34 apps I used a lot in 2025
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2026 Archive
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January (106 posts)
Ho Chi Minh City: Culture, Street Food & War History
«Ho Chi Minh City's culture up close — chaotic streets, roadside pho, the haunting Hoa Lo Prison, Cu Chi tunnels, and the city's layered war history.»
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.»
All my download metrics in one place
«Trying to find a single view of package download stats across registries»
1767277502
«Happy New Year 🎉»
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…»
A weeknote because Tanvi is scary
«Finishing a course, switching to swaywm, and losing a friend»
Weeknote #14 [W26.01] - Blocking people, moral questions, and coconut water coffee
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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…»
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…»
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.»
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…»
Hello World.
«printf("Hello World");»
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
Notes for the Week #1 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 29th December 2025–4th January 2026.»
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…»
11:59 PM
«Reinforce your stocks. And wait.»
2025: A non-review
«Full post on the site»
Privacy writing with Neovim
«My writing workflow while sitting in the middle seat of a flight»
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.»
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
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Revamp the blogs
«Hello world, again!»
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.»
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…»
Chide'r pulao
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Parasakthi doesn’t deserve
«figure style="float: right; margin: 0 0 1rem 1rem; text-align: center;" img src="/assets/cutie-kim-jong-un.jpeg" alt="Cutie Kim" width="150" / /figure»
Notes for the Week #2 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 5th–11th January.»
All that remains
«All that remains»
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…»
Weeknote #15 [W26.02] - Malcolm, the cat, returns; and setting up likes, comments & notifications
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Rohu, with cocnonut milk curry
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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.»
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…»
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…»
A nice thing a stranger has done for me
«A song lyric that gave me a reason to keep going»
escaping the tyranny of the screen
«Like many users of the internet I too am a victim of the attention-span-destroying things that live on the Internet. My...»
My AI developemt workflow
«Context»
The Memory Trail
«Written for INDIEWEB Meetup -18 Prompt: Turn a message you have sent into a blog post»
Static sites are fun
«This is the third time I’ve made a website.»
Pushing the smallest possible change to production
«I wrote this post as an exercise during a meeting of IndieWebClub Bangalore.»
Theater 1 restaurant 0
«Yo!»
Notes for the Week #3 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 12th–18th January.»
Deadlines have carried me for years, but may no longer be enough (or, do I have ADHD?)
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Taiwan: The Country the World Forgot to Recognize
«A conversation about Taiwan's fascinating history, volcanic landscapes, earthquake experiences, and of course - the food.»
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»
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.»
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
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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…»
Fixing stuck filament in Bambulab P1S
«Filament broke in my 3D printer's extruder and nozzle, this is a small blog post on my experience»
Orion's glow
«Orion's glow»
Curious
«I find myself questioning this lately»
Blue as Sky
«Blue as Sky»
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
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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.»
Post Pongal
«figure style="float: right; text-align: center;" img src="/assets/leaving-chennai.jpeg" alt="My mom and brother saying bye." width="200" / /figure»
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…»
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
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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…»
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
«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…»
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)
Notes for the Week #5 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 26th January–1st February.»
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…»
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
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Teachable Intelligence
«Full post on the site»
A conversation about Chancenkarte
«Notes from a colleague who moved to Germany on a Chancenkarte»
Update till Feb 4
«Last year in December, all the cousins gathered in Kolkata for winter which is a HUGE logistical challenge to pull off. However...»
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
«Read "Sorshe Pabda" on anik's blog.»
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.»
Weeknote #2
«You want to know how my week was? See for yourself.»
Notes for the Week #6 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 2nd–8th February.»
Why I Review Things
«A small piece on what I like to think about while reviewing.»
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.…»
Making Astro asset images work in RSS
«And taking the picturesque route to solve this»
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
«diray entry wannabe travel blog about Anokha 2026»
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»
[Blog] Lollapalooza 2026
«This is the 4th edition of Lollapalooza India, and the 4th time I’m attending it.»
