I'm Trying to Avoid AI These Days

I feel as if the AI hype has peeked, and I am very skeptical about the AI wave that’s happening where majority of the ideas are chatGPT wrappers.

June 1, 2024 · Rukshan

Your ego can kill your idea before anything else

You’re a creator, you have been working on your idea for few months. The MVP is ready, it’s time to launch your product. You tell about it on ProductHunt, HackerNews, Reddit, Facebook etc. ...

March 21, 2021 · Rukshan

First launch review - YaluKids

I wanted to write something like this for a while, to look at a launch and dissect it and do a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats). ...

March 20, 2021 · Rukshan

How Uber lost to PickMe in Sri Lanka

Uber is one of the leaders in ride-sharing in the US and in Europe. However, they are having troubles in expanding to Asian continent. For example Ubers expansion to China failed, and Uber in China was acquired by DiDi. ...

March 2, 2021 · Rukshan

I do development for one week and marketing and documentation for one week

I know the advice is to find a co-founder. But what if you can’t find a co-founder? Yes, having a co-founder is great. But there are companies that are founded by solo-founders who went on to become billion or million dollar companies. ...

February 26, 2021 · Rukshan

Always try to be a monopoly

Roughly three years ago we started TreeTalks, it was a very simple idea, we deliver cacti, succulents and indoor plants to people who ordered them online. ...

February 13, 2021 · Rukshan

Do you believe in fail fast and fail quickly?

The first month of 2021 is a bad month to begin with, I always say to myself that we need to fail fast and fail quickly, but failing is not a pleasant experience. ...

January 26, 2021 · Rukshan

Too much hustling can kill you

When you are young, you feel like you’re invincible. You feel as if you’re on a road to wold domination. ...

January 19, 2021 · Rukshan

Somethings are never meant to be invented. The story of BlockEvent

Every few years there comes a technology that people get hyped about, everyone wants to be a specialist in that field because it appears to be the next big thing. ...

December 23, 2020 · Rukshan