34 apps I used a lot in 2025
«I wasn’t planning to track the apps I use, but after seeeing a few posts on IndieWebClub Bangalore, I thought it would be a good idea.»
2026 Archive
581 posts · 66 members
January (124 posts)
Ho Chi Minh - From Bustling Streets to War Tunnels
«Our introduction to Vietnam through Ho Chi Minh city - street-side dinners, war museums, Cu Chi tunnels and an awkward pub visit.»
Building Inkhouse
«I wanted a small, quiet space for writing and reading. A place for the people around me to write, think, and share without having to compete for attention.»
A Journey Through 2025
«These are notes on how my year has been so far. Not as highlights, but as a record of what stayed with me.»
1767277502
«Happy New Year 🎉»
All my download metrics in one place
Infinite fun machine
«It’s a small computer attached to other small computers, the sum total of humanities inventions since the dawn of time. It is the most salient example of the scientific exercise we as a civilization…»
[Blog] Define: partner
«I used to think that if someone was my partner (or I was someone's partner) there was an obligation. And that the difference between a friendship and a partnership, no matter how strong the…»
Coming around on the utility of LLMs
«Having unsuccessfully tried to use Windsurf and GitHub Copilot over the years, OpenCode finally made LLMs useful to me»
Weeknote #14 [W26.01] - Blocking people, moral questions, and coconut water coffee
«I’ve lately been getting unprompted barrages of abusive messages from someone I used to (and still do) care about. I have no idea why they are doing this, nor do I know how to respond.»
A weeknote because Tanvi is scary
Week Note 1
«First time writing a week note. Don't know how this differs from a journal entry. I guess in the sense that it is 'supposed' to be more a description of events of the week as opposed to an amorphous…»
The art of forgiving 2025
«At the beginning of every year, we go through the regular old task of remembering to write the date of the year accurately. It took me 10 days to sign ‘2025’ in my journal entries last year. This…»
BLOG INTENT
«Writing as - anonymous Non traceable Theme - life log Target audience - myself Purpose - to track my true self Media - text, images, mp3, mp4 Non agentic - no edit intent No reward seeking No…»
Unsent Drafts
«Dear stranger,»
[Blog] What do you want from your website in ten years?
«Henrik Henrission has this celebrated essay: A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox»
A Look Back at 2025
«Logging my 2025 and what I've achieved this year.»
Weeknote 2026-W1 | '12 grapes under the table'
«I’m not a new year resolutions person, but there have been some resolutions that I had which have nicely rolled over to 2026 and life just happens to be in the right spot for me to act on them. One…»
A guide to buying fountian pens in India
«In a world that demands we type faster and scroll endlessly, there is something quietly rebellious about picking up a fountain pen. It's an invitation to slow down. And it sort of turns writing into…»
Weeknotes: Week #1 (2026)
«Starting off the year being VERY lazy»
Hello World.
«printf("Hello World");»
Poem: The dawn of your light
«Like the dawn of the blaze of a lander over the grays touches your light and spans the open lunar sky»
Emotional Support Water Bottle
«Helloo! this is part of the indiewebclub prompt, The prompt is: “Take an object close to you and write down three sentences” I am gonna write about my emotional support water bottle, she’s a Venetian…»
What is the meaning of life?
«The question that every human thinks of atleast once in life right. The beauty of this question is that this can be one of the most subjective questions out there. As human beings we all experience…»
Two lovers meet
Ramanujam, Ramaswamy and Simon, Sunil, A Logical Structure for Strategies
solstice 2025
Init on ME NOW PLAN
«Have you ever tried to be productive? Have you ever tried to set up a calendar to schedule your tasks, activities, habits, or even the time you’re going to take a bath? It works fine for a day, or…»
Luang Prabhang: Sacred Traditions and Tourist Crowds
«Our journey through Luang Prabhang - teaching in local schools, witnessing the sacred alms ceremony, exploring Kuang Si waterfalls, and connecting with students at Big Brother Mouse. A story of…»
Notes for the Week #1 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 29th December 2025–4th January 2026.»
11:59 PM
«Reinforce your stocks. And wait.»
Reading done in 2025
«I read 27 books in 2025.»
2025: A non-review
«Full post on the site»
A Note on Work
«I try to choose my work with care, and this year I will be paying even more closer attention to those choices.»
Articles on Japan’s Moon missions
«* The joint Indo-Japanese Chandrayaan 5 LUPEX mission will drill for water on the Moon * JAXA welcomed us into the era of precision Moon landings * How ISRO aided this feat * Japan’s road to…»
All the rovers heading to the Moon over the next 10 years | Moon Monday #256
«As lunar exploration ramps up worldwide, our celestial companion is slated to be explored by increasingly advanced rovers of all sorts over the next 10 years. Not all of them will be successful, and…»
A list of useful videos for writers of fiction and non-fiction
«I'll keep filling this post with useful videos that have helped me write fiction better. Videos will only make it here if they are good enough to watched multiple times.»
Things I want to add to my blog in 2026
«I’ve lately been enjoying playing with my blog and adding new features.»
Sleeplessness and Stranger Things
«My attempts to sleep aren't going so well. I went to bed around 11:30pm after having a qutipin and woke up 2 hours later. I'm getting quite tired of this routine, maybe I will never be one of those…»
I'm not listening to full albums anymore
«In the last few years, I’ve lost my appetite for discovering new music. The main reason is that I’ve focused on listening to full albums for most of the last decade, but increasingly I find it…»
Project Vaxitas: 2026
«Listen to me yap about my motivation for maintaining this site, why my site supports more features than I've used, how I achieved a breakthrough once I created the snippets section, and my vision for…»
iOS needs better notification hygiene enforcement
«Here's an example of Flipkart (e-commerce) app, showing me that only necessary notifications are enabled. It does not allow me to switch off these notifications in app settings because they are SO…»
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
«rattlesnake rattlesnake rattlesnake rattlesnake rattlesnake»
"Friendship"
«My social friendships are draining me. I can't help but ignore my needs to meet real (or imagined) ones of my friends. It's a reflex, I don't even realize I'm doing it.»
Coverage of India’s exploration of Mars
«* Reviewing Mangalyaan, India’s first Mars mission * India’s Mars orbiter completes six years at the red planet, but where is the science? * Debate: Mangalyaan’s low science output still reflects…»
Migrating my website's analytics from Plausible to Umami
«Frustrated by ClickHouse's high disk usage, I ditched Plausible for Umami»
Chide'r pulao
«This has been my go-to comfort mean ever since I moved to Bangalore in December 2023.»
How I use Jujutsu
«About three months ago I started using Jujutsu (JJ), a new Version Control System, for my personal projects. It took me a while to get used to it after more than a decade of using Git, but now I’m…»
Brain is weird sometimes
«My dad really enjoys Indian Classical Flute music. He always wanted to learn it.»
Notes for the Week #2 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 5th–11th January.»
All that remains
«All that remains»
Weeknotes: Week #2 (2026)
«Rounding up a rather depressing week»
Week Note 2
«It's definitely been longer than a week, but even the 7-day week felt like a year. Things happen so fast and it all gets so foggy and muddled. I don't know if I have it in me to write a day-wise…»
Moon Monday #257: NASA preps to send astronauts to Luna
«Plus mission updates.»
waiting for light
«there are days that are so dark that there is no lightand then there is light It seems like the light comes from nowherebut somewhere there is a sourceand it makes one feel so alive and this has…»
Weeknote #15 [W26.02] - Malcolm, the cat, returns; and setting up likes, comments & notifications
«Malcolm had left around a month ago, right before I went to Trivandrum for the film festival.»
Rohu, with cocnonut milk curry
«Kavya told me this is the best fish recipe she’s ever had the last time I made it for her. It is my favourite too.»
Tame Impala
The Post-American Internet?
«Read at pluralistic.net»
Breakfast dishes of Karnataka beyond Idli Vada Dosa
«A bunch of options that you might not be aware of»
Weekly Notes - Week 2 - From Bhat to Bradbury
«Travel is great but being back home is greater.»
A Consciousness is A Dedekind Cut
«Aiming for last place at the 2025 Berggruen Prize Open Essay Contest, on the theme of consciousness, intelligence, and the nature of mind in an age of advancing artificial systems.»
Art as a race to the bottom
«There’s a really common framing that people defending social media/slop content in general use, which is that “This is people always react to new media”, usually accompanied by some sort of anecdote…»
first crochet projects of 2026
«I am back to crocheting (and enjoying it) after a hiatus. I felt compelled to slow down, and something clicked and I felt like crocheting again. After a couple of months of just consuming things, I…»
Implementing Co, a Small Language With Coroutines #5: Adding Sleep
«In the previous post, we added channels to Co, the small language we are implementing in this series of posts. In this post, we add the sleep primitive to it, enabling time-based coroutine…»
A nice thing a stranger has done for me
The Memory Trail
«Written for INDIEWEB Meetup -18 Prompt: Turn a message you have sent into a blog post»
My AI developemt workflow
«Context»
Ben Howard
Pushing the smallest possible change to production
«I wrote this post as an exercise during a meeting of IndieWebClub Bangalore.»