First time at the Indie Web Club
«It finally happened, I am writing again»
Recommendations
«About writing recommendations and reading reviews»
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…»
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.»
Weeknotes: Week #6 (2026)
«Finally back in Bengaluru!»
[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…»
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 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…»
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»
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
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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»
[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…»
[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…»
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".»
Families.
«I. The Invisible Guest The morning started with dread pooling in Maya’s stomach. A family wedding. Aunts who asked too many questions. Cousins who seemed to speak a language she could never quite…»
AI Programming is making everyone EMs, and not everyone wants that
«Full post on the site»
Anniversary at Coimbatore
«Yo! 🙋♂️In week 20,»
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»
Update until Feb 16
«Last week was quite intense due to multiple reasons. A bunch of close people in my life were going through the wringer and I ...»
Notes for the Week #7 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 9th–15th February.»
I'm 1750 Elo on Age of Empires 2 now
«An explanation of the Elo system.»
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
«add Atom feed support to hugo»
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…»
Adding IPv6 to Oracle Cloud Instances
«Quick guide on how to set up IPv6 with Oracle Cloud VMs»
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
«Read "Weeknote #20 [W26.07] - Rest & recuperate" on anik's blog.»
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 people…»
Inter-Networking: For Fun and for Profit
«A journey into the heart of the internet»
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…»
A weeknote because Tanvi is scary - II
«Workshops, an SMTP client in a Cloudflare Worker, and being tired»
Cabbage, lightly sautéd with garlic
«Read "Cabbage, lightly sautéd with garlic" on anik's blog.»
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
«Workshop notes from Kochi Bienalle's Forplay Society programme»
Chicken Curry (Mustard and Onion)
«This is the first proper curry I learned to make, thanks to my friend Sayan (who's a bit of a wizard in the kitchen) and...»
Notes for the Week #8 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 16th–22nd February.»
Ninh Binh: The Real Kong Skull Island & What to Do Beyond the Boat Tour
«Yes, Kong: Skull Island was filmed in Ninh Binh. But there's more — limestone karsts, Trang An boat caves, lotus ponds, and mountain restaurants most tourists miss.»
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
«Read "Weeknote #21 [W26.08] - A few nice conversations" on anik's blog.»
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…»
4/5 ⭐️ - Indie Microblogging by Manton Reece
«Read for free at book.micro.blog or download the Epub (official link)»
To Wonderla
«Yo! 🙋♂️In week 22,»
March (122 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»
The design process is dead, long live the design process
«I’ve been building with AI for the past few months and I dont think the design process is dead.»
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…»
Weeknote #22 [W26.09] - My mental map of Bangalore, and AI hype ruining my week
«Read "Weeknote #22 [W26.09] - My mental map of Bangalore, and AI hype ruining my week" on anik's blog.»
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…»
How I use AI - LLMs
«This documents my setup for using LLM-powered coding agents (specifically OpenCode with Claude) as a day-to-day software engineering t...»
(#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»
I watched Brokeback Mountain
«It's so much more than gay cowboys»
Stupidity is the System
«Despite spending hours every day surrounded by information, I feel less capable of thinking than I used to.»
[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…»
You are worth more than your work
«Disjointed thoughts on human value in the face of LLM-attributed layoffs»
Types of loneliness
«And help at the end!»
Israel - Iran war
«Yo! 🙋♂️In week 23,»
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.»
Svayam ~ healing workshop
«https://svayam.reachsharu.com On March 4th, as the lunar eclipse moved across the sky, I held a special healing session — and it turned into one of the most powerful experiences I’ve had in a long…»
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.»
Absolute Jaffar
«A deeply political novel that blends personal memory with larger questions of identity and power. The writing feels sharp, intimate, and quietly unsettling.»
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…»
Bombay food, a location-agnostic procedural guide
«🚉 🛺 🥔 ☕️ 🌊»
Weeknote #23 [W26.10] - Moving houses is a bittersweet experience
«Read "Weeknote #23 [W26.10] - Moving houses is a bittersweet experience" on anik's blog.»
