Arya Shah

Prioritize your health over everything

Consumer apps don’t go viral because of features. They go viral because they make people feel cool for sharing them. Design for status.

One thing I love about traveling, is that it breaks the illusion that your current life is the only possible one.

Agency > Intelligence I had this intuitively wrong for decades, I think due to a pervasive cultural veneration of intelligence, various entertainment/media, obsession with IQ etc. Agency is significantly more powerful and significantly more scarce. Are you hiring for agency? Are we educating for agency? Are you acting as if you had 10X agency? Grok explanation is ~close: “Agency, as a personality trait, refers to an individual's capacity to take initiative, make decisions, and exert control over their actions and environment. It’s about being proactive rather than reactive—someone with high agency doesn’t just let life happen to them; they shape it. Think of it as a blend of self-efficacy, determination, and a sense of ownership over one’s path. People with strong agency tend to set goals and pursue them with confidence, even in the face of obstacles. They’re the type to say, “I’ll figure it out,” and then actually do it. On the flip side, someone low in agency might feel more like a passenger in their own life, waiting for external forces—like luck, other people, or circumstances—to dictate what happens next. It’s not quite the same as assertiveness or ambition, though it can overlap. Agency is quieter, more internal—it’s the belief that you *can* act, paired with the will to follow through. Psychologists often tie it to concepts like locus of control: high-agency folks lean toward an internal locus, feeling they steer their fate, while low-agency folks might lean external, seeing life as something that happens *to* them.”

@GaddipatiHarsha Classic

icl Khabib def rug pulled

@mkliku 👏

So excited to announce I got into YC F25

@GaddipatiHarsha Great pic

My friend sent me this picture 10/10 would recommend a dog in a shopping cart in college Not enough people do this

@GaddipatiHarsha Always greek

does anyone else eat a tub of yogurt for breakfast

@vedantvyas True

playing soccer clears the mind like nothing else.

Phil Foden 🐐

NYC pizza is properly rated

@mkliku True

Europeans get to the US and start calling it a third world country because people do actual work instead of getting a beer at 1 pm and setting slack to away Are you starting to see why we’re winning

@personofswag 🤔

at age 15 i derived the “pull-out method” from first principles

@DearS_o_n Meaningless life ^

Men, is it enough?

@mkliku @slashyai W

W or L @slashyai prompt?

@KarlHerdersch @productsantos Lmao

@productsantos Reminds me of slush puppies. Unsure why.

@SinaHartung The surge in performative males is probably reaching a peak

as a man in sf you’re either an autistic weirdo or a performative male all nuance has left the valley

Intuition is all that we have left

@GaddipatiHarsha True

Chainsmokers hella underrated

@benanchetaiii Cyprus

next international trip location suggestions? thinking: korea, thailand, philippines, greece