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  <title>aashuu</title>
  <subtitle>Essays and builder notes from aashuu (Ashutosh Kumar).</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
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    <name>aashuu</name>
    <email>hellow.ashutosh@gmail.com</email>
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  <entry>
    <title>AI Doesn&apos;t Need to Think Like Humans to Beat Humans.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/ai-doesnt-need-to-think-like-humans-to-beat-humans"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/ai-doesnt-need-to-think-like-humans-to-beat-humans</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>AI Can&apos;t Think Like Humans, But AI Doesn&apos;t Need to Think Like Humans to Beat Humans.</summary>
    <category term="AI"/>
    <category term="Technology"/>
    <category term="Engineering"/>
    <category term="Future"/>
    <category term="Research"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to Get Maximum Results with Minimum Effort (Game Theory)</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/how-to-get-maximum-results-with-minimum-effort"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/how-to-get-maximum-results-with-minimum-effort</id>
    <updated>2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>Learn how to maximize your results with minimal effort using game theory principles.</summary>
    <category term="Mental Models"/>
    <category term="Productivity"/>
    <category term="Strategy"/>
    <category term="Unfair Advantage"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How AI Actually Works.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/how-ai-actually-works"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/how-ai-actually-works</id>
    <updated>2026-07-29T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-07-29T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>If you don&apos;t understand AI by the end of this, the next decade will confuse you. The biggest mistake you can make right now is thinking AI is just a technology shift.</summary>
    <category term="AI"/>
    <category term="Technology"/>
    <category term="Future"/>
    <category term="Engineering"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How Dirty Money Actually Moves.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/how-dirty-money-actually-moves"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/how-dirty-money-actually-moves</id>
    <updated>2026-07-25T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-07-25T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>How Dirty Money Gets Clean (Without Being the Criminal)</summary>
    <category term="Business"/>
    <category term="Crypto"/>
    <category term="blockchain"/>
    <category term="Unfair Advantage"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Trillion Dollar Race for Your Mind.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/the-trillion-dollar-race-for-your-mind"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/the-trillion-dollar-race-for-your-mind</id>
    <updated>2026-07-12T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-07-12T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>The real product is not ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or Meta AI. Its you.</summary>
    <category term="AI"/>
    <category term="Business"/>
    <category term="Future"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to Force Your Brain to Do Hard Things.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/how-to-force-your-brain-to-do-hard-things"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/how-to-force-your-brain-to-do-hard-things</id>
    <updated>2026-07-08T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-07-08T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>The human brain is wired to avoid hard things. But if you want to achieve something extraordinary, you need to learn how to force your brain to do hard things.</summary>
    <category term="Psychology"/>
    <category term="Mental Models"/>
    <category term="Unfair Advantage"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to build your own LLM from scratch in 5 Stages.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/how-to-build-your-own-llm-from-scratch-in-5-stages"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/how-to-build-your-own-llm-from-scratch-in-5-stages</id>
    <updated>2026-06-22T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-06-22T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>Build your own LLM from scratch in 5 Stages: exact pipeline behind GPT and Claude</summary>
    <category term="AI"/>
    <category term="Engineering"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>There’s No Fucking Fear Once You Understand The Pattern.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/no-fucking-fear-once-you-understand-the-pattern"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/no-fucking-fear-once-you-understand-the-pattern</id>
    <updated>2026-06-12T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-06-12T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>There’s no fucking fear once you understand the pattern. The pattern is the same for everything. And once you understand it, you can never be afraid of anything again.</summary>
    <category term="Mental Models"/>
    <category term="Psychology"/>
    <category term="Unfair Advantage"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Be Ridiculous: Why Genius Often Looks Like Madness.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/be-ridiculous"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/be-ridiculous</id>
    <updated>2026-06-07T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-06-07T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>Be ridiculous. Its the only way to become the best version of yourself.</summary>
    <category term="Psychology"/>
    <category term="Mental Models"/>
    <category term="Unfair Advantage"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Before You Reveal Your Expected Salary, Read This.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/before-you-reveal-your-expected-salary-read-this"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/before-you-reveal-your-expected-salary-read-this</id>
    <updated>2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>The Smartest Response to What Are Your Salary Expectations?</summary>
    <category term="Career"/>
    <category term="Negotiation"/>
    <category term="Psychology"/>
    <category term="Engineering"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Future of AI Belongs to Bharat.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/the-future-of-ai-belongs-to-bharat"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/the-future-of-ai-belongs-to-bharat</id>
    <updated>2026-03-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-03-28T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>This is the Era of Bharat. The Future of AI Belongs to Bharat.</summary>
    <category term="AI"/>
    <category term="Future"/>
    <category term="Bharat"/>
