On Learning in Public: A Beginner’s Field Notes on Building Things That Ship
Abstract
We present a curious life, kept on paper. The subject was first hooked by The Almanack of Naval Ravikant (narrowly ahead of Poor Charlie’s Almanack), first crossed a border into the United States (New York, Boston, Washington), and first automated something with a VBA macro that ran an entire forecasting model. His most recent build is a speech-to-text app that runs on his own laptop. Results are preliminary. Nothing here is finished.
Peer Review (as reported by the author, who may be biased)
- “Easygoing — until he decides something. Then he’s determined.” · a friend
- “Mature and childish, sometimes in the same meeting.” · a colleague
- “Curious about everything. Will ask one more question.” · a friend
- “Loves gaming. Loves travel. Somehow does both.” · a friend
sample size: 4. still counts.
Revision history
v1: evenings out, always with friends. v2: coffee and ambition. v3: kombucha, books, travel, and friends on the phone. Now: still changing.
v4 loading…
Acknowledgements
To everyone who scrolled this far.
Limitations
The author is new to this. That’s the point. He also claims a minimalist direction; the desk disagrees. He once planned a connection in Germany with zero safety stock. Passport control found out. He made the flight, barely.
this part is true.
@misc{sahu2026curious,
title = {A Curious Life, Kept on Paper},
author = {Sahu, Lavi},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://lavisahu.com}},
note = {Unfinished}
}