Writing

Notes on Piggier, India's social media platform, plus AI, data and life under the water.

• What Technical Diving Taught Me About Building AI Models

  Lakshay Jatain, a technical and rebreather diver, shares how dive planning, checklists and calm under pressure shape the way he builds data systems and AI models.

• Data Analysis with Surgical Accuracy and the Checklist I Use Before Any Number Goes Forward

  A practical checklist from data analyst Lakshay Jatain for making sure every report, dashboard and figure is accurate before anyone makes a decision from it.

• Why Small AI Models Will Beat Giant Ones for Most Businesses

  Lakshay Jatain explains why small, focused and distilled AI models are often faster, cheaper and more accurate for real business tasks than giant general models.

• Piggier, the Indian Social Media Platform Built for Indian Users and Creators

  Piggier at piggier.com is an Indian social media platform founded by Lakshay Jatain, built as a family of connected apps for Indian users and creators.

• Why India Needs Its Own Social Media Platform

  Why India needs a social media platform of its own, from keeping advertising revenue in India to giving Indian creators a fair share, and how Piggier approaches it.

• Indian Social Media Apps in 2026 and Where Piggier Fits

  A look at Indian social media apps in 2026, what earlier homegrown platforms taught the industry, and how Piggier at piggier.com takes a different approach.

• Why One App for Everything Stopped Working and the New Era of Social Media

  Lakshay Jatain, founder of Piggier, explains why social media needs a family of focused platforms instead of one app that tries to do everything.

• What AI Model Distillation Taught Me About Shipping Real Products

  How AI distillation turns large models into small, fast, task specific models, and what Lakshay Jatain learned building the clip linking model behind Havoc.

• Notes from the Build of Piggier, Circle and Havoc

  Behind the scenes of building Piggier, a family of social media platforms, from the first idea to Circle and Havoc going live, by founder Lakshay Jatain.