    <category term="Business"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Dont Turn 2026 Into Another Wasted Fucking Year.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/another-wasted-year"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/another-wasted-year</id>
    <updated>2026-03-20T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-03-20T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>Dont turn 2026 into another wasted fucking year. You have the power to make it the best year of your life.</summary>
    <category term="Career"/>
    <category term="Psychology"/>
    <category term="Productivity"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Big Lie About Your Fucking Competition.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/the-big-lie-about-your-fucking-competition"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/the-big-lie-about-your-fucking-competition</id>
    <updated>2026-03-15T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-03-15T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>You don’t need to beat 1,000 competitors. You just need to outlast them. And the brutal irony. Most of them will quit before the real game even starts.</summary>
    <category term="Career"/>
    <category term="AI"/>
    <category term="Competition"/>
    <category term="Jobs"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Why the Future Belongs to the Alpha Hunter.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/why-the-future-belongs-to-the-alpha-hunter"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/why-the-future-belongs-to-the-alpha-hunter</id>
    <updated>2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>For centuries, the primary barrier to human progress was the gatekeeping of information. To know something, to truly understand the mechanics of the world, required a physical pilgrimage to libraries, the payment of exorbitant tuition, or years of painstaking trial and error.</summary>
    <category term="Future"/>
    <category term="AI"/>
    <category term="Mental Models"/>
    <category term="Society"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Cost of Distraction.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/the-cost-of-distraction"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/the-cost-of-distraction</id>
    <updated>2026-02-25T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-02-25T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>Distraction is the silent killer of your potential. It slowly erodes your focus, your energy, and your time. And once it takes hold, it can be nearly impossible to break free.</summary>
    <category term="Psychology"/>
    <category term="Productivity"/>
    <category term="Focus"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Move that fucking needle.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/move-that-fucking-needle"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/move-that-fucking-needle</id>
    <updated>2026-02-19T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-02-19T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>Figure out what moves the needle - then move that f*cking needle.</summary>
    <category term="Career"/>
    <category term="Productivity"/>
    <category term="Focus"/>
    <category term="Psychology"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Delusion Is the Price of Dominance.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/delusion-is-the-price-of-dominance"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/delusion-is-the-price-of-dominance</id>
    <updated>2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>Be delusional enough to believe that it&apos;s possible. Be disciplined enough to prove yourself right.</summary>
    <category term="Psychology"/>
    <category term="Mental Models"/>
    <category term="Self Improvement"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to Get Your First Clients Without Experience.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/how-to-get-your-first-client"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/how-to-get-your-first-client</id>
    <updated>2026-02-02T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-02-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>How to get your first clients, even with no expertise, no proof, and no audience.</summary>
    <category term="Business"/>
    <category term="Freelancing"/>
    <category term="Clients"/>
    <category term="Marketing"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The art of not giving a f*ck.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/the-art-of-not-giving-a-fuck"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/the-art-of-not-giving-a-fuck</id>
    <updated>2026-01-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-01-28T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>The art of not giving a f*ck is the art of prioritizing your energy and attention.</summary>
    <category term="Psychology"/>
    <category term="Self Improvement"/>
    <category term="Society"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to lock in (for real)</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/how-to-lock-in-for-real"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/how-to-lock-in-for-real</id>
    <updated>2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>Locking in is the only way out</summary>
    <category term="Focus"/>
    <category term="Productivity"/>
    <category term="Self Improvement"/>
    <category term="Psychology"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>IN THE PURSUIT OF GREATNESS</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/the-pursuit-of-greatness"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/the-pursuit-of-greatness</id>
    <updated>2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>The only way out is delusional optimism. That is your how. WHY? Because you owe it to yourself and those around you to reach your full potential. Every single person reading this has greatness inside them. The question remains: will YOU go after it or let it slip away.</summary>
    <category term="Self Improvement"/>
    <category term="Psychology"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Creativity makes you alone.</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/creativity-makes-you-alone"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/creativity-makes-you-alone</id>
    <updated>2025-12-06T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2025-12-06T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>Don&apos;t be too creative. It makes you literally alone.</summary>
    <category term="Psychology"/>
    <category term="Design"/>
    <category term="Society"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Where&apos;s home?</title>
    <link href="https://www.aashuu.me/articles/where-is-home"/>
    <id>https://www.aashuu.me/articles/where-is-home</id>
    <updated>2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <summary>Home isn&apos;t just a location. It&apos;s a presence. It&apos;s a rhythm. It&apos;s a belonging. And most importantly, it&apos;s you.</summary>
    <category term="Psychology"/>
    <category term="Society"/>
  </entry>
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