Archive - The First Principles

Software is about to stop looking like software

The product interface is going through its biggest shift since desktop to web. Most builders are looking the wrong way.

Apr 5 • Navneet Singh

March 2026

Software Is a Proxy. AI Makes It Obsolete.

Why dashboards, workflows, and "products" as we know them won't survive the next decade.

Mar 29 • Navneet Singh

December 2025

CRED’s Identity Crisis: How a Premium Club Became a Platform Still Searching for Its Purpose

When CRED launched in 2018 under founder Kunal Shah, it carried the aura of a modern black card moment for Indian consumers.

Dec 14, 2025 • Navneet Singh

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