Success Story: Using ChatGPT To Migrate From Scraping To API
In my blog post entitled Using ChatGPT As A Data Analysis Assistant, I described a Stock Portfolio Prediction Tracker in which I'd used the Data > From Web feature in…
Three Innovative Features From Hyperlocal Apps To Kill Location Friction
In Why Do Hyperlocal Apps Have So Much Location Friction?, I described many friction hotspots while entering and editing locations in hyperlocal apps like Ola, Rapido, Uber (Rideshare) Pizza Hut,…
Globalization – Good or Bad?
Any discussion of globalization and its impact on a country needs to recognize that a nation comprises both producers and consumers. Producers are businesses. Consumers are J6P (Joe Six Pack…
How Are Regulators Cracking Down on Cybercrime?
In Why Is It Hard To Catch Cybercriminals?, we considered a canonical case of a cybercrime: Joe pays Jane online for something and does not receive that something he was…
Why Calculating ROI for Software Is Harder Than You Think
Every now and then, somebody will question ROI metrics reported by B2B tech vendors. Let's take the following LinkedIn post for example: Tech vendors' use of the term "ROI" is…
Why Do Hyperlocal Apps Have So Much Location Friction?
The term "location" seemingly means different things in different hyperlocal apps: Locality / neighborhood e.g. Kalyaninagar Address e.g. B1-504 Silver Oak, Kalyaninagar, ... Pickup / delivery point e.g. Flat #…
The Zero Sum Game Myth: When Bubbles Are Good
1 + (-1) = 0. Traders look at the 1 at the start of the equation and treat trading as a profitable activity. Engineers look at the 0 at the…
DeepSeek – Engineering Innovation Or Financial Jugglery?
When consumers are asked to pay for some product or service, they think twice about whether to consume it. There's a cognitive overhead in all decisions but the one involved…
ChatGPT Data Analysis – Objections v. Rebuttals
Between my two blog posts titled Using ChatGPT As A Data Analysis Assistant and Data Analysis By ChatGPT, I covered seven examples of data analysis via ChatGPT. Retail Format Price…
Why Mitigate Climate Change When You Can Exploit It
If there's a flood in Chennai, they'll call it Climate Change and whine that they're not able to produce solar energy. If there's a drought in Vancouver, they'll call it…