Speak / बोल
«I’ve been trying to expose myself to Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) poetry lately, and so I picked up this collection of poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz called ‘The colors of my heart’. One poem in particular…»
Theater 1 restaurant 0
«Yo!»
Deadlines have carried me for years, but may no longer be enough (or, do I have ADHD?)
«I’ve known for a few years now that I exhibit a lot of symptoms commonly associated with ADHD.»
Taiwan: The Country the World Forgot to Recognize
«A conversation about Taiwan's fascinating history, volcanic landscapes, earthquake experiences, and of course - the food.»
Notes for the Week #3 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 12th–18th January.»
Magically, Insanely & Madly…
«What will be will be “Que Sera, Sera”Things that are meant for you will come to youThey will magically, insanely, madly come for you Remember “what you are seeking is seeking you.” What you fear…»
Week 02 In the Year of our Lord, 2026
«Weeknotes for the 02nd Week of the year 2026»
Weeknotes: Week #3 (2026)
«A relatively quiet week mostly spent traveling and reading»
The Ladybug Clock Puzzle
«An interactive exploration of a deceptively simple probability puzzle.»
How the Lobsters front page works
«Lobsters is a computing-focused community centered around link aggregation and discussion.»
Moon Monday #258: Tests China will conduct this year in prep towards landing humans on Luna
«Plus: Artemis and other updates, and articles on Japan’s lunar endeavors.»
why are you here?
Journal Excerpts
What are my intentions with you?
Back(prop) To The Future
«How do you connect two things - one which you are kind of familiar (neural networks maths) with, and the other which fills you with dread (Physics)?»
Sung to a dove through a train window
Use Touch ID for sudo on a mac
«See more at https://github.com/kashyap07/homebrew-touchsudo»
Weeknote #16 [W26.03] - Curating films, and chasing reading goals
«Next month’s curation theme for Cinema Next Door is going to be “What we talk about when we talk about love”.»
Week Note 3
«Ah another week blurred right past me. A rather emotionally exhausting one.»
Weeknote 2026-W3 | IQ vs AQI
«I missed writing the previous weeknote so this for both Week 2 and Week 3. I realised that most of the time I’m in ‘doing’ mode and the weeknotes seem to be giving me the time to pause and reflect on…»
Orion's glow
«Orion's glow»
Curious
«I find myself questioning this lately»
The next 10 years in space
«And sunset on a valuable resource.»
Blue as Sky
«Blue as Sky»
Publicly sharing my poetry booklet’s downloads & sales stats
«Does a no-nonsense approach to being an indie author work?»
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
«Review of “Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead” by Olga Tokarczuk.»
A list of blogs I like reading
«A couple of days ago, I noticed in my blog’s analytics that I’ve been getting a few visits from srikanthperinkulam.com.»
Dry is the limit
«Dry is the limit»
Pasta and a Letter from Far Far Away
«While my ramblings on here may suggest otherwise, life isn't completely dreary all the time. I have experienced some lovely things in the span of a day.»
[Weeknotes] Week of Jan 23rd, 2026
«Woah! I knew I’d skipped two weeknotes but I didn’t realise my last one was from last year. Yes, I was dying and it was a cause for alarm, but the chaos was planned for (as much as one is able to,…»
Coloured Inks & Smelly Perfumes
«I have forgotten the number of times I have wanted to drink ink or perfume both, ink and perfume! Red ink Blue perfume Blue ink Purple perfume Red, black, blue, purple and even green. i’m thinking…»
How My VM's Clock Broke Prometheus
«Time waits for no one, except my VM apparently.»
Notes for the Week #4 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 19th–25th January.»
Week 03 In the Year of our Lord, 2025
«Weeknotes for the 03rd Week of the year 2025»
On being a language lover
«I have been fascinated with languages ever since I was a child, I remember being adamant about learning the “other” language script because the holy texts were written in them, and my parents were…»
Weeknotes: Week #4 (2026)
«A slow week back at home»
The Goldfinch
«A painting that survives. The painting that lived. A painter dies in an accidental explosion. Only survivor is a bird painted — a bird tied at a place. After time, the bird gets into a terrorist…»
Weeknote #17 [W26.04] - Recruiting user research participants, involving more people in Cinema Next Door, and a recovering Malcolm
«Recruiting participants for a consumer-facing app has turned out to be more difficult than it was for the internal apps that I’ve worked on previously.»
Live and Let Live
«A short rant on the pointless tug of war between LLM skeptics and maximalists.»
Supernova!
«Supernova!»
Your social web on your blog
«I’ve been reading the book Indie Microblogging by Manton Reece, and really enjoying it. It’s an interesting view into the history of blogging and related web technologies. Among other things, there’s…»
Moon Monday #259: Lunarbound astronauts enter quarantine as Artemis II launch approaches
«Plus mission updates.»
Do you know what your toothpaste costs?
«Do you know what your toothpaste costs?»
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«am i evil for hating»
Week note 4
«No journal entries so far. Yikes. Many big cries. Also, many big laughs. Bad brain days, doable brain days. Immense envy of people who have interests and motivations for worldly things. I wish I…»
Cooking a Spoonerism
«Full post on the site»
Unhinged rants are my sole jam
«While it makes sense to implement a solution to the explore-exploit dilemma in life, you should also be prepared to handle a few duds along the way. The novelty of a new experience is an enticing…»
Clawdbot Got Agent UX Right
«How did EVERY billion-dollar AI company miss this?»
Pad Thai
«Pad Thai is considered the national dish of Thailand, and for good reason. It has a perfect balance of sweet, sour, and umami flavours, while being extremely easy to make.»
Ramble: Rage is a right
«These days, pop psychology talks a lot about how 'rage' is healthy. Blah blah. I do think, much like a LOT of pop psychology in general, reading a thing and actually internalizing the thing are very…»
Generative AI and the era of increased gatekeeping
«Generative AI models can create text, images, code, and music faster and in larger quantities than our ability to absorb them. Before ChatGPT was introduced to the world in November 2022, producing a…»
[Blog] Update on my llm usage patterns (Jan 2026)
«Since my last update, I’ve gone all-in on git worktrees.»
Boated
«Boated»
It’s a Wonderful Life
«Yo 🙋♂️!»
February (107 posts)
Month of January 2026
«While January is temporally the best choice for the start of the year, it is the worst choice climatically given how temperamental the weather is. It’s cold outside, your body’s natural thermogenic…»
Notes for the Week #5 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 26th January–1st February.»
Weeknotes: Week #5 (2026)
«I swear all this travel is against my will»
What are we doing in the name of progress?
«The world is hard, and tech bros are here to make it easier, and there is a price for progress: loss of jobs, loss of friendships, loss of purpose, and loss of meaning. You either agree with this, or…»
Curate or die
«Do you know what content you consumed this week?»
There is no body in this post, just title. It still works pretty well without any change to my generator. Certain styling *markups* also work, though maybe not +all+. The URL had to be shortened since my current setup maps directory name to URL and that has certain character limitations. Multi-line text doesn't work. But I can micro-blog out basic stuff this way. Links don't behave properly too. But overall, with a little work, I can make the journal page have a mix of direct content like this, and read more content like the usual posts.
«Full post on the site»
How NASA has planned to keep Artemis II astronauts safe throughout their Moon mission
«Moon Monday #260: Safety planning spans all phases and aspects of the crewed lunar mission, weaved into hardware, operations, and astronaut training. 🦺»
Weeknote #18 [W26.05] - Attending another film festival, on interviews, and small talk
«I went to BIFFes on the weekend.»
Teachable Intelligence
«Full post on the site»
A conversation about Chancenkarte
i love cinema but film festivals make me want to die
«I love films. I've loved the movies since as long as I can remember. An art form that combines all the others. An escape, a mirror, a portal to somewhere/ sometime/ someone else.»
Notes (1-5) - 2026
«The new year has not been very smooth so far, but I am not reading too much into it.»
Sorshe Pabda
«This is an easy, Bengali style fish recipe (which I’m cooking for dinner tonight).»
One sanitized and sandboxed Fediverse profile to rule them all
«After musing over having my social web presence on my own domain thanks to the book Indie Microblogging, I’ve decided to try having such a profile on the Fediverse for a year. But Mastodon and the…»
Write quickly, edit lightly, prefer rewrites, publish with flaws
«Over two years of consistent writing and publishing, I’ve internalized a few lessons for producing satisfying—if not necessarily “good”—work:»
The Right Place
«A story about finding the right place for food in the city that never sleeps.»
