Hi, I'm Nishat.
I write about things I find interesting — technology, ideas, and whatever else is on my mind.
Recent Writing
- Nishat's Monthly Reads 📖 Issue #5: The September 2026 Catch-Up
What I read in September 2026: Google’s AI Mode push, publisher traffic down 40%, WordPress 7.2, Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 and creator economy lessons.
- What I've Been Watching — Issue #5 — September 2026
50 YouTube videos I watched in September 2026: founder stories, AI tools, the WordPress shake-up, Messi, and MrBeast’s $1M puzzle. Issue #5 of my watchlist.
- My WordCamp Sylhet 2026 Experience
WordCamp Sylhet 2026 recap: the no swag policy, a busy unofficial marketing table at Contributor Day, and why you should join a local WordCamp.
- My WordCamp Kathmandu 2026 experience
My WordCamp Kathmandu 2026 experience, from my first official Contributor Day and Trac tickets to the WordPress education talks and the people I met.
- NicheNish Issue #2 — WP More crossed 1,000. I went to WordCamp Kathmandu. Here's everything else.
WP More passed 1,000 Substack subscribers. Plus two months of updates across every hobby project and a week in Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Nishat's Monthly Reads 📖 Issue #4 — The August 2026 Catch-Up
A month-end catch-up on everything worth reading from August 2026 — WordPress 7.1's launch drama, Google's spam update, AI search shifts, and 82 more reads across 6 categories.
- What I've Been Watching — Issue #4 — August 2026
A personal YouTube watchlist recap for August 2026 — business, AI, WordPress drama, the MrBeast saga, and a Liziqi comeback. 37 videos worth your time.
- Nishat's Monthly Reads 📖 Issue #3 — The June & July 2026 Catch-Up
150 reads from June and July 2026 — AI search's new rules, WordPress's shifting reality, social platforms, and a creator economy in flux.
- What I've Been Watching — Issue #3 — June & July Recap 2026
133 videos. Two months. One World Cup. Issue #3 covers June and July — creators, Messi, Bollywood commentary, and everything in between.
- You Can Just Do Things
I run marketing for 3 WordPress products, manage a 5-person team, have a 3-year-old at home, and publish 4 newsletters every week. No team, no plan, no perfect conditions. You can just do things.