u/hellogaurav_

kei pokhnu cha bhaney pokhda huncha yei post ma.. ma sunchu timra kura haru

i used to speed read and that's all. and whenever i came to something that i wanna keep, i use onenote to note the text. and whenever i read a physical book, i usually don't have any notes. so, i loose all the ideas from the book and i have like half bake ideas or knowledge without re-inforcement.

since, i am willing to take reading more seriously now, i want to make a note or book notes habit.

and for that, i just watched a video. this reader, underlined the physical book. i can't do that. i don't want the next reader of the book, go through all the annoying underlines.

can you suggest me a better way or your way of reading non fiction book or just tell me about your way of reading books

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Laptop[Apple M4 Air]: 145k
Phone [Samsung S23]: 65k
Earphones [Zero 2 IEM]: 4k
Keyboard [Keychron K2v2]: 12k
Total: 226k

I genuinely don’t understand why we have to pay 30 to 40% more for almost every decent gadget here. A laptop, GPU, SSD, camera gear, even basic accessories end up ridiculously overpriced once they reach Nepal. And it’s not just consumer electronics anymore. Storage, servers, cloud infra, subscriptions, everything feels expensive when you’re building anything tech related from Nepal.

People always talk about “digital Nepal”, startups, innovation, AI, remote work, IT exports and all that. But how are young people supposed to build, learn, or compete globally when the entry cost itself is so high?

In software and SaaS, companies already do purchasing power parity pricing. Netflix, Spotify, Adobe student plans, Figma, YouTube Premium, many services adjust prices based on local economies. Why can’t hardware and tech infrastructure work similarly in South Asia, especially for countries like Nepal?

And if neighboring countries or bigger economies genuinely want to “support” Nepal through grants, loans, partnerships, etc., wouldn’t one of the most impactful things be helping Nepal become technologically accessible?

Things like:

• Better import policies for tech products
• Reduced tariffs on laptops, servers, GPUs, networking gear
• Easier enterprise hardware access
• Regional pricing agreements
• Startup-friendly infra costs
• Better logistics and authorized distribution

India gets massive scale advantages plus local assembly/manufacturing benefits. But from a Nepali consumer perspective, it feels brutal watching the exact same product cost dramatically more here.

If someone in India can build a powerful setup for X amount, why does a Nepali student, designer, developer, or creator need to spend 30 to 40% extra for the same dream setup?

At some point, expensive tech directly slows down innovation.

Curious what others here think

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Supposed there's an startup, a SaaS which is going through there first funding round and they need to upgrade the product to a custom design system which is alligned to brand and with sheer consistency. This product has around 80+pages in web application and now, I need to create a concrete design system that'll scale in the future.

How should I be planning to create this design system? Before even starting out what are the steps I should be taking if I am solely designing the product?

The confusion lies on what to create. Suppose a color system? How would I decide the color system? I don't want to create a very large designing system with unsuable components. I want a minimal usable design component which speeds up the design and prototyping process.

After reading and watching a lot of contents, I am even more clueless about this. Please don't tell me to use Figma Console MCP, I've used that with Claude and I don't wanna spend money on any AI for now. I wanna learn it firstly manually and later, try to make it using prompt.

I am thinking of taking a course because I don't wanna waste my time but I would love to get some input from you guys before. Please do help me on this one.
If any process, ideas, resources or anything else you can share, maybe your thoughts, I am open for it all.

as i burn, i see you right there laughing at my corpse. you yelling my name, loud and with sheer life, it just feels like my life moving from me to you. i question this burn each time. and this burns me even more. my chest and my belly feels it. the burn feels like a rage as it slowly turns pale. your laugh echoed every day and as i burn through it all i feel a little less of myself. i feel like i am diminishing each day. how hollow this heart has been, i asked god for answers but god remained shut this time. i will be gone and one last time this corpse don't wanna be anywhere. the slow burn feels like everything this body wants. as i ask god, why did you choose to make me go away. god hesitated but i still pleaded more and went on my knees to know why this is all. god never replied. and that silence was the answer. the meaning i have cunningly searched for, for years. the answer remains in my burning body. but the body is burning more and more each and every day. as i try to look within, i keep on vanishing. i can't contemplate with patience within me and i panicked. i panicked so hard that this chest exploded. this chest saw it all in so many directions. its fire, rain and whatsoever, its a disaster within, my whole, my lungs to my toes. everything just burns me. i feel the heat, i feel the raging emotion, i plead to go away. but it remains and it slowly eats me while she watches me laughing at every derail i go through. but the way out is within me. my patience keeps on losing and slowly, i end. i end with a sweet note within me which remains unanswered.