<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Swaroop Burla</title><description>Technical notes on software engineering, systems, web architecture, and the craft of building reliable products.</description><link>https://swaroop-blog.vercel.app/</link><item><title>Build an Epic Career</title><link>https://swaroop-blog.vercel.app/blog/build-an-epic-career/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://swaroop-blog.vercel.app/blog/build-an-epic-career/</guid><description>High-level notes from Ankur Warikoo&apos;s book on building a career with patience, experiments, skills, and self-awareness.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Cartoonist Who Couldn&apos;t Talk, Couldn&apos;t Draw, and Couldn&apos;t Stop Winning</title><link>https://swaroop-blog.vercel.app/blog/how-to-fail-and-still-win-big/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://swaroop-blog.vercel.app/blog/how-to-fail-and-still-win-big/</guid><description>Notes from Scott Adams&apos; &apos;How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big&apos; — a cartoonist&apos;s philosophy of winning built from a life of disasters, shaped with an AI-assisted summary for easier scanning and revisiting.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>