Yusuf Abdurakhimov
Builder & engineer · Founder at OQIM.app
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Essays on product, startups and the long road from Tashkent.
Power of thinking clearly
How reality is different and brutal at times than what you think.
2026-09-29 · 4 min
Latency kills teams
they break because no one answers.
2026-04-06 · 3 min
The Art of Shipping
In a world obsessed with optimization, this essay argues that true progress comes not from perfecting, but from letting go.
2026-04-03 · 8 min
Choose your mold: The art of becoming who you meant to be.
How people, habits, and information shape your future self, and why intentional curation is the key to growth.
2026-03-24 · 6 min
Power of human behaviour technologies
power of dna-api based programming
2026-03-18 · 4 min
Stop asking what people want. Start asking why they’re frustrated.
Customers are experts in their problems, not the solutions. Your job is to listen to their frustration and build what they never thought to ask for.
2026-03-09 · 4 min
Everything comes down to one root success metric
You want a high-performing ad campaign? Make an effort. Same for your body, your app, your audience.
2026-01-05 · 5 min
Say “no” now or “die” later
Why an honest no is kinder than a guilty yes, and how it protects everyone.
2025-09-18 · 3 min
3 things you should definitely learn to build (if you're an engineer)
Progress systems, auth, databases, and why finishing matters more than perfect code.
2025-06-29 · 4 min
Let's start with the start, how do you find ideas and iterate?
Ideas are everywhere when you see problems. Distribution, execution, capital, and the strategy questions that hold them up.
2025-06-26 · 5 min
W = V − P: why you're worth more when you give more than you're paid
Your worth isn't your rate, it's the gap between what you give and what you take. Insights from The Go-Giver.
2025-05-20 · 4 min
Coming to America wasn't “easy”, but “whatever Allah wills” made it bearable
FLEX, Work and Travel, pandemic visas, Green Card, an embassy IQ test, and learning to trust the timing.
2024-05-22 · 4 min
Being “cringe” as a founder is actually a strength
At 17 I cold-pitched, posted in every community, and launched Educator with a video edited on a 4GB Celeron. Here's what happened.
2024-04-20 · 5 min
The kid who sold hundreds of somsa on Sundays
From juice at a gas station at 11 to real estate at 17 to a crypto cold-call room, how sales got under my skin.
2024-01-19 · 8 min