Why I Review Things
«A small piece on what I like to think about while reviewing.»
A reminder to not go to electronic dance music gigs
A review of Mangalore Pearl
Reviews deepen engagement with art
«What follows is the refined version of a stream-of-consciousness piece I wrote during the writing session of IndieWebClub.»
Making Astro asset images work in RSS
«And taking the picturesque route to solve this»
First time at the Indie Web Club
«My brain made all kinds of excuses to me, like, "you don't even a proper laptop to use on the go", "you write like shit", "it is way too far", "it would be tiring", yada yada yada. But in the end, a…»
Book review - Good Old Neon by David Foster Wallace
«There’s something very sad about witnessing a mind that has the compulsive need to deconstruct every experience it has, as if it’ll finally reveal the interior and normalcy it so desperately craves.…»
Why Reviews
«A fun list on why I engage with reviews paired with an unnecessarily long history of how I’ve been engaging with them and how I define the word for myself.»
Anokha 2026 - a Travel diary entry
«I'm writing this blog right as the train is starting to move at around 30 km/h. This is my first attempt at making a travel blog, and I intend to keep it simple like the early days of the internet.»
Framework for Reviewing Media
«Framework for Reviewing Media»
meaning of life
predictions for 2026
Getting lost in Dalat, Vietnam
«Cycling into forests, getting rescued by locals, and navigating a maze bar in Vietnam's cool highlands»
Recommendations
«About writing recommendations and reading reviews»
[Blog] Lollapalooza 2026
«This is the 4th edition of Lollapalooza India, and the 4th time I’m attending it.»
[Weeknotes] Week of Feb 1st, 2026
«I spent last weekend at Lollapalooza, and I wrote about the experience.»
[Weeknotes] Week of Feb 8th, 2026
«The three days I did spend this week on work were very interesting, because at some point I gave up on feature/product work and focused on RICEing my setup. This felt good, and like selfcare, and…»
Notes for the Week #6 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 2nd–8th February.»
Week 05 In the Year of our Lord, 2025
«Weeknotes for the 05th Week of the year 2025»
Back to Ledger
«I remember reading about the story of a person called Kenge of the Mbuti people of Africa. When the anthropologist Turnbull took Kenge out of the forests and onto a vast, open plain for the first…»
The only correct recipe for making chai
«I wrote this post as an exercise during a meeting of IndieWebClub Bangalore.»
Ese
«Large language models are better thinkers than writers. OK—they don't think as humans do, but I've still let it write the vast chunk of my computer programs over the last year or so. That is a task…»
Weeknotes: Week #6 (2026)
«Finally back in Bengaluru!»
People I Judge
«Full post on the site»
""coherence"" is a prison
«coherence is conformity is killing your insides»
What is language anyway?
«Monday 9 February 2026»
Moon Monday #261: A shortfall in Artemis II testing and NASA’s communications
«Dear NASA, China’s space missions exist too. So do your own planetary science missions.»
Gutcraft: a prospective
Gutcraft
Linkin Park in Bengaluru 2026 - A Very Personal Account
«kdqed / Karthik Devan»
Chon
music making
When ISRO loses a PSLV rocket, India loses a launchpad in the present and the future
«To understand the pride and perils of the PSLV is to understand India’s launch infrastructure and its risky commonalities | Indian Space Progress #35-36»
Weeknote #19 [W26.06] - Growing Cinema Next Door, chaotic sales pitches and the positive addition bias
«I am very late with this weeknote. Both last week and this week have been very chaotic.»
my first amigurumi
«When I started crocheting I decided I would NEVER make an amigurumi... too many people doing it, too cutesy. I wanted to focus on wearables and home decor stuff instead.»
Make many backups
«I almost lost all my data. Almost.»
I used a local LLM to analyze my journal entries
«In 2025, I wrote 162 journal entries totaling 193,761 words.»
Pyaasa
«An old one, once more. I wrote this to get into the film society of our university. I was in the script writing department, which I then ended up heading. Once a year, we did a 7 day film challenge,…»
Something2Vec
«Full post on the site»
[Blog] Review: Wuthering Heights
«It is a very 2026 movie Was it a bad movie? Yes. Did I enjoy myself? Yes. If you’ve read the book, you should simply forget that you’ve read the book and watch the movie. They closely follow similar…»
[Weeknotes] Week of Feb 14th, 2026
«My voice felt better, but my body was clearly still fighting something off. I felt lethargic and annoyed. I spent three separate days rotting, which is a lot, and goes way beyond my once-a-month…»
Building personal apps
«I built a spend tracking app for myself as a side project - and I am really excited for what this new era of software development will mean for building "personal apps".»
Poetry powerful and purposeful
«Alt text:»
AI Programming is making everyone EMs, and not everyone wants that
«Full post on the site»
The Town That Made Us Want to Stay Longer
«Dreamy lanterns, hostel friendships, passport conversations, and custom tailor shops in Vietnam's most charming old town. Plus, driving through Hai Van Pass and the Marble Mountains of Danang.»
Week 06 In the Year of our Lord, 2025
«Weeknotes for the 06th Week of the year 2025»
My writing goals and methods this year
«February is a sane time to set new year resolutions and goals instead of January. During my year-end break in December, I’ve had a good opportunity to muse about where I want to steer my writing at…»
Week 7/2026
«Maybe I'm buying too many games.»
Weeknotes: Week #7 (2026)
«Back to work and getting really into burritos»
I'm 1750 Elo on Age of Empires 2 now
«An explanation of the Elo system.»
Notes for the Week #7 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 9th–15th February.»
China conducts a multi-element test unlike any other nation in firm march to Luna | Moon Monday #262
«Plus NASA Artemis updates.»
Serve Atom rss on hugo
«by default hugo dosen’t support generating atom rss feeds, instead defaulting to rss version 2.0, but you can easily add support for atom rss feed by following the steps below:»
Wallabag, one year later
«Last year I wrote about switching my read-it-later service to Wallabag. A read-it-later service lets you save web pages and blog posts to a personal online repository so you can read them later, when…»
Backing up my Obsidian store and open-sourcing my website
«Restic on local and Cloudflare R2»
how does the notebook work?
Likejunkies
«Go after what you like. Did you like this movie? Did you like this song? Did you like that smell, or that sensation, or your favourite poster's take or the smell of petrol-on-pineapple-on-pizza? Sort…»
Web Chatbots should Just be Assistive Technologies
«Full post on the site»
Running NixOS on Low-Memory Servers
«A lightweight approach to installing and building NixOS on constrained systems.»
Weeknote #20 [W26.07] - Rest & recuperate
«I spent more time working on the sales pitch which I talked about last week. Which meant that this week was as hectic as the one before, work wise.»
totoro crochet bucket hat
«I finally finished this commissioned project. I cannot BEGIN to tell you just how much I struggled making it.»
A list of good enough blogging platforms by price if you just want to write
«Plus some blog recommendations as a nice side effect.»
snap judgements
«documenting this old collage and piece of writing from july 2024»
A mindset for creating art
«S omeone I know wished to apply for a $50k grant offered to artists by a foundation in the U.S., and the grant rules stated only fine artists may apply. Not illustrators, commercial artists or…»
Thirteen Years and a Hundred Posts
«I’m imagining a secret society for people who have published over one hundred blog posts, and because this is my head space, I name this society The Hundredfold Order of the Indie Quill. I will be…»
Cabbage, lightly sautéd with garlic
«A few weeks ago, I was on a work call when I overheard a colleague of mine talking to his cook.»
A weeknote because Tanvi is scary - II
The Great Occupation
«A description of the worldview called The Great Occupation»
The Fastest Way to Board an Airplane
«An interactive exploration to find the mathematically perfect way to board an airplane.»
Please read Nagata Kabi
«I'm obsessed with this Manga author, nobody knows about it SEND HELP»
Music at hack4play with strudel.cc
King Kong:Skull Island in Real Life: Exploring Ninh Binh
«Ninh Binh is famous for its boat tour, but the best parts are the lotus ponds, mountain restaurants, and dog choruses you stumble onto when you just pick a point on the map and ride.»
Notes for the Week #8 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 16th–22nd February.»
Week 07 In the Year of our Lord, 2025
«Weeknotes for the 07th Week of the year 2025»
Notes (6-8) - 2026
«Life is unpredictable, and that is exactly why we must move forward gently, take better care of ourselves, and hold on to hope a little tighter.»
Week 8/2026
«Bengaluru power cuts are getting ridiculous.»
Weeknotes: Week #8 (2026)
«The kitchen is my new comfort space»
life snapshot #1771781793
«a snapshot in time of what i'm doing.»
