Archive - Swanand Pagnis

When are your ESOPs worth, if ever?

Rapid growth of a startup produces meaningful outcomes for everyone involved. Acquisitions, IPOs, Stock Buy Backs all follow growth and lead to life…

Jun 6

April 2024

What are your ESOPs worth, if any?

Make an informed decision on the value of your ESOP grant. How much $$ will they actually come to, if everything works out. I use this explainer every…

Apr 29

Teams Without Managers

A team without managers sounds ridiculous, but it's worth looking at how much management is 'real' and how much is just fear of shadows. We explore what…

Apr 11

October 2020

Basic Financial Hygiene

How do you know your finances are in order? Are you on the right track? What should you do next? Here is an essential checklist for good financial…

Oct 13, 2020

Use The French Press, Luke!

If you’re getting started with brewing your own coffee, use the French Press. We will see why in this post. And we will also see a recommended setup…

Oct 12, 2020

July 2020

Notes from 'Blind Spots of the Developer Entrepreneur'

Ben Orenstein's best insights and actionable advice for the Developer Entrepreneur from his 2017 MicroConf talk of the same name. I summarised his…

Jul 11, 2020

June 2020

A Highly Successful Job Post from the Past

Back in 2019, I wrote a job post that I soon became fond of.

Jun 4, 2020

May 2020

Behavioral Science and the Art of Spending Less

There are four popular ways of growing your wealth:

May 31, 2020

August 2017

Demystifying SQL Queries

SQL, at its core, is a tiny, recursive syntax that mainly works with sets. We have value expressions and set expressions. In this post, we will…

Aug 19, 2017

July 2017

Consuming HTTP APIs in Ruby

What is your favorite technique for consuming HTTP APIs in Ruby?

Jul 8, 2017

June 2017

Postgres Text Search: Simple, Adequate

A guide to grok full text search using PostgreSQL

Jun 17, 2017

May 2014

10 actions you must internalize in your Editor

We love our Emacs vs Vim vs <others> debates.

May 6, 2014

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