Appa Program
Appa a.k.a All Procrastinators' Personal Assistant a.k.a short form for "Aapla" (आपला), the Marathi word for "Our". It helps you identify your procrastination tendencies and then overcome them.
By definition, Procrastination is the tendency to delay tasks that you want to do, know you should do, but still don't do. It's to voluntarily delay an intended course of action, despite expecting to be worse-off for the delay. Procrastination is irrational and is commonly mislabelled as a laziness, time management, or productivity problem. It causes a high level of guilt, stress, restlessness, hopelessness, frustration, feelings of failure in people. Many of us feel a temporary relief by procrastination. 100% human beings procrastinate to a different degree. 40% are chronic procrastinators. To overcome this problem, Appa was born.
Our Values
Honesty
We’re honest about who we are, what we like, what we dislike. We’re honest in our intent, words, and actions. Honesty is the base for good communication. It is also a prerequisite for trust. Communication and trust are the secret sauce of success in society, businesses, civilisation.
Curiosity
We’ll ask questions: What? Why? How? We’ll encourage others to ask questions. We’ll question our own assumptions, ways of working, and biases. We will keep learning and growing, alone and together, always on the quest for truth.
Equality
We’ll consider everyone our equals. Everyone brings something important and unique to this world. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, whether human or animal.
Empathy and Kindness
We’ll assume good intent in people. Everyone wants to do good and be good in their own way. We will listen without judgment, empathize, and be kind in our words and actions.
Continuous Improvement Mindset
We’ll look for things or systems that are broken. We will fix things or systems that are not right. We will improve things or systems that ought to be working another way. We care deeply about continuous improvement.
Just Do It (Appa Edition)
We will think things through and act. We will be quick, agile, and nimble in our decision-making and execution. We will take high ownership of ourselves and our work.
Value for Money
Time, people, and money are our currencies. When making decisions, whether big or small, we will consider all three and make thoughtful choices about spending or conserving money.
Meet the Team
Atatürk
Fullstack whizz, database aficionado, amateur designer by day, driver by night, not Uber, just a car driving enthusiast. Loves to get things done.
ArtTech
Complex systems and architecture thinker, mentor, coder by weekdays, soulful artist over the weekends. Loves to think things through.
Samyak
AI/ML engineer since before it was cool, research paper devourer, easy to spot with his huge headphones. Stays in his lane, hydrated and goes to gym. Loves to deepdive into tech stacks.
Rucha
People person, dreamer, eternal optimist, immersed in psychology by day, hobbies by night. Enjoys travel, exercise and reading. Loves to ideate, execute things for people, with people.
Panthini
A know-it-all, do-it-all, lover of lists, plans and efficient work, dog lover, traveler. Enjoys working hard and having fun. Loves to plan and execute things.