Lawrence Nara
Product. Many many incomplete ideas and thoughts.
Life is short. What have I done about it today?
Now
Took my first real break in years after getting burned out from working non-stop. During the sabbatical, decided to finally finish my MBA and started experimenting with AI. 'Your fastest path to yourself is unemployment' - and that turned out to be true. Something magical happens when you step back from the daily grind - you see where tech is heading, where humanity is heading. Got my energy back. Now building things and prepping for my next full-time role.
Last updated: December 2025
Recent Writing
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Capitalism Requires a Non-Capitalist Shelter
A note on why family, friendship, religion, and community can protect people from market-shaped desire.
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Anthropic Is a Model Company Pretending to Be a Product Company
A note on the difference between building a powerful AI model and building dependable software around it.
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What Is the Last Good Software You Used?
A note on why modern software can be technically sophisticated and still fail the person using it.
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Architects of Leverage
How stuck systems change when people find leverage.
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The List
Things we all agree need to change. No one has changed them.
Work
- Infosys - Led teams that modernize legacy systems for Fortune 100 companies (2019-2024)
- Amiti Consulting - Built SaaS feedback tool for investment firm with 500+ employees (2018)
- UMHCS - Developed HIPAA-compliant health records system (2017-2018)
- Wasamundi - Co-founded first business directory in Cameroon, pioneered student hostel directory and SMS marketing SaaS, grew to 5K+ businesses (2011-2017)
- Usepulse - Built university communication platform connecting students via SMS/web (2011-2013)
- Tools I use - AWS, React, Angular, Node.js, Python, whatever works for the problem