The Nonconformist
Hi, I'm Soham. From time to time, I blog here.
On reclaiming the lost art of long-form prose
Whatever happened to long-form prose? In this era of social media, where status updates and 140-character tweets dominate our attention spans, the art of writing at length seems to be fading into obscurity. It's a trend that's been happening for years, as brevity has become the preferred mode of communication...
Writing cleaner code in Laravel
I recently came across this Twitter thread, where @samuelstancl listed tips for writing cleaner code in Laravel, as well as some general Laravel coding advice. These are a great starting point to develop a sense for what’s good code and what’s bad code - so I collated them below (with...
Running a startup in the times of Covid-19
Dear fellow startup founder, the worst part of the Covid-19 crisis isn't just that previously-profitable businesses have touched zero revenues - it is that there is no visibility on a timeline for a return to normalcy or even an end in sight. This isn’t the first time we have seen...
Death of a Unicorn, Part 2
India is a growing market for food consumption. Uber Eats has significantly ramped up, with engaging ad campaigns having leading celebrities. Uber Eats does 1/3rd of Swiggy orders, yet the company is being sold for 1/10th of Swiggy's valuation. Why would Uber sell Eats cheaply after a significant long-term investment...
Of love and timing
When Love finds you, it's seldom at your best. Rather, it happens upon you at your worst - when you've lost all faith in yourself and your confidence lies tattered in a thousand scraps. It finds you to patiently put those pieces back, one after the other, painstakingly. It finds...