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January (124 posts)

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.»

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…»

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…»

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…»

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…»

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…»

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…»

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…»

"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…»

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…»

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…»

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…»

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…»

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…»

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…»

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)?»

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…»

[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…»

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…»

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…»

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…»

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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…»

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…»

Pad Thai

  • by Anik

«Read "Pad Thai" on anik's blog.»

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…»

February (106 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…»

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…»

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.

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Chinaga Betta Hike

«import { Image } from 'astro:assets'; import eucalyptus from '@assets/blogs/chinaga-betta-hike/walk-through-eucalyptus-trees.jpeg'; import verticalWall from…»

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.»

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.»

[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…»

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…»

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…»

What is language anyway?

«Monday 9 February 2026 This morning we walked along a beach and discussed A.I. and Language and that bit of news I read about how A.I. researchers don’t understand how these models work. Considering…»

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.»

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,…»

[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".»

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…»

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…»

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…»

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 people…»

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…»

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.»

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.»

How communities learn

«I’ve been thinking about how social learning is such a contrast to formal, structured learning systems. I am a fairly experienced educator. I have worked with a diverse group1 of students over the…»

March (104 posts)

Day notes March 2026

«I want to keep myself accountable and work on stuff everyday, hoping writing daynotes in march will keep me accountable»

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…»

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…»

[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 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 😄.»

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…»

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:»

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…»

Practice

«Coauthored with Judah, who introduced me to the idea and taught me how to practice better.»

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)…»

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…»

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…»

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.»

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…»

Homeserver!

«A review of all the (tiring) things I did to put my blog online»

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…»

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...»

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…»

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…»

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.»

Scotland Yard!

«I let go of a good lead in the game. Still annoyed about it. 😛»

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…»

April (119 posts)

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.»

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…»

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…»

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…»

[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 -…»

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…»

ClaudeHeads

«So firstly what are ClaudeHeads? They are people who have claude in place of their head. They literally think LLM is the only answer and can only think using them, they are just straight up bad at…»

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…»

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…»

[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,…»

Awake

«Empty house, full mind.»

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…»

Life is an adventure, bro

  • by nim

«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?»

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»

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.»

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…»

My First Marathon

«Yo!🙋 For World Book Day, Sadhana gifted me Watchmen, while I got her Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. A good trade.»

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:»

Coorg Diaries

«I don't usually prefer spending a lot on vacations, but this trip was different.»

Ars poetica

«Strip it down make no sound touch the truth feel its fruit»

May (143 posts)

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…»

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…»

2025, offline

  • by nim

«Things I did in the last year that had nothing to do with the internet.»

1. Week of April 26th, 2026

  • by nim

«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…»

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…»

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…»

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…»

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»

Avenged Sevenfold

  • by Azan

«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

  • by Azan

«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…»

Working with LLMs

«As we usher in this new era of LLMs, it is interesting to see how different people are starting to work with them. And as a typical keyboard thudding monkey, I want to optimize my workflow too.…»

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…»

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…»

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…»

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 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»

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…»

2. Week of May 3rd, 2026

  • by nim

«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.»

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…»

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…»

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…»

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

  • by nim

«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…»

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…»

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…»

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.…»

Upgrading to neovim 0.12

«I recently upgraded my neovim to 0.12.2, I have been chipping away at it slowly using NVIM_APPNAME feature so that my day to day activities are not hindered. One of the things I found interesting in…»

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…»

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…»

My new small space in the vast web

«I have been pilled by "write more" propaganda, and its not something new, I have written about it before but never actually made progress on it. Something has changed this year, I utilized my new…»

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.»

4. Week of May 17th, 2026

  • by nim

«Hello, welcome to another weeknote. It has been another busy week and I feel like one of those adults who never have time for anything. I'm also in the middle of a creative block which is bad for…»

Faster than the speed of RTFM

«Lately, I have been adding a ridiculous amount of new functionality to Emacs thanks to A.I. tools like Google’s Gemini. I really mean ridiculous. There is code dribbling out of my ears. It has gotten…»

Weekly Notes 22/2026

«This Saturday, we drove to Palakkad to meet Pradeep and Dhanya. It was a short morning walk and breakfast meet. We met at the fort, walked around, and chit-chatted while having breakfast at…»

Return of The Lean(i)

«Recently our hackathon team presented work for the lean hackathon at an FP meetup. It was super fun. I was lucky enough to meet a group of extremely talented people. From different backgrounds -…»

June (25 posts)

Not Thinking Today!

«I want AI to do my jobI want it to think for meso that i don’t have to think if i don’t thinki don’t feelAnd i can escape being a humanthis quesy ball of feelings kind of human The only thing that…»

Instagram Instants

«Meta has vibe-coded an interesting side-project alongside their main hustle of dominating the attention economy.»

Who Calls a Child Anti-National?

«A CBSE student raised a question about his misplaced answer sheets. Instead of empathy or a call for accountability, he got called anti-national. This is about the machinery that turns complaints…»

Uma’s New Playlist

«We have updated Uma’s playlist on her radio. It’s no baby rhymes now. It has carefully selected songs. Currently, U2026 has songs from Kannada, Malayalam, English, and Italian. I have heard all of…»

Weekly Notes 23/2026

«It’s been a good week in general. The work schedule is back under control. I am getting back to normalcy there. I also played after a long time on Sunday. We played singles again. It was tough but…»

'My Trade Is Humour' (Free writing exercise)

«This week, we read some more very lovely writings, one of which was a chapter on Silence from Carl Phillips' 'My Trade Is Mystery', and another, which is a response blog post to this piece of writing…»