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The Blood Sport of Ruthless Execution and the Strategy of Saying No

LEGAL DISCLAIMER AND SURVIVAL GUIDE: The following article is a work of high-octane, hallucinogenic fiction. If you read a sentence and think, “Wait, that sounds exactly like my Monday morning stand-up,” that is just your suppressed corporate trauma speaking. Any resemblance to actual persons (living, dead, or currently wearing a Patagonia vest in a coworking space), actual companies, or actual “game-changing” cloud telephony startups is entirely coincidental—in the same way that a power cut in Bangalore hitting exactly when you have a critical deployment is a “coincidence.

Feb 6, 2026 - 17 min read