Writing
- 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.
- I Took Ray Dalio's Personality Test, Here's What It Showed Me About Myself
I took Ray Dalio's free PrinciplesYou test, uploaded the results to Claude, and spent 20 minutes doing a deep analysis. Here's what it showed me about how I work, lead, and scale.
- NicheNish Issue #1 — I run 3 newsletters. Here's what's happening inside all of them.
WP More hit 316 subs. NishIsHere is at 102 issues. HighDegree* is just getting started. This is the log.
- Misogi (禊)
The Japanese concept of one defining yearly challenge and why I chose to give up sugar completely for all of 2026.
- Nishat's Monthly Reads 📖 Issue #2 — The May 2026 Catch-Up
A heavy reading month: Google reshaping AI search, WordPress 7.0 shipping, and a lot of smart people thinking out loud about where marketing is headed.
- What I've Been Watching — Issue #2 — May 2026
A personal curation of videos worth your time — money & creators, AI & tools, film & pop culture.
- Nishat's Weekly Reads 📖 Issue #1 — Week of April 7, 2026
Search, AI, and the internet quietly changing — curated for friends and family.
- What I've Been Watching — March & April 2026
A personal curation from Nishat
- How My Fear Become My Main Motivator
I feared staying average. That fear changed everything.