Practice
«Coauthored with Judah, who introduced me to the idea and taught me how to practice better.»
A festival site and a live VJ feed for Sultry Mist 2026
«A phone backstage, Hydra, and a screen for the crowd»
(#2026-W11) dog bites and conspiracies
«This weeknote covers the week of March 8, 2026 – March 14, 2026.»
How to Be More Agentic
«Agency is a skill, not a trait. A practical breakdown of what separates people who make things happen from those who wait for permission.»
General Fitness
«Some of my notes on strength training for my particular style of living. These are added in no particular order, as and when needed.»
Prometheus and PromQL
«A brief set of notes for metrics and promql»
Hamnet
«Yo! 🙋♂️In week 24,»
Lab Fonts
«Pre-release fonts, beta versions, unreleased custom fonts, sketches, and experiments from Setup Type.»
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: Future governance questions and current mission updates
«We can build cities on the Moon—but who will govern them?»
The Search for Meaningful Work
«People who are stuck in a paradigm of work that they don’t believe in will often have a vague feeling of discomfort and discontent within them. This can take the form of a frustration, or a question.…»
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. Wile exploring the…»
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
«BOOK REVIEW: Walkable City Rules Curating a 24 hours Hyderabad City Work Trip»
Pablo’s Playpen
Stolen Life
Prof. Feynman’s Series
«measurements Climb or swimIt’s meters and kilometersSight or lightIt’s meters and kilometersHeight or weightDistinct fightBlack or whiteI am a knightComparisons, not compromisesUnits of promisesGoals…»
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…»
Giving Love A Chance
«There were 3 JCBs working on a single section of road in Indiranagar today. The section which contains metro entrance A. I exited the metro today via the same entrance. But I did not go to the road…»
Replenish theme - its Emacsy
«With previous post on revamp my blogs, I finally today went ahead and upgrades the beautiful emacs theme made by Arthur, and locally forked to add goodies.»
Muzhakkam
«പി എഫ് മാത്യൂസിനു മാത്രം എഴുതാൻ സാധിക്കുന്ന ചില വരികളുണ്ട്. കഥകളുണ്ട്. കഥ പറച്ചിലുകളുണ്ട്. അതാണീ പുസ്തകവും. ആശാൻ ഒരു സംഭവമാണെന്ന് വീണ്ടും ഓർമ്മിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ഒരു പുസ്തകം.»
Popular Baby Names of Kerala
«Naming trends across Kerala from 1920 to 2007, pulled from 2.2 million voter records.»
Projects
«Most of the projects are live on Git repository. Currently I'm maintaining Fossunited platform and Forklore site.»
Weeknote #24 [W26.11] - Moving in, the kids downstairs, and the loss of privacy
«Read "Weeknote #24 [W26.11] - Moving in, the kids downstairs, and the loss of privacy" on anik's blog.»
How To Git Commit With Blank Messages
«kdqed / Karthik Devan»
Now
«What I'm up to right now — inspired by nownownow.com.»
Generating my resume programmatically
«Moving from LaTeX to typst for my resume»
(#2026-W12) bombay and poha
«This weeknote covers the week of March 15, 2026 – March 21, 2026.»
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»
Homeserver!
«A review of all the (tiring) things I did to put my blog online»
Queue
«If Dante described Queues»
Poshan Tracker Face Verification
«A Decode investigation reported that “AI Facial Recognition Is Denying Food To Pregnant Women Across India” on March 19. The article is worth reading and includes quotes from several people with…»
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 –…»
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...»
WebMention shenanigans
«Who knew that being delusional ambitious enough to have a custom implementation of WebMentions would teach me a thing or two? /s»
My First Hotwheel Trade
«Yo!»
Notes for the Weeks #11–12 (2026)
«This week note covers the weeks of 9th–22nd March.»
