<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Notes from the trenches by Sandip Gangakhedkar</title><description>Thoughts and insights on startups, technology, product development, and the journey of building things that matter.</description><link>https://sandip.live/</link><language>en-gb</language><item><title>The Harness Is Not the Product</title><link>https://sandip.live/writing/posts/the-harness-is-not-the-product/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sandip.live/writing/posts/the-harness-is-not-the-product/</guid><description>The harness is where the hard engineering is. Adoption is where the value is. Why the product is the harness plus the path to adoption.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Enterprise AI</category><category>AI adoption</category><category>AI transformation</category><author>Sandip Gangakhedkar</author></item><item><title>Building a strong documentation culture</title><link>https://sandip.live/writing/posts/building-an-effective-documentation-culture/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sandip.live/writing/posts/building-an-effective-documentation-culture/</guid><description>This article describes the why, what, how and when of documentation for engineering, product and operations teams</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>startups</category><category>documentation</category><category>processes</category><category>best-practices</category><author>Sandip Gangakhedkar</author></item><item><title>Approaches to building your startup&apos;s MVP</title><link>https://sandip.live/writing/posts/building-a-startup-mvp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sandip.live/writing/posts/building-a-startup-mvp/</guid><description>This article describes various approaches idea-stage startups can take to build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP).</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>startups</category><category>MVP</category><category>lean startup</category><category>startup lessons</category><author>Sandip Gangakhedkar</author></item><item><title>Customizing and Deploying your Zola blog to GitHub Pages</title><link>https://sandip.live/writing/posts/deploying-zola-blog-on-github/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sandip.live/writing/posts/deploying-zola-blog-on-github/</guid><description>How I customized and deployed this blog.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>blog</category><category>Zola</category><category>Github Pages</category><category>deployment</category><author>Sandip Gangakhedkar</author></item><item><title>Building a deep-tech startup on a shoestring budget</title><link>https://sandip.live/writing/posts/deeptech-budget/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sandip.live/writing/posts/deeptech-budget/</guid><description>It is 2023, venture funding is the lowest in a decade, amidst the global economic slowdown. Against this backdrop, what does it take to build a deep-tech startup with severely limited resources?</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>startups</category><category>reflections</category><category>founder insights</category><category>playbook</category><author>Sandip Gangakhedkar</author></item></channel></rss>