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    <title>Naren Katakam — Thoughts</title>
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    <description>Writing on building intelligent products 0→1.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Encoding Crisis]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/the-encoding-crisis/</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[AI agents can't absorb a senior engineer's tacit knowledge. KERN is the encoding layer for that gap.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[An Eval Journey from 54.5% to 100%]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/an-eval-journey-from-54-to-100/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/an-eval-journey-from-54-to-100/</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Build Log #002 — Building in public. The honest version.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[30 Days Learning Curve With Claude Code]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/30-days-learning-curve-with-claude-code/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/30-days-learning-curve-with-claude-code/</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Psst...Your AI coding tool gets MORE expensive as you get better at it. If that sounds wrong, then let me explain.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[How AI Learns You — Part 1: The Personalization Paradox]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/how-ai-learns-you-part-1-the-personalization-paradox/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/how-ai-learns-you-part-1-the-personalization-paradox/</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Your Car Drives Like You. Your AI Thinks Like Everyone Else. Here's the Fault Line.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[What My Face Looks Like to a Machine]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/what-my-face-looks-like-to-a-machine/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/what-my-face-looks-like-to-a-machine/</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Build Log #001 — Building in public. The honest version.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The AI Productivity Trap: Why Automation Creates More Work Before It Eliminates It]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/ai-productivity-trap/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/ai-productivity-trap/</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The counterintuitive pattern every team adopting AI runs into — automation doesn't reduce work at first, it redistributes it to harder, more judgment-heavy problems. A field guide for getting through the productivity valley.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[From Chaos to Clarity: Crafting a Comprehensive AI Strategy - Part 1]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/from-chaos-to-clarity-crafting-a-comprehensive-ai-strategy-part-1/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/from-chaos-to-clarity-crafting-a-comprehensive-ai-strategy-part-1/</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Understand the six macro clarity components of an AI strategy; they can be consolidated into three layers of focus - agency, risk and people. Dive in to learn what, why and how!]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Synthetic content and the Tetris effect.]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/synthetic-content-and-the-tetris-effect/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/synthetic-content-and-the-tetris-effect/</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The incentives to generate synthetic content are aligned to benefit humanity in the short run but will it hurt us in the long run.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Three Waves of AI: Navigating Technology, Usability, and Safety.]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/the-three-waves-of-ai-navigating-technology-usability-and-safety/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/the-three-waves-of-ai-navigating-technology-usability-and-safety/</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Exploring AI's evolutionary journey through three critical phases: From groundbreaking technological advancements to user-centric integration, and finally, to a future shaped by safety considerations.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Igniting the Future: Where AI, Data, Product & Design Converge!]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/igniting-the-future-where-ai-data-product-and-design-converge/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/igniting-the-future-where-ai-data-product-and-design-converge/</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Join me as I share tales from the frontlines of innovation, where theory meets practice and dream concepts collide with reality.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Michelangelo’s Moses and his little finger]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/michelangelo-s-moses-and-his-little-finger/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/michelangelo-s-moses-and-his-little-finger/</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered the connection between biology, art, Michelangelo’s Moses, passion, frustration, and the edge of madness. Read this…]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Product Thinking 101]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/product-thinking-101/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/product-thinking-101/</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If you are someone who is overwhelmed with the usage of the term ‘Product Thinking’, the way it is used and thrown at in conversations and…]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Can We ‘Design’ An Intelligent Recommendation Engine?]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/how-can-we-design-an-intelligent-recommendation-engine/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/how-can-we-design-an-intelligent-recommendation-engine/</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[How can we design a system that can learn to understand the nuances of user behavior, take various aspects of business into consideration…]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thin-Slicing an Aviation Data Platform — How One Use Case Validated a 90-Airline Roadmap]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/aviation-thin-slicing/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/aviation-thin-slicing/</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[For technical founders building 0→1 AI products: a case study in thin-slicing — how one expensive problem (hard landing prediction) carried the full platform vision and unlocked $100M+ in funding.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stop selling products and start selling the experience.]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/stop-selling-products-and-start-selling-the-experience/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/stop-selling-products-and-start-selling-the-experience/</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The effort required to build a software product is reducing dramatically with an overabundance of tools we have at our disposal. Products are hacked together over a fortnight…]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Can we eliminate password at login altogether?]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/can-we-eliminate-password-at-login-altogether/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/can-we-eliminate-password-at-login-altogether/</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Complex password rules make systems less secure, not more. A 2016 case for Touch ID and biometric-first onboarding — and why the UX matters more than the cryptography.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Designing for the evolving user]]></title>
      <link>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/designing-for-the-evolving-user/</link>
      <guid>https://narenkatakam.com/thoughts/designing-for-the-evolving-user/</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I remember having elaborate discussions on user profiles, with my clients. How ‘tech savvy’ users are, or not. Lot of assumptions thrown…]]></description>
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