<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
  <channel>
    <title>Moh</title>
    <link>https://mohanarun.com</link>
    <description>Idea board about tech, business, and life</description>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <managingEditor>hello@mohanarun.com (Mohan Arun)</managingEditor>
    <webMaster>hello@mohanarun.com (Mohan Arun)</webMaster>
    <atom:link href="https://mohanarun.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Why Every City Needs an API]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/why-every-city-needs-an-api</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/why-every-city-needs-an-api</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[City data is locked in PDFs, portals, and annual reports. What if every city had a REST API? Here is what that would look like.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Ideas</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Why Most Side Projects Die on Day 14]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/why-most-side-projects-die</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/why-most-side-projects-die</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There is a pattern. You start excited, you build for two weeks, and then the motivation evaporates. I think I know why.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Ideas</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The Chai Test for Software]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/the-chai-test-for-software</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/the-chai-test-for-software</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If you cannot explain your software to a chai wallah, you do not understand it well enough yourself.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Ideas</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[SQLite is Underrated]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/sqlite-is-underrated</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/sqlite-is-underrated</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Most apps do not need Postgres. They need SQLite and a clear schema.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Code</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[India Still Needs Its Own Craigslist]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/india-needs-a-craigslist</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/india-needs-a-craigslist</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[OLX tried. Quikr tried. Neither got it right. The opportunity is still wide open.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Ideas</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Search engines peaked in 2012]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/shower-thought-search-engines</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/shower-thought-search-engines</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A shower thought about how Google used to just give you the answer.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Miscellaneous</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Building in Public is a Privilege]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/building-in-public-is-a-privilege</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/building-in-public-is-a-privilege</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Not everyone can share their work freely. Recognizing that changes how I think about the movement.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Business</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The 90-Day Rule]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/the-90-day-rule</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/the-90-day-rule</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If you have not touched a project in 90 days, it is dead. Accept it.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Learning</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The Database Is the Product]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/the-database-is-the-product</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/the-database-is-the-product</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Most successful internet businesses are just well-curated databases with a good interface on top.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Business</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[India Needs a YC (But Different)]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/india-needs-a-yc-but-different</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/india-needs-a-yc-but-different</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Why a copy-paste of Y Combinator would not work in India, and what would.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Business</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Every Company Should Have a Public API]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/shower-thought-apis</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/shower-thought-apis</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A shower thought that turned into a conviction.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Code</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Learn One Thing Per Quarter]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/learn-one-thing-per-quarter</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/learn-one-thing-per-quarter</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Not one course. Not one tutorial. One real thing, used in a real project.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Learning</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Learning Rust at 40]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/learning-rust-at-40</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/learning-rust-at-40</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Picking up a new systems language two decades into a career. It is humbling, frustrating, and exactly what I needed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Learning</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The Unbundling of Email]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/the-unbundling-of-email</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/the-unbundling-of-email</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Every feature of email is becoming its own startup.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Ideas</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Ruminating on Why I Still Use a Paper Notebook]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/why-i-still-use-a-notebook</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/why-i-still-use-a-notebook</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Digital tools are better for everything except thinking.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Miscellaneous</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The Economics of a Coffee Shop WiFi]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/coffee-shop-economics</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/coffee-shop-economics</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Why do coffee shops offer free WiFi when their customers stay for hours and buy one coffee?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Business</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Git for Everything]]></title>
      <link>https://mohanarun.com/ideas/git-for-everything</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://mohanarun.com/ideas/git-for-everything</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[What if we used version control for laws, recipes, and city planning?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Ideas</category>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>