Bengaluru Metro: Ridership Data For Revenue Optimization
«kdqed / Karthik Devan»
Moon Monday #263: Artemis II, a Canadian capcom, Chandrayaan, and Long March 10
«Also, fun new guestbook for those who read till the end. 🌝»
Private Health Records in Org-Mode
«Full post on the site»
Secret ingredient behind Kolkata's Fuchka
«I think it's Gondhoraj Lebu.»
Code Mode with Skills
«Code Mode without MCP servers.»
Bluffs and Swaps
«Liars Poker is a book my Michael Lewis about his time in the 1980s as a bond salesman in the now infamous Salomon brothers. In the book, he describes the game named in the title (Liars Poker). I know…»
Week Note 5
«This week note is a month late. It’s fine. Time is made up and I am certainly not one to keep track of it.»
Weeknote #21 [W26.08] - A few nice conversations
«I had quite a few nice conversations this week.»
How communities learn
«I’ve been thinking about how social learning is such a contrast to formal, structured learning systems.»
4/5 ⭐️ - Indie Microblogging by Manton Reece
«Read for free at book.micro.blog or download the Epub (official link)»
Discriminated unions
Caligula's Horse
Paramore
March (109 posts)
Notes for the Week #9 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 23rd February–1st March.»
Week 9/2026
«Broke the network so many times I lost count.»
End of Line
«End of Line»
Weeknotes: Week #9 (2026)
«Getting a little honest about my mental health»
Day notes March 2026
«I want to keep myself accountable and work on stuff everyday, hoping writing daynotes in march will keep me accountable»
Everything you should know and track about NASA’s Apollo-style Artemis rejig in its chase of China to the Moon
«NASA is also borrowing the “manned” from Apollo while at it. | Moon Monday #264»
The 3 P's
«This is about two Jane Austen books. First, Pride and Prejudice. It's about Elizabeth bennet, the secong youngest of a family of five daughters. Her older sister is being courted by a rich guy who…»
25 rejections
«lets say the goal is to get to 25 rejections as soon as possible so i can take my writing out back and shoot it in the head and never have to submit stuff to anything anywhere again cause i gave it…»
hello world
«-i havent written one of these in a while. im hoping writing one of these will idk spark some kind of desire/momentum to write more. writing is never not a pain. thats not exactly it tho- writing is…»
Soldering Fort Kochi
«I got back from Fort Kochi yesterday morning and again there’s this feeling of being displaced, I was there for five days, alternating workshops between Bienale and hack4play, the place greets you…»
Unprocessed
Weeknote #22 [W26.09] - My mental map of Bangalore, and AI hype ruining my week
«I had been planning to move out of Electronic City ever since I changed jobs in October.»
Kavz Doodz March 2026
«After a four-month hiatus, I finally made contact with my crayons again. I was spiralling with self doubt, very stuck in my head. Very "what's the point of making stuff if I suck?" (thanks…»
How the Speaking Tree died
«N o one in the tribe could remember who discovered speaking trees first. The squat, ugly tree was the quickest means to get in touch with other tribes. The way it worked was that you spoke into the…»
(#2026-W10) holi and 'rang barse'
«This weeknote covers the week of March 1, 2026 – March 7, 2026.»
"If I was born and brought up in the time of modern social media, would I even blog?"
«This is a response to Jatan's prompt at this week's session of Indie Web Club BLR»
Stupidity is the System
«Despite spending hours every day surrounded by information, I feel less capable of thinking than I used to.»
I watched Brokeback Mountain
«It's so much more than gay cowboys»
The 200 year old roti-maker
«This is a 200+ year old roti maker!! It was used in Portugese church rituals in Goa. Imagine rotis embossed with your religions favourite iconography 😄.»
[Blog] Liquid Food Log
«I had the two wisdom teeth on my right side taken out on Tuesday. There was a lot of unexpected suffering post-facto, which I’m attempting to document here to save someone else from this poor misery…»
The Museum of Possibilities
«I visited the Museum of Possibilities in Chennai in 2024. I love that the museum is centered around accessibility, and what catering to it makes possible for people with certain disabilities our…»
Types of loneliness
«And help at the end!»
Farther than the stars 🎸
«Love listening to Khudi by The Local Train. They are like the Pink Floyd of India. The lyrics carry a distinct aspirational energy:»
Hanoi: The City where we wanted to stay
«From being interviewed by a school kid about college, to Bia Hoi with strangers, to watching Hanoi celebrate itself around Hoan Kiem Lake on a Sunday.»
Week 09 In the Year of our Lord, 2025
«Weeknotes for the 09th Week of the year 2025»
Week 10/2026
«I'm back from Vietnam. The souvenir? Fever»
Thoughts on AI (March 8, 2026)
«A dump of all my thoughts on and around AI before a trip to San Francisco (where I will inevitably be brainwashed).»
Weeknotes: Week #10 (2026)
«The most boring week I've had this year»
Mary and Mary
«This was inspired by Frankenstein 2025. The wonderful Shiela O'Malley, whose writing I regularly read, was one of the few contributors to the film. I had read the book, and naturally was excited to…»
Notes for the Week #10 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 2nd–8th March.»
NASA falters in communications yet again with Lunar Trailblazer failure | Moon Monday #265
«Plus: Parallel developments show how open access NASA is when the agency is at its best.»
I built a programming language using Claude Code
«Over the course of four weeks in January and February, I built a new programming language using Claude Code. I named it Cutlet after my cat. It’s completely legal to do that. You can find the source…»
Delta Sleep
Bombay food, a location-agnostic procedural guide
«🚉 🛺 🥔 ☕️ 🌊»
Weeknote #23 [W26.10] - Moving houses is a bittersweet experience
«I finally moved out of Electronic City this week.»
Practice
«Coauthored with Judah, who introduced me to the idea and taught me how to practice better.»
Sultry Mist 2026 - festival site & live visual installation
«A festival website and live visual installation built for Sultry Mist 2026 in Goa using Hydra and VDO.ninja to stream a backstage feed to the crowd in real time.»
(#2026-W11) dog bites and conspiracies
«This weeknote covers the week of March 8, 2026 – March 14, 2026.»
Philosophical problem of sterile scientism.
«It seems like crime against humanity to critique Science today. Since science and empiricism comes with this “unquestionable' culture authority. It makes the soul empty, Humanity(for all its glory)…»
Ha Long Bay — Chaos, Caves, and Company
«From capsized kayaks to the Gate of Heaven — two very different adventures in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay»
Week 10 In the Year of our Lord, 2025 - Heartwarming
«Weeknotes for the 10th Week of the year 2025»
Week 11/2026
«The fever left but took my energy with it.»
Weeknotes: Week #11 (2026)
«Would you believe it, even more travel!»
Frankenstein
«This is a second part of the series inspired by the movie Frankenstein (2025) directed by Guillermo del Toro. First part is here. Would recommend it to understand this. A quick rundown on the basic…»
Design Doc
«How I went about designing this site»
Before breakfast meal
«i got up hungry so i ate upso many thingsthings i shouldn’t have hadas i’m bloating like a balloon trapped in feelings and fears before breakfast i hadseven spoons of guiltfive bowls of shameand…»
Moon Monday #266: Current mission updates and future governance questions
«* On February 25, NASA rolled back the SLS rocket and its attached Orion spacecraft from the vehicle’s launchpad at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to its assembly building about seven…»
queerness and rising out of a sunken place
«The general state of affairs in the world has been weighing down on me extra hard lately. With the "wars" and the genocides, the AI, the unemployment, the islamophobia, religious, and caste…»
Hypothesis 📜
«My schoolmate AD published these pithy and pointed tenets on his blog. I still am awestruck with the observations that were made.The old wise owl (maybe) got it all right.»
AI & Iron Man: Why is the Man inside the Iron instead of vibing?
«kdqed / Karthik Devan»
AI - Assassinating Intelligence
«AI is ruining the world, one token at a time.»
Caveman’s Billboard
«signs of lobouring, living, loving and laughing»
Bookmarks
Pablo’s Playpen
Stolen Life
Prof. Feynman’s Series
Lullabies’
«[1] A song called “King’s Meadow” (Lyrics redone for the Coldpaly’s track – “In My Place”) It was like, It was like,Walking through the King’s Meadow.Until now, Until now,When Lucy is gracing the…»
words unite
«[1] Now I am just here toExpress my passion,Set lose my reason,And find a lexical potion. [2] Life Manual Wandering in the sky of magicTwining the thoughts along the thread of logicAnd acting by the…»
Avial
Side-stepping the Secretary Problem, unwittingly.
«Having played both parts in the kabuki play that is employee-employer matchmaking, I feel the way we play it is a zero-sum game. I wish it were not so. When this post started life in 2024, as a wall…»
Weeknote #24 [W26.11] - Moving in, the kids downstairs, and the loss of privacy
«On Sunday (March 8), I moved to my new place in Bandepalya.»
