https://yasharma.com/blog/ Recent content in Blog on Yash Sharma Hugo -- gohugo.io en Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:27:53 -0700 https://yasharma.com/blog/daily/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:27:53 -0700 https://yasharma.com/blog/daily/ I would not like to be online all the time but I am sick for the past few days and I can’t help but scroll Twitter (yes, I refuse to call it X). Twitter is also a dumpster fire full of racism, politicians milking immigration and making us, the people on H-1B — “the enemy”. https://yasharma.com/blog/redwood/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:00:06 -0700 https://yasharma.com/blog/redwood/ I went to Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve. It’s about 2 hours from SF. I stopped at Della Fattoria Downtown Café for breakfast. It’s a beautiful cafe. The vibe is fun and the coffee is out of the world. I haven’t seen such beautiful latte art. https://yasharma.com/blog/taste/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:06:23 -0800 https://yasharma.com/blog/taste/ The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh I recently stumbled onto a post called how to have good taste. In the world of how to posts, books and videos where there’s an explainer for everything, I find this to be a particularly terrible subject for the genre. https://yasharma.com/blog/analog/ Sat, 13 Dec 2025 19:06:37 -0800 https://yasharma.com/blog/analog/ I was just listening to a podcast episode from the Ezra Klein Show. The episode featured Zadie Smith and they talked about how she hasn’t owned a smartphone because the internet has become this manipulation machine. She said she doesn’t want someone to influence what she thinks, how she thinks without her choice. https://yasharma.com/blog/walk/ Sat, 08 Nov 2025 13:36:56 -0800 https://yasharma.com/blog/walk/ One rainy Sunday I just decided to take a long walk in the city. I imagined I would walk for a couple of hours but it became a full day adventure. The weather was pleasant, it was misty with a breeze. https://yasharma.com/blog/vegetarian/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:01:14 -0400 https://yasharma.com/blog/vegetarian/ I became vegetarian in March this year. It’s the first time I have been able to stick with it. My previous attempt lasted 2 months. The big difference this time around has been that my desire for meat has gone. I am not tempted by it even when the veggie options are terrible. https://yasharma.com/blog/meaning/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 21:37:33 -0800 https://yasharma.com/blog/meaning/ Somehow, the YouTube algorithm recommended this video from Austin Augie. I took the bait and watched a few of his videos of India. I am from India so I am interested in people’s experience of India. However, I am not interested in seeing the filthy parts of India, I skip over those for some reason. https://yasharma.com/blog/istanbul/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:02:22 +0300 https://yasharma.com/blog/istanbul/ Day 0 I couldn’t sleep at night, thanks jet lag! So, I decided to go get something to eat at 3 am and my neighborhood bakery was open. It’s 24*7 and highly rated. The bakery is tiny with lots of outdoor seating on both sides of the street. https://yasharma.com/blog/maine/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:48:27 -0400 https://yasharma.com/blog/maine/ It’s 7 am and we’re driving towards the national park to see the Cadillac mountain. It’s the final spot on the itinerary. A friend invited me to this trip. We’re four guys, two of them I met the first time at the rental car center. https://yasharma.com/blog/fruit/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:06:14 -0400 https://yasharma.com/blog/fruit/ Baby pineapple, Peru I read Living with a Seal last year and in the book, Jesse Itzler talks about only eating fruit till noon. It sounds like a healthy change in lifestyle. My usual breakfast is eggs if there’s a breakfast at all, which I think is healthy but I am gonna challenge myself to follow Jesse’s advice and see if it makes a difference. https://yasharma.com/blog/sfo/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:54:54 -0400 https://yasharma.com/blog/sfo/ This is my 6th time (or maybe it’s 7th, I am not certain) in San Francisco and everytime I come here, I have had feelings in the realm of: oh, this city could be a paradise but sadly it’s so far away from it. https://yasharma.com/blog/moment/ Sun, 29 Sep 2024 18:51:30 -0400 https://yasharma.com/blog/moment/ I was listening to a podcast that mentioned that Gen Z regularly binges old high school videos from the 80s and 90s on YouTube. The implication was that we really miss the old times of living in the moment. The time when you could talk to people anywhere, when nobody was on their phones all the time, when nobody was wearing airpods. https://yasharma.com/blog/decisions/ Sat, 21 Sep 2024 13:11:54 -0400 https://yasharma.com/blog/decisions/ I haven’t had a problem making decisions until now. I had always been at ease with them because I had a strong compass. The compass always pointed to career and financial success. I evaluated all my choices on the objective questions https://yasharma.com/blog/immigration/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:51:25 -0400 https://yasharma.com/blog/immigration/ This essay was published in Tangle in Sep, 2024 and was referenced in the newsletters: The H-1B debate between Trump, Musk, and MAGA and President Trump orders H-1B visa applicants to pay a $100,000 fee. Regardless of their politics, everyone has a view on immigration. https://yasharma.com/blog/peru/ Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:27:04 -0400 https://yasharma.com/blog/peru/ I am at the Lima airport waiting for my flight back to NYC. It’s been a fabulous 11 days in Peru. I don’t think I got to see a whole lot of places but I did have a fantastic time and I made a bunch of friends. https://yasharma.com/blog/cities/ Sun, 25 Aug 2024 19:59:11 -0400 https://yasharma.com/blog/cities/ Cities shape us in profound ways, often more than we realize. I am sure you have heard of the quote that you’re the average of 5 people around you. I can’t say how true that is but I can say that the basic idea makes sense. https://yasharma.com/blog/ritual/ Sat, 10 Aug 2024 14:27:14 -0400 https://yasharma.com/blog/ritual/ Do most people seem to have rituals? Do you have one? Like morning or a weekend ritual? I don’t remember having a ritual ever. I have always lived a spontaneous life where I make decisions in the moment. And most of such decisions don’t repeat day after day, weekend after weekend. https://yasharma.com/blog/formation/ Sat, 10 Aug 2024 14:27:04 -0400 https://yasharma.com/blog/formation/ Yesterday, I went to a dinner hosted by someone running a formation group. I came across it on luma. And I was pleasantly surprised how wonderful it turned out to be. I’d like to think that I am outgoing enough to try out such new experiences but the reality is I rarely venture into such unknowns. https://yasharma.com/blog/think-simple/ Sun, 02 Jun 2024 13:23:38 -0400 https://yasharma.com/blog/think-simple/ My previous manager Pavel used to say that there’s a simple program trying to break free in this complex code. He would say it almost every time he reviewed my code. It’s such great advice that unlike most things, I was able to internalize it. https://yasharma.com/blog/newyork/ Sat, 13 Apr 2024 14:18:02 -0400 https://yasharma.com/blog/newyork/ The view never gets old New York City is fascinating, social, lively and welcoming to say the least. It’s got so much happening everywhere. There are bars, cafes, restaurants and other public places, and all of them are full of people. https://yasharma.com/blog/rainier/ Sun, 10 Sep 2023 13:01:14 -0400 https://yasharma.com/blog/rainier/ Intro I summited Mount Rainier in August 2023, specifically 9-12 August. I started training way too early on November ‘22. Felt like the more I train the more I’d enjoy the trip. You know things are way more enjoyable when you’re not dying.