ARTIFACTS

The Productive Professional (2020)

Book

Overcoming restlessness and lassitude. Moving beyond being overwhelmed by long task lists. Practical strategies for breaking cycles of sleep, binging, lethargy. Recognizing the problem. Resolving to tackle it.

Strategies for Creating Online Courses from Learner's Perspective (2020)

Research Paper • AIDE 2020

211 learners surveyed on online course expectations. Real-life projects matter most. Instructor delivery style critical. Beginner-friendly content wins. Context and purpose drive completion. Data-backed checklist for course creators.

Metaverse for Education in India (2025)

Research Paper

How Metaverse can revolutionize education in India. Better visualization than traditional online learning. Access to communities. Belonging and embodiment. Progressive Metaverse Experience accounting for India's infrastructure limitations. Practical engineering options.

Why the Future of AI Isn't Bigger — It's Smaller (2025)

Cypher 2025 - India's Biggest AI Summit • Bangalore

Small Language Models are replacing LLM giants. Microsoft's Phi-4, Google's Gemma 3, Meta's Llama 3 8B deliver speed and efficiency. The next AI wave won't be trillion-parameter models. It'll be compact systems transforming every device and business.

AI and the Future of Programming: Opportunities and Challenges for India's Tech Workforce (2025)

MLDS 2025 - India's Biggest GenAI Summit for Developers • Bangalore

How AI will reshape programming in India. Exploring adaptation strategies for programmers in an AI-driven world. Discussing implications for India's IT services industry and middle class.

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DRY when writing a GraphQL React App (2020)

React India • Virtual

Writing React with GraphQL is verbose. 200+ developers on one codebase need tools, abstractions, patterns. Middlewares, Apollo links, Observables, ASTs. Making teams write less code, ship faster.

Building 10KB Email Client at Microsoft (2020)

Svelte Society Day 2020 • Virtual

Building tiny, fast email clients for slow networks. Thought process behind optimizing for markets where every kilobyte matters. Real-world constraints driving technical decisions.

Journey of a Computer Science Engineer (2020)

Developer Student Clubs, PES University EC Campus • Bangalore

Career path from engineering student to Microsoft engineer to educator and entrepreneur. Lessons learned building products, teaching thousands, scaling education startups.

Why I Quit My 1 Crore Microsoft Job (2022)

Josh Talks • India

Candid discussion about leaving high-paying corporate position for entrepreneurial ventures. Insights into decision-making process and career transitions. Why impact matters more than compensation.

No one will tell you this truth about Off Campus Placement (2022)

Anshika Gupta

Off-campus placement from tier-3 colleges. How to prepare, build resume as developer. Is DSA important? Sureshot ways to get internships. Frontend projects. Advice from Tanay for all students.

Never back down (2023)

Founder Thesis Podcast

Journey from Microsoft to founding Invact. Overcoming multiple odds. Building startup against all challenges. Detailed conversation about entrepreneurship and perseverance.

GPT-4 & AI: THE END of Software Developer Jobs! (2023)

Ishan Sharma

Analysis of AI's impact on software development careers. How developers can leverage ChatGPT for increased productivity. Adapting to AI tools rather than being replaced by them.

Before You Quit Your Job, Watch This (2022)

Front Seat with Ayush (Cup Noodles to Career)

Career transitions and entrepreneurship decisions. When to quit your job. Future of jobs in India. Making the leap from corporate to startup life.

JOB V/S STARTUP - Founders' Glamorous Life Reality Exposed (2023)

FounderGyaan

Left high-paying job to start startup. Unknown side of building startups, why you shouldn't start one. Finding co-founders, startup ideas, funding myths. Getting high-paying coding jobs. Will AI replace coders?

#252 Tanay Pratap | founder @ Invact (Round 2) (2023)

Soul Searching Podcast

Second appearance discussing startup journey. Building Invact, lessons learned, scaling challenges. Deep dive into entrepreneurship and education technology.

product.fm (2020)

What it takes to build great tech products. Engineer and PM at Microsoft discuss speccing, marketing, pricing, data, experimentation. Everything covered.

Developer Duvidha (2020)

Hindi podcast on common developer problems. Co-hosted with Siddharth Kshetrapal. Vichar-vimarsh on how to tackle them.

teawithtanay (2020)

Light-hearted conversations about programming, entrepreneurship, personal growth. No pen and paper needed. Sit back, relax with tea.

thinkingwithtanay (2021)

Questions needing detailed thought. Mentor answers on social media. Guests invited when needed. Developer motivation, journey. Mixed bag. Some episodes in Hindi.