/posts/why-is-dnd-on-our-phones-not-active-by-default/Phones ship configured to train you into distraction - and DND is a feature almost nobody finds. That is not an accident.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTTechnologyEssayhttps://modisaket.com/posts/bad-metrics-bad-outcomes/https://modisaket.com/posts/bad-metrics-bad-outcomes/Metrics become the goal that behavior orients toward - and people game them. A king who paid for snakes, and a reservation system that lost its intention.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayMental Modelshttps://modisaket.com/posts/is-it-time-to-go-solo/https://modisaket.com/posts/is-it-time-to-go-solo/AI made a senior developer as productive as a team. That breaks the promotion economics of big tech - and pushes more people to go solo.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTAICareerhttps://modisaket.com/posts/it-just-works/https://modisaket.com/posts/it-just-works/The best products and services disappear. The cab ride you never remember, the app you never think about - and why what "just works" replaces what does not.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayProductshttps://modisaket.com/posts/shifting-from-typing-to-speaking/https://modisaket.com/posts/shifting-from-typing-to-speaking/The input device changed from fingertips to a microphone, and the flow got better.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTVoice TypingWorkflowhttps://modisaket.com/posts/working-hard-is-not-the-best-strategy/https://modisaket.com/posts/working-hard-is-not-the-best-strategy/Working hard is how you get your foot in the door, but leverage is how you scale.Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTMental ModelsLifehttps://modisaket.com/posts/know-the-game-you-are-playing/https://modisaket.com/posts/know-the-game-you-are-playing/Every game has a range of cost and a range of reward. Accept yours, or someone is fooling you.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayCareerhttps://modisaket.com/posts/voice-typing-is-fun/https://modisaket.com/posts/voice-typing-is-fun/Voice typing on my phone that works in any app, mixes Hindi and English, and removes the friction that used to kill my ideas.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTVoice TypingToolshttps://modisaket.com/posts/hello-world/https://modisaket.com/posts/hello-world/First post on the new blog.Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTMetahttps://modisaket.com/posts/writing-by-voice/https://modisaket.com/posts/writing-by-voice/Why this blog starts as voice notes.Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTMetaWorkflow