Author: Arvind Maram
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Insights from my experiences with using Generative AI
Here’s a small experiment I did recently I had asked it to generate a code, to connect to an MQTT broker hosted on AWS IoT Core and subscribe to messages from a specific topic. Additionally, has asked it to format and write the incoming messages to a csv file, and also to insert the incoming…
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Thinking in Systems, A Primer by D. Meadows
Thinking in Systems, A Primer, ISBN: 978-1603580557
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Our gardening experiments!
This is a gardening experiment that me and my younger son have been doing. We have been growing these plants right from the seed stage. For some time, they were neglected (2022) and also due to the density in small area only 1 or 2 were growing strong. We now separated them into multiple larger…
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A short pictorial story of developing and deploying a solution!
After we formed a team and started observing how the market was responding to our first product (USB wall socket), we realized we needed to get into a more niche market. This was to avoid getting caught in the “low-price” commoditization game. It was taking too much effort to defend our product differentiation for the…
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How to assess training effectiveness?
Here’s something I prepared based on the Kirkpatrick model for evaluating how effective are the organizations training programs. In most cases, at least that I have seen the effectiveness evaluation ends at the first level (Reaction). If you’re reading this, do please share your comments below. Thank you! Level What? Assessment Method (How?) When to…
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Applying systems thinking philosophy to product development for resilience in a disruptive world
In a world where the overall life span of products and even businesses is diminishing [1], to survive and sustain growth it becomes important to view things holistically [2]. A myopic, short-term view not only would increase the chances of being disrupted but also may cause damage to the larger system (market, environment, etc.) as…
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Standard of living, products and services
“Standard of living of a country is dependent on its ability to produce goods and services.” – Gregory Mankiw In the book “Toyota Production System” Taiichi Ohno quotes Toyoda Kiichiro’s words that “Catch up with America in three years. Otherwise, the automobile industry of Japan will not survive”! That was in 1945, after that Toyota…
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A short story about bringing a product to market!
This is a short story on establishing the required processes, vendor network and building a good team to develop products indigenously.