So I have sort of finished vibe coding my first version of the app idea that I had. Tested with a few friends and received pretty good feedback. First time putting it out here. It’s an e-learning app to master the skills of “managing your boss”. It can be accessed at the link below. DM me for a discount/promo code. thehumanpremium.replit.app/

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If your current job paid exactly the same as every other job in the world, would you still choose to do it?

I’m convinced that Titan’s watches will hit record sales this year following the release of this series.

Self-esteem. The secret lies in that you must find your “self” to be acceptable to you first before you want your “self” to be accepted by others.

Nasi lemak bungkus for less than $2. A nasi lemak packet is considered a balanced meal - it contains all three macronutrients: carb from the coconut rice, healthy fats from the peanuts and coconut milk, protein from the egg and anchovies, and not to mention the sambal. Yum!

Being fully present for the person you are speaking with in front of you is an energy sapping endeavour. No wonder people tend to distract themselves with fidgeting or checking their phones occasionally to “recharge”.

Leaving our comfort zone feels terrifying because our brains are literally wired to view the unknown as a threat.

Is it true that people who spend more time doomscrolling social media are more miserable than people who don’t? I think there’s also the issue of opportunity cost. Every hour spent passively consuming content from strangers is an hour taken away from things that actually move the needle on human happiness.

I realised that our default social setting is “harmoni”. We’ve been conditioned since childhood to smile, nod, and make sure nobody "loses face." We treat disagreement like a public safety hazard, so we stick to safe topics: the food, the weather, and how bad the traffic is on the Federal Highway. But in the corporate world, this desperate need for harmony creates a dangerous "vulnerability." When you surround yourself with people who only say what you want to hear, you aren't leading a team—you’re managing an echo chamber of "yes men." They will watch you walk straight into a strategic sinkhole and politely applaud your "visionary direction" all the way down.

Nowadays I’m very wary of startups approaching me with cybersecurity solutions. The biggest concern is if the product is vibe-coded. Whilst I’m all for vibe coding for prototyping or internal org implementations, I doubt it can scale for multi-tenant enterprise implementations, at least until it is proven.

Because we are so hardwired not to lose what we have in possession, we are often blinded of the upside of making the trade off.

Now I understand why people, especially the rival fans hate Arteta. It is because they don’t have Arteta. It’s as simple as that. They hate and judge everything Arteta and his Arsenal team do just for comforting their own insecurities and fears.

We know that the previous generation of tech was developed with little thought for security. It was not by design. As a community we have been promoting security by design and shift left for years now. But how have all these moved the needle in producing more secure products that can safeguard personal data and livelihoods, with the new tech that are rapidly changing everyday - AI, ML, quantum etc?

As you get older, your circle may get smaller. That's normal. What isn't normal is letting it shrink to zero. The happiest people tend to have a close relationship with their spouse or partner and at least one meaningful friendship beyond that.

We are The Arsenal.

Met one Malaysian fintech CEO last week. A seasoned CEO, having worked in diverse industries. We had a great chat and I was impressed with his visionary thinking especially on redefining the CISO role, instead of following what’s norm or being practiced by the industry. He raised several practical questions regarding how the CISO role needs to be crafted to effectively anchor company’s operational resilience, especially if the company is a critical national infrastructure. We also discussed the chronic friction between the 1st line (IT ops / app dev / SecOps) and the 2nd line (risk oversight). I briefly mentioned my “idea” (something that I have been mental experimenting) on an AI-driven AppSec remediation factory to tackle the high volume of daily security alerts that teams humanly cannot keep up with. The conversation was so interesting, especially it being so rare that a CEO is actually thinking deeply on these issues. Hopefully, I get to meet him again to continue the conversation.

The cognitive overload from mass agent deployment is going to be brutal. We’ve always comforted ourselves with the myth that technological advancements would ease our burdens and simplify life. But the reality is humans can never keep up with machine speed. 3.5-day work week, anyone?

The biggest problem is trying to do so many things at the same time. Luck favours those who focuses deeply on one thing.

You cannot put "empathy," "loyalty," or "grit" into a financial spreadsheet. But those are precisely the traits that save a company from disaster when a major IT crisis or regulatory shock hits.

My latest on Cyber Brew Newsletter, where I discuss about leadership trajectory trap and how certain trainings completely ignore the messy, high-pressure reality of modern leadership. Read it at sivanathan.substack.com/p/th…