Building practical AI for everyday work.

Snehasish Nayak

I write about technology, product thinking, and the craft of building things that matter — and help teams tell stories that cut through the noise.

Now

What I'm working on.

A brief record of what's current — updated when focus shifts, not on a schedule.

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Building

A Ghost theme for long-form writing, plus automations I actually run every day.

Reading

Long essays, tool docs, and whatever survives a Sunday afternoon filter.

Exploring

Where agentic workflows save real time — and where they quietly create more work.

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Philosophy

AI changes every week. Principles don't.

Most AI writing optimizes for the week it ships. I optimize for whether I'd still recommend it a year later. That means fewer posts, slower publishing, and more time running things through real workflows before they become words. What you read here comes from building products, running operations, and testing tools until they either earn a place or get cut. I'm not interested in predictions. I'm interested in principles that survive the next release notes.

Good systems outlive good prompts.
A principle
Good prompts save minutes. Good systems save years.

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What you'll find here.

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The Lab

Build notes, side projects, and experiments — what I shipped, what broke, and what I'd do differently next time.

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The Manual

Practical guides for prompts, workflows, automations, and tools — written to be used the same day, not bookmarked for later.

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The Journal

Long-form essays on AI, leadership, productivity, privacy, and the parts of modern work that don't fit a changelog.

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Topics

What I write about.

AI Agents Prompts Automation Productivity Privacy SaaS Leadership Apple Open source