How To Git Commit With Blank Messages
«kdqed / Karthik Devan»
(#2026-W12) bombay and poha
«This weeknote covers the week of March 15, 2026 – March 21, 2026.»
Generating my resume programmatically
WebMention shenanigans
«Who knew that being delusional ambitious enough to have a custom implementation of WebMentions would teach me a thing or two? /s»
Be nice
«Unlearning just being nice»
i finally rediscovered that songs aren't really meant to be alone
«For the past couple of years, I stopped listening to full length albums. I used to be obsessed with it in college and my early 20s -- there was something sacred about it -- sit through the entire…»
Take Breaks Please
«kdqed / Karthik Devan»
Switching to harper-ls
«I've been using vim's inbuilt spell checker for a while now, I'm switching to harper-ls»
Queue
«If Dante described Queues»
Homeserver!
«A review of all the (tiring) things I did to put my blog online»
Setting up forward auth with Caddy and Pocket ID
«Using Pocket ID to secure services being proxied by Caddy»
Unsent Drafts
«Dear stranger, They say the purpose of life is happiness, but that’s a part time job.Few call it creation, though even the best artists doubt their own life. Maybe its smaller maintenance work –…»
Places I’ve published Moon Monday editions from
«Most people who know me know that I write this blog & newsletter called Moon Monday every, well, Monday. Since the day is etched in the name, I plan every week around it. Here are places I’ve…»
sounddrill's day out/DefaultsAndComplacency
«This saturday(today), I visited an interesting couple of places in Indiranagar which were, surprisingly enough, within walking distance xD»
Waiting is fun
«I wrote this post as an exercise during a meeting of IndieWebClub Bangalore.»
Queueueueueueueus.......
«When was the last time I stood in a queue? I remember standing in a line while waiting for my chipotle burrito not so long ago, usually at the end...»
My First Hotwheel Trade
«Yo!»
On the Kierkegaardian Leap of Faith
«Enough words have been said about Kierkegaard, but nothing quite captures the enigmatic soul. My love for Kierkegaard, for "that individual", comes from his rejection of crowd wisdom and being the…»
Things to Do in Chiang Mai (Beyond the Temples)
«Chiang Mai is one of Thailand's best cities for slow travel. Here's what we did — including a day trip to the White Temple in Chiang Rai»
Notes for the Weeks #11–12 (2026)
«This week note covers the weeks of 9th–22nd March.»
Weeknotes: Week #12 (2026)
«Movies, food, rain, and an early birthday present to myself!»
Week 12/2026
«Flew back to Bengaluru and my homelab threw a tantrum.»
China surfaces details of spacecraft to land humans on Luna by 2030 | Moon Monday #267
«From landing system development to trajectory design and landing site selection to abort scenarios.»
BABYMETAL
Beef Porridge
«Last year, I came across a 10th century Abbasid meat porridge recipe on V. Birchwood’s YouTube channel.»
ippo.tsk
Just Read
«Full post on the site»
Weeknote #25 [W26.12] - First housewarming party, fake deadline, and an incoherent menu
«I hosted my first house warming party on the 22nd.»
Life slice #1: Space for inspiration
«* This quarter I met an 👨🏽🚀, one whose flight I’ve previously written about. 🌏»
Reviews introduce us to new perspectives and help us collectively think better
«This was written partially in response to a prompt shared at meetup #19 of Indie Web Club Bangalore on Feb 8, 2026»
Improve the RSS experience of your blog readers
«1. Introduce people to RSS readers in an accessible way and link to such an explainer on your /feeds page. Both cases shouldn’t assume people know or understand the term. When introducing people you…»
(#2026-W13) labubus and ryan gosling
«This weeknote covers the week of March 22, 2026 – March 28, 2026.»
Claude Code
«I am hooked.»
On Happiness, Comfort, and Questions Concerning Technology
«These are some thoughts on why I consider happiness a considerable danger to human society. This reflection is intentionally anti-conclusive and anti-systematic; as I allow my younger self to…»
Bangkok Hits Different
«Dinesh thinks Bangkok is just Pattaya. Yash thinks otherwise. A conversation about monitor lizards, floating markets indoors, pink dusks, and the Bangkok nobody talks about.»
[Blog] Minting Tanvi Bucks
«Follow Sahiti’s excellent rant to me about how incentives work, I have implemented an economy for myself.»
Scotland Yard!
«I let go of a good lead in the game. Still annoyed about it. 😛»
I am angry
«So angry!»
Slate Chalkings
«Life I was flowing with the endless streamUntil a whirlpool engulfed me. Then I gathered flesh and sensed life,Till the flesh amplified with the thought diffusing in all directions. Only to…»
tiny thuds
«– ఆనాడు వాల్మీకి నారదుడిని అడిగిన ప్రశ్నఈనాడు అభిమన్యు తాత ను అడగడం తో మొదలైన కధ Mornings Trying hard to push away the monster.Scenes of wrinkled bed sheets and torn pillows.She finally woke up…»
Week 13/2026
«My immune system is cooked.»
Weeknotes: Week #13 (2026)
«A Flu is no joke...»
Notes for the Week #13 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 23rd–29th March.»
Ignition, not yet liftoff, of NASA’s ambitious Artemis Moonbase plan | Moon Monday #268
«Plus: NASA in final prep to launch Artemis II astronauts around Luna.»
[Blog] GloPoWriMo 2026
«Another year, another month of poetry.»
[Poetry] Day 0: Harve kaani
«Ek badaav ashilo man tu tugel kaani divsa shuru kele aaj megel kaani haav kash baraytasa tu youjalna»
India’s rockets will not meet its civil space and strategic launch manifest even at peak performance
«Part 3 of India’s space launch crisis | Indian Space Progress #37»
There’s No Coming Back from That Waymo Ride
«First week in San Francisco.»
April (120 posts)
Weeknote #26 [W26.13] - Second housewarming party, Claude Code, cat-sitting
«I had a much better grip on the menu this time.»
I guess I cook now
«Learning to cook for myself went from necessity to hobby almost overnight»
Poem: So can you
«The Moon still exists dear, Earth’s still blue as rivers cry while the avians still fly. Not a single day goes by when they don’t try, so can you.»
Chocolate & orange brownie
«I don’t like desserts much. But I like brownies. And I like how chocolate and orange go together. Plus, this is relatively easy to make, and very hard to get wrong.»
I am an async runtime. My goal is max utilization.
«I am an async runtime. My goal is max utilization. I want to keep my CPU saturated. Atleast 5 projects to context switch between. Keep all my threads occupied.»
An Ode to Hospitality
«A thank-you to the people who listen to all our complaints, even if they can't directly do anything about them.»
(#2026-W14) birthdays, breweries and blr metro
«This weeknote covers the week of March 29, 2026 – April 4, 2026.»
Authorization is still quite broken
Hot takes from IndieWebClub in the absence of Tanvi
Markdown is actually not _that_ extensible
write about the moon
[Blog] On the cost of viewing care as burden
«I made some sub-optimal choices over a weekend in mid March. I was talking to a friend through that weekend, to be an outside observer and keep me sane. The friend held me through it, but later -…»
The Loss of the Night Sky
«As a child I spent a lot of time looking at the stars.»
Poem: For every child
«For every child that dares to dream and every spark of curiosity within»
Road Rage, ft. Mock Mad
«A case against being mock mad. Road rage, is an emotion, almost universally acknowledged by riders and ridees of all vehicle classes. It’s completely accepted in our indian society. Based on the…»
Review: QR1 JFM 2026
«January Week 1 Started the new year in Kochi. Midnight, I was at this carnival where they burned down a Santa lookalike 30 feet effigy. It was all so wild. I also got to swim in the ocean, which I…»
I'm no longer using coding assistants on personal projects
«I wrote this post as an exercise during a meeting of IndieWebClub Bangalore.»
how I interpret the writer's block
«Even with the most ergonomic posture inhabited in a befittingly decibelled soundscape, with a most comfortingly frictionless drafting pipeline, I am sometimes met with a sluggish pain where no words…»
Writing is not a Tool Problem
«A reflection on writing tools, hot takes and why writing is more about thinking than tooling.»
The Perfect Chai
«Proving everyone wrong with a recipe for chai that's blatantly and obviously correct.»
Untimely Meditations on Death
«Modernism has the effect on our psyche, the naive belief that somehow life will go on forever. I would attribute this to two primary causes, the first of which is losing the "tragic disposition of…»
Koh Lanta and the Kindness of Strangers
«A deserted island, a first snorkel, a lost phone, and the unexpected warmth that made it all worthwhile.»
[Blog] Claude is bad for my hedonist brain
«I’ve been using LLMs to write all my code since July 2025, but the first few weeks of March saw something strange happen. I woke up at about 4am, and I worked until at least 4pm - often 6 or 7pm -…»
[Weeknotes] Week of 5th April, 2026
«7 weeks since a weeknote. Life updates will come at the end. First, this week:»
Notes for the Week #14 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 30th March–5th April.»
Get converted into art by Blue period
«Get converted into art by Blue period»
Week 13 In the Year of our Lord, 2026 - Japan
«Weeknotes for the 13rd Week of the year 2026»
Timeline
Poem: Antariksh ki pyaas / अंतरिक्ष की प्यास / The thirst for space
«Original in Hindustani, as English transliteration and in देवनागरी, followed by its English translation (though not as lyrical):»
Before Sunrise
«Before Sunrise»
Week 14/2026
«The bacterial infection saga ends.»
Weeknotes: Week #14 (2026)
«Finally over my sickness!»
Subroutine Sessions @ Koramangala, Bangalore
My Q2 2026 Consumption List (Steal it?)
«A few months ago I wrote this blog post called "Curate or Die", and in that I spoke about how if you don't curate what you consume, then the algorithm decides for you, and you end up consuming really…»
Why haven’t humans gone back to the Moon no longer a valid question thanks to NASA Artemis II lunar flyby
«Plus: A poetic ode to our exploration of Luna | Moon Monday #269»
Running NixOS Micro VMs on MacOS
«microvm.nix is a framework to run NixOS based micro VMs on various platforms. In particular, it can use vfkit to run micro VMs on macOS that use the macOS virtualization framework to provide a more…»
Trumpets!
«All around..»
Migrations/SearchEngines/FOSSConfessions
«As much as I love FOSS, privacy, etc, I have surrendered myself to big tech. But hey, that’s changing :D»
Quarterly Life Hauntings: Ep 1
«the poetry season is in full bloom, and I have signed up for multiple courses, read “bhali se ek shakal thi” by Ahmad Faraz multiple times, each time trying to squeeze the last drop out of it,…»
Reviews flatten the experience
«I have written on how reviews can be seen as a means of augmenting the experience of consuming media. Further, reviews can deepen how you resonate with said media. That being said, the additional…»
(#2026-W15) smart crows and car shows
«This weeknote covers the week of April 5, 2026 – April 11, 2026.»
[Blog] Reminders for Engineers Using LLMs
«Maybe you should actually rewrite your whole stack if things start breaking. As long as you keep the harnesses for verification (e2e tests, parameterised tests) and the institutional knowledge,…»
[Weeknotes] Week of Apr 11th, 2026
«Once again, something that was supposed to take two days to do took a whole week. Reasons?»
Awake
«Empty house, full mind.»
Self expression
«Powered by LLMs?»
First App Launch
«Yo!»
Slow Days in South Thailand
«Limestone karsts, mangrove forests, and unexpected friendships over Indian food.»
Poem: Rare lights
«They care not because they have to but because they want to»
Jonah Yano
Week 15/2026
«On the verge of becoming a Brott regular.»
Weeknotes: Week #15 (2026)
«A shockingly eventful week that I was not quite prepared for»
An eventful night [Apr 10 2026]
«An eventful night [Apr 10 2026]»
Potato and leek soup
«This is my go to soup recipe. It is simple and comforting, and the recipe is difficult to get wrong. You can adjust the ratio of ingredients to your liking, and it will still turn out great. (Just be…»
Notes for the Week #15 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 6th–12th April.»
Paul Desmond
Artemis II astronauts gazed at our Moon with joy, curiosity, and reverence. Through finer robotic orbital views, so can you.
«Thanks to our robotic explorers, and the great leveler that is the Internet, you too can “Copy, Moon joy.” | Moon Monday #270»
My attempts to use a CMS in 2026
«CMS' are difficult to get right and all my clients want a WYSIWYG»
This feels familiar..
«I need to take a step back from vibe coding.»
Poem: Selene, smashed not shattered
«Tucked in a tiny timed capsule against its wonky, worldly windows mesmerized the momentary Moonfarers at sweeping sights of Selene»
"Please Introduce Yourself"
«How do I best explain who I am?»
Weeknote #27 [W26.14–15] - Amaira’s first week, coversations with friends, and bullshit jobs
«I missed posting a weeknote for the first time in 27 weeks. This one is going to be a combination of the last two weeks.»
Thaikkudam Bridge
i can’t find the words
«I have this urge to pen down trap down a thousand words or more… I want to write but I can’t Words escape me not one my one but altogether they don’t escape like butterflies or even birds or bees…»
2020s Anime Recommendations
«I’ve been watching anime for over 30 years now. After such a long time, I’ve become very selective in choosing which shows to watch. These days I only complete a couple of shows per season. I’m tired…»
The KSP App
«I am still processing my feeling.»
My favorite knife costs ₹40
«Full post on the site»
A Caring Guide for PP
«A short description on what my moneyplant seems to enjoy, dislike, and feel in general.»
(#2026-W16) COLOR COLOR COLOR
«This weeknote covers the week of April 12, 2026 – April 18, 2026.»
Life is an adventure, bro
«Close your eyes for a second. What comes to mind when you think of the word, adventure? Do you think of thrill? Do you take a risk?»
Hafta #1
«Trying out a new format.»
A broken 404 template in Django can swallow your backtraces
«I wrote this post as an exercise during a meeting of IndieWebClub Bangalore.»
Hope is the thing with teeth
«The art of writing dissent poetry is a sanctuary in a burning world.»
Poem: Back to the Moon..
«For me not thee, but still for humanity..»
Will We Ever Get Used To This?
«Yo!»
NixOS and Ente on Hetzner
Cycling Manali to Leh
«Singing American Pie uphill, sleeping 12 in one tent, and running through a live landslide at Baralacha La.»
Notes for the Week #16 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 13th–19th April.»
Trying out Sveltia
«Shifting my CMS because syncing off Notion was clunky.»
Week 15 In the Year of our Lord, 2026 - Hot, Hot, Hot!
«Weeknotes for the 15th Week of the year 2026»
The Marías
Weeknotes: Week #16 (2026)
«Big week for watching movies and being outdoors!»
Week 16/2026
«A lot of catching up happened over food.»
30 Days of DXing
«#30DaysOfDXing is where I am trying to receive various radio wave transmissions and listen to them using either my Radio, SDR, etc. I am currently using ShortwaveSchedule, Short-Wave Info, ShorWave…»
Did NASA’s Artemis II mission really do lunar science or go to the Moon for all humanity?
«An unfortunate breakdown of too many giant leaps of imagination. | Moon Monday #271»
Cornershop
lyrids
Nagarathna Memorial Grant – 2026 – Results
«Thanks for your patience, everyone. It took a lot of work to process this year’s applications. There were lots of good applications. We are a micro-grant, but that said, this is the biggest year for…»
Sugar & Salt
«i’m looking for sugarbut what i want is salt salt as a scrublet me rub salt for my woundsto feel the feel one more timeto not be numb to pain and fun oh lord, there is alwayssome salt on my tongue…»
Poem: Resilience
«Bent, not broken twisted, not turned upside down dragged down, not drowned»
Weeknote #28 [W26.16] - Weekly AI rant & curation for CND
«At work, we planned a product roadmap for FY26-27. I have zero faith in what we have planned.»
Articles on Chandrayaan 1, India’s first Moon mission
«* Looking back at Chandrayaan 1 and forward to Artemis * How NASA and India discovered water on our Moon * Interviewing Chandrayaan 1’s Mission Director»
To the movies
Lean of Faith
«I recently learnt about the Lean language at an event at IISC. It's a language used not just for writing programs but proving that they are correct.»
Weekly Notes 17/2026
«NMG 2026 results are out. If you are a grantee, congratulations. This is the 9th edition of 2026 and the biggest both in terms of total grant and the number of grantees. Initial emails have been…»
Husk of a Rainbow
«A poem written with a rage that surprised me while writing it.»
(#2026-W17) poems, flowers and romanticized nights
«This weeknote covers the week of April 19, 2026 – April 25, 2026.»
Panel on Claude for Everyone
«I was invited to join a panel discussion at India’s first Claude Code Community Meetup, that expanded from Claude Code Central London to Bengaluru (& a few more Indian cities). The panel was largely…»
Poem: Muskān / मुस्कान / Smile
«Original in Hindustani, as English transliteration and in देवनागरी, followed by an English translation (not as lyrical):»
My First Marathon
«Yo!🙋 For World Book Day, Sadhana gifted me Watchmen, while I got her Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. A good trade.»
[Blog] TIL: Fixing it when my right arm gets useless
«Something happens to the muscles in my right shoulder, and my whole right arm becomes useless. The strength in it drops by at least a third - which means I can’t lift things, move things, etc. Typing…»
Playlist: Earworms
«Trying a new note format inspired by Azan’s Playlists. Here is a playlist of songs that I find really hard to get out of my head once listened to:»
Notes for the Week #17 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 20th–26th April.»
Asia ➤ Moon
«Asia ➤ Moon»
Weeknotes: Week #17 (2026)
«Adapting to changes at work and doing a bunch of gaming»
Week 17/2026
«A low-key week with high-key heat.»
Coorg Diaries
«I don't usually prefer spending a lot on vacations, but this trip was different.»
Articles on Chandrayaan 2, the orbiter to remember
«* ISRO’s Chandrayaan 2 orbiter has been creating the highest resolution map of the Moon * Lunar science galore from Chandrayaan 2 * How the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter is a Sun watcher at the Moon …»
With Artemis II done, challenges confront NASA to send astronauts on Artemis III and IV | Moon Monday #272
«Key developments to watch out for this year as both China and the US aim to land humans on the Moon by the end of this decade.»
Catching Lyrids: A Two Hundred Kilometre Drive
«The Plan: It starts off vague, a bubble of excitement, rising up in the group chat. The excitement of seeing balls of fire grazing across earth’s atmosphere. Few hours later, the trip is planned,…»
Ars poetica
«Strip it down make no sound touch the truth feel its fruit»
Turning Claude Code into something that talks back
«I spent one afternoon turning Claude Code into something that talks back. No API key. No rate limit. No surveillance.»
Poem: Don’t screw up the Moon
«Let’s explore explore our Moon and its archival boon of Earth’s midnight and afternoon»
What I Keep Coming Back To
«I keep noticing how little I want from being seen for the sake of it. It comes up in small ways.»
Articles: From a crashing Chandrayaan 2 to an upright Chandrayaan 3 on the Moon
«* On Chandrayaan 2’s landing attempt failure * Overview of Chandrayaan 2, India’s first Moon landing attempt * Watching Chandrayaan 2 launch * Explainer: Why did it take so long to find the…»
I published 10 poems this month as part of a poetry challenge
«April is Global Poetry Writing Month. Everyone participating from around the Web is encouraged to write a poem a day, optionally based on each day’s prompt. It was my first time participating in this…»
Best (most affordable) notebook
«The joy of fresh pages!»
Working like a dog
«snaps · cat · luru»
Working with 99%-tools
«Full post on the site»
The chunking showdown: Fixed vs Semantic vs Hierarchical
«Three chunking strategies walked into a RAG pipeline. Only one handled every document type well. Here's what the numbers showed.»
An unfriendly introduction to causal inference
«I wrote a book on causal inference. It is short (under 80 pages), it is called An Unfriendly Introduction to Causal Inference, and the hardcover is now live on Amazon.»
May (121 posts)
You’re not welcome
«snaps · luru · street»
Articles: Science from Chandrayaan 3
«* How Chandrayaan 3 contributed insights on our Moon’s origin and evolution * Results from Chandrayaan 3 thermal experiment benefit future missions eyeing lunar water * Chandrayaan 3 rover may (or…»
Sylvan Esso
Weekly Notes 18/2026
«It’s been a busy week, both at work and at home. I think the heat also made the week much more tiring, but thankfully, it rained a bit yesterday. Hopefully we will get more rains. I spent a bit of…»
(#2026-W18) DEKHO BAARISH HO RAHI HAIII
«This weeknote covers the week of April 26, 2026 – May 2, 2026.»
Weeknote #29 [W26.17–18] - Cops, poems, and housewarming parties
«I have missed another weeknote — second one in three weeks.»
Who am I writing for
Hills that I will die on
«I’ve always been one to avoid confrontation and protect my peace, but there are some opinions I have that are not up for compromise. The following hot takes are going to sound very Old Man Yells At…»
Things I did in the last year that has nothing to do with the internet
«Honestly, this feels like a walk down the road of my google photos , because thanks to that , I can now see every now and then what all I did in the last year and I can happily Admit that there are…»
2025, offline
«Things I did in the last year that had nothing to do with the internet.»
1. Week of April 26th, 2026
«Hello, welcome to my first weeknote. I feel tired in a good way and I have been working so much that I never even had the chance to sit in melancholy by the window and watch the first pre-monsoon…»
Never will I ever: experience drunk cigarettes again
«so im not generally a smoker i used to smoke socially and the number of cigs i have a month hovered around like 4-8 per month depending on the number of gigs i would go to. but i think i might have…»
Traffic Premonitions
«Exactly a year ago, an ambulance in Bangalore hit several people. The next day I was driving my scooter on the road besides an ambulance. The sight of the ambulance reminded me of the news story and…»
Love Letter to IndieWebClub
«Notes from the most recent IndieWebClub meetup in Bengaluru about why do people write, blog, or have personal websites.»
Five Days
«Mother, help me, there's a head attached to my neck and I'm in it. - Disco Elysium»
notes on giving compliments
«I grew up not being great at giving compliments. This was because I often saw grown-ups around me deploy compliments in a fake, ritualistic way. This made me overcorrect by holding back my…»
FY 2025-26, offline
«So much has happened, reminds me to be kind to myself.»
Never have I ever [and never will I have ever]
«* Written clickbait articles. It’s harder to avoid than it may seem. * Cared for celebrity anything * Sent or engaged with WhatsApp university forwards * Believed in Astrology, Homeopathy or any…»
Monthly note: April 2026
«I’ve been going to my fitness classes quite regularly, and liking them too. I can easily touch my toes now, which I was struggling with a month ago. When I was 20 years old, something terrible…»
Reading Classics
«One of the dearest lines I heard about reading classics, was that reading a classic is like opening a door where upon entering a great conversation is taking place, one that had been continuing on…»
2 months on Strattera/Atomoxetine
«2 months on Strattera/Atomoxetine»
Hailstorm in church st
«Yo! 🙋 Got my marathon picture. Good lord, I did not pay for that thing.»
Weeknotes: Week #18 (2026)
«A brand new website, powered by Astro and Cloudflare! And a lot of other things...»
Turtles all the Way down - Why System Builders lack integrity
«The culture war between Intuition and Quantification, Categorizing and Enframing of experience seems to be forefront of what will shape the future at this point. The pervasive nature of…»
Mind tricks to climb the second highest motorable pass in the world
«The second half of cycling from Manali to Leh: the car day, Tanglang La mind tricks, and finally reaching Leh.»
[Weeknotes] Month of April
«Month note again»
How who I write for has changed over time
Week 17 In the Year of our Lord, 2026 - "Fan"tastic
«I buy a fan that cools the whole city.»
Malfnktion
Moving on from being a Hater
«Last week, I realized that I have turned into a Hater.»
TOOL
Week 18/2026
«The rain gods finally blessed us.»
RAYE
Conversations all the Way
«Full post on the site»
Notes for the Week #18 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 27th April–3rd May.»
Articles on future Chandrayaan missions
«* Chandrayaan 4 will bring unique Moon materials—and maybe a giant scientific leap for India * The case for India and China to exchange lunar samples * Why India needs to launch Chandrayaan 4…»
Noted
«snaps · luru · street»
2021
Avenged Sevenfold
«I started listening to Avenged Sevenfold in school. My friend from school, at the time disapproved of metalcore and screaming for no reason but it seemed okay to me. I think Afterlife is their best…»
Linkin Park
«LP was my introduction to western music. I walked in on my cousin Furqan rapping to In The End and I was hooked. The themes of their writing have ranged from political to personal and the angst of…»
India’s Chandrayaan 4 lunar sampling mission cross-pollinates science, rockets, governance, and human spaceflight
«Part 4 of India’s space launch crisis: Why India needs to launch Chandrayaan 4 in time to ensure maximum national and international benefits | Moon Monday #273 and Indian Space Progress #38»
Mapping medical education in India
«Use this visualization to see the medical colleges in India established over time.»
A folder full of trivia
«Sometimes I run into people who, during a conversation, will throw in some trivia to spice it up: “There was a study that showed pangolins curl up when exposed to classical music.” Ask about the…»
Car Seat Headrest
Perfume
Weeknote / Tue 5th May 2026
Mid-week talks
«After pushing myself since Monday, i have now finally made myself sit down with my laptop to write a blog which was supposed to go live on Monday. well, rants apart, i have a few questions rolling…»
Observations in San Francisco
«A continuously evolving list of observations from San Francisco.»
Demon Hunter
Maruja
modern melancholia is boring
«Modern melancholia is boring.»
comedy show
«dmart: Went to comedy show next to my house dmart: made me realise that with some practice I could maybe become a local comedian. can't be that hard to outcompete dmart: I could get as many laughs…»
pros and cons: furry convention vs rationalist meetup
«In a rationalist meetup you:»
caffeine baar latelies
«The caffeine baar baristas have been churning lately. Chipmunk lady was the one keeping it together, she was excellent and delightfully brash.»
Articles on moons other than our Moon
«The not-Moon-Monday edition. 🌝»
Solving Rubix's Cube
Fairuz
Articles on Venus, the ignored
«* Why explore Venus * VERITAS, NASA’s Venus mapper * EnVision, Europe’s mission to Venus * ISRO’s plan to study Venus in unprecedented detail alongside NASA and ESA»
Weekly Notes 19/2026
«My first, full-fledged in-class course at APU ended this week. The final round of assessments is yet to be done. I am in the process of it. Most students have done well. I have done physical…»
(#2026-W19) clouds, froyo and carnatic fusion
«This weeknote covers the week of May 3, 2026 – May 9, 2026.»
Ideas of existence
«my head is an aquarium of ideasof fishesand turtlesswimmingand playingsleeping andeating my eyes are tired of chasing all the ideas that my mind is shootingthere is a constant bombardment of thoughts…»
Native Temple fest
«Yo! 🙋 So there I was in my native, Devakottai, Tamil Nadu.»
My contributions to the 'chai article'
2. Week of May 3rd, 2026
«Welcome to another weeknote! My naming system for these weeknotes has got to improve. I am writing this from Delhi, where I am visiting my in-laws (crazy). My week has been long and busy.»
Khardung La: where my mind tricks finally failed
«After Manali to Leh, one climb remained: the highest motorable pass in the world, where my mind tricks finally ran out.»
Notes for the Week #19 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 4th–10th May.»
Week 18 In the Year of our Lord, 2026
«I almost die in a game of dungeons of dragons, amongst other games of chance with strange implications.»
Hyperbole and a Half
«Review of “Hyperbole and a Half” by Allie Brosh.»
Weeknotes: Week #19 (2026)
«Super busy week of work, fun, not-fun work and a lot in between.»
Week 19/2026
«Nothing dramatic, just mildly cursed.»
pesto road
«After a lifelong acquaintance with long vehicular commutes, I have spent the last year or so walking to work. Despite this being the shortest daily commute of my life, there's a certain slowness in…»
Notes (14-19) - 2026
«A lot happened over the last few weeks, more than I managed to sit down and write about»
Moon Monday #274: Artemis updates and Japanese missions galore
«Artemis updates»
Using LLMs to find Python C-extension bugs
«Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/1067234/»
Things I have left behind in a cab
«I found a new use for AI: generating writing prompts, so I can blog weekly. Here is this week's edition.»
this is a fake morning page. it is supposed to look like a morning page, but it's all synthetically constructed.
«[unintelligible screaming throughout]»
You Need to Binge-Watch This!
«So, this weekend i stumbled upon a web series which i was honestly not very committedly watching, i stumbled upon the web series called, " Perfect Family" which i saw endless number of reels on my…»
Mythos finds a curl vulnerability
«Link: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/05/11/mythos-finds-a-curl-vulnerability/»
You're writing fiction. So why does it feel like lying?
«When I was 19, I started writing a novel. I finished it at the age of 22. It was a 1,400-page novel. High fantasy. Exquisite concepts. Original world building. I had learned so much about the craft…»
how to make chai correctly
«The most indispensable requirement for making a good chai is sorrow. Many people think that what makes a chai good is love—mistake. It is not love1. It is sorrow. This is why elderly people make…»
week notes, May 15
«I tried Dirty Matcha for the first time. I saw that it's a new summer addition in the Blue Tokai menu, and also the most expensive item on the menu. I asked for a Dirty Matcha, and I got a dirty look…»
Weekly Notes 20/2026
«We are in Thrissur. We left at around 2 AM and reached by 11 AM, with two breaks. The drive was comfortable. The traffic was friendly this time. Echo is getting old, and Uma is more active now. So…»
Polish Movie Posters
«A random rabbit hole I want to document.»
(#2026-W20) city libraries and craft stores
«This weeknote covers the week of May 10, 2026 – May 16, 2026.»
Weeknote #29 [W26.19–20] - Stalking, a home café, and transitioning into product management
«Week #19 started off with me being stalked and harassed.»
The Apocalyptic Preacher of Galilee
«Breaking down my niche interest»
Habits are like casting a vote
«Habits? That's a tough one. They are hard to form, they are hard to get rid of, they can help you become productive, they can help you procrastinate. They are indeed like casting a vote. My journey…»
week notes, October 17 2024
«I went to The Jukebox, Koramangala with my flatmate and AP. We got some Toit Stouts, and remarked that they were diluted. It had just drizzled outside. I looked out of the window and thought, "hmm,…»
3. Week of May 10th, 2026
«My weeknotes have been powered by my nightly journals. It's been a great system so far: I write down what I did and how I felt that day every night, and by the end of the week I have 7 days of…»
There is bad weather, actually
«Monsoon is almost here. Write about your relationship with the phenomena of weather»
Why don’t people come to my house?
«Sometimes I think I’m very delulu about my desire to have people in my house. Honestly, in my head, I think I am a very hosting-people person and want people home all the time. But my actions and…»
Cambodia Travel Guide & Tips
«Your all-in-one guide to Siem Reap and the Angkor temples, with practical tips on currency, the Angkor Pass, transport and visas.»
Recipe 2: Buttered Sweet Corn
«Definitive way to make buttered sweet corn»
Habits are like casting a vote
«This is from a writing prompt at the IndieWebClub Bangalore meetup.»
Selling to practitioners vs. selling to technical decision makers
«Link: https://lobste.rs/s/oznirn/redis_cost_ambition#c_dzrja0»
Land and expand
«Link: https://lobste.rs/s/oznirn/redis_cost_ambition#c_dzrja0»
Life slice #2: Reading science fiction and talking rockets
«* Inspired by NASA’s 404 page, and ESA’s 404 page too, I edited my space blog’s not found pages to show something nerdy and lunar themed: jatan.space/404/ 🕳️»
Monsoon of Memories
«Sitting on the pillion seat, looking up at the trees and sky, the leaves and branches forming a jigsaw puzzle, the white light falling through the crack-lines. The crown-shyness blushing beautifully…»
Habits are like casting a vote
«Do they define us or we define them?»
Weekly Note #1 | 17th May, 2026
«News of the week was that my company is planning to drop hybrid working and enforce 5 days a week from 1st Jan 2027. They have a lot of employees while the office is small which means they will most…»
Ötzi the Iceman: The 5,300-Year-Old Mystery in the Ice
«A fun museum-style conversation about Ötzi the Iceman, where a recent mountain death slowly becomes a 5,300-year-old mystery frozen in ice.»
Notes for the Week #20 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 11th–17th May.»
Weeknotes: Week #20 (2026)
«Ignorance is bliss»
Week 20/2026
«A rather unproductive week.»
The ten levels of smartphone de-addiction
«I fear my phone.»
New Books
«Full post on the site»
Capri-Sun, or Something Like It
«A story about a slow-cycling competition... or atleast that's what it's supposed to be.»
Writing for myself Vs for audience - a little comparison
«I have been writing for myself since the age of 14, i still remember, i wrote a poem called Topsy Tervy in order to express my sadness because i scored less marks in maths ( just 9 graders thing) so…»
Science results from India’s Chandrayaan 3 Moon mission | Moon Monday #275
«The near-polar lunar surface and environment had never been measured in-situ before Chandrayaan 3 arrived. Now our understanding of it has been grounded in measurements just as we prepare to send a…»
Continual Learning
«Full post on the site»
For the (Old) People
«A government cannot care for its elderly by driving out its young.»
Embedding user code in your app using Extism
«Every application I love has some kind of power-user mode where I can add my own code or scripting to make it useful to me. Simple examples are Firefox with its addons or VLC with its plugins.…»
The bends
«The bends»
Incompetence as a Skill.md
«People are replacing their brains with tokens.»
Weekly Notes 21/2026
«I was in Chennai for the first half of the week. I couldn’t get a confirmed 1st or 2nd class train ticket. So I had to fly from Kochi. It’s such a waste of time and money. Chennai is hot, hotter than…»
week-ish note - may 21 - delhi
"we are seeing each other"
Announcing feed-repeat v1.0
«Have you ever wanted to reread that old article posted by your favourite author on their website? Do you use feed readers and wish that some great posts from your friends magically reappear in your…»
Weeknotes: Week #21 (2026)
«Honestly not even sure how I feel about this week»
Week 21/2026
«The temperature is going down!»
Name your contacts like a psychopath
«I’m a uni student, and that involves meeting many new people, and inevitably saving many contacts for countless occasions, even if some of them only get used once or twice.»