My Husband & Other Animals
«This is not my usual genre. I don’t even remember how this book reached my Kindle. I wouldn’t have bought it or picked it up based on my usual reading habits. But somehow, I ended up reading it, and…»
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»
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.»
Beef Porridge
«Read "Beef Porridge" on anik's blog.»
Just Read
«Full post on the site»
Weeknote #25 [W26.12] - First housewarming party, fake deadline, and an incoherent menu
«Read "Weeknote #25 [W26.12] - First housewarming party, fake deadline, and an incoherent menu" on anik's blog.»
Primarium
«Resource on handwriting education in primary schools, by TypeTogether.»
Reminder: You're on the clock
«My father had his second angioplasty recently.»
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
«Read "Reviews introduce us to new perspectives and help us collectively think better" on anik's blog.»
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.»
cc-sync: Sync history between Claude Code & Codex CLI
Traffic violations of Bengaluru
«Images of some of the traffic violations of Bengaluru»
Empathy-tinted glasses
«I won't call myself an empath because I dislike labels. I like to think of myself as someone with a pair of _empathy tinted glass...»
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.»
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.»
[Poetry] Day 0: Harve kaani
«Ek badaav ashilo man tu tugel kaani divsa shuru kele aaj megel kaani haav kash baraytasa tu youjalna»
[Blog] GloPoWriMo 2026
«Another year, another month of poetry.»
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 (126 posts)
Weeknote #26 [W26.13] - Second housewarming party, Claude Code, cat-sitting
«Read "Weeknote #26 [W26.13] - Second housewarming party, Claude Code, cat-sitting" on anik's blog.»
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
«Read "Chocolate & orange brownie" on anik's blog.»
Authorization is still quite broken
«Modelling permissions in OpenFGA and why check() isn't enough»
Hot takes from IndieWebClub in the absence of Tanvi
«Fifteen contrarian opinions about writing»
Markdown is actually not _that_ extensible
«Where Markdown's HTML/directive hybrids fall apart»
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.»
The Loss of the Night Sky
«As a child I spent a lot of time looking at the stars.»
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 -…»
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.»
Notes for the Week #14 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 30th March–5th April.»
The Illusion of Understanding
«On Wittgenstein, neuroscience, and why language is not thought in humans or AI.»
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.»
[Weeknotes] Week of 5th April, 2026
«7 weeks since a weeknote. Life updates will come at the end. First, this week:»
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»
[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 -…»
Week 14/2026
«The bacterial infection saga ends.»
Weeknotes: Week #14 (2026)
«Finally over my sickness!»
Updates of March
«A bunch of things have happened and I couldn't find the time to properly write about them. Right now I find myself waiting in a hospital (...»
Allow me to do the dishes
«I have always struggled with not belonging to any particular place. As far back as I can remember, I recall this uncanny feelin...»
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»
Waiting at a hospital
«Because of reasons which are too private, I find myself in a hospital. I am ok; I am here for someone else. Hospitals are places of w...»
Setting up QMD for my wiki search
«I setup QMD (Query Markup Documents) for my wiki»
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…»
Start Ember: How a Drawing Goal Turned Into an App
«This year, I decided to split my resolutions into quarters, one single goal per quarter. For the first quarter, I chose something I'd always wanted to try: learning to draw characters. The plan was…»
Migrations/SearchEngines/FOSSConfessions
«As much as I love FOSS, privacy, etc, I have surrendered myself to big tech. But hey, that’s changing :D»
Datatype
«A variable font that renders bar charts, sparklines and pie charts inline using only OpenType ligatures, no JavaScript needed.»
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,…»
(#2026-W15) smart crows and car shows
«This weeknote covers the week of April 5, 2026 – April 11, 2026.»
[Weeknotes] Week of Apr 11th, 2026
«Once again, something that was supposed to take two days to do took a whole week. Reasons?»
[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,…»
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…»
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»
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]»
Notes for the Week #15 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 6th–12th April.»
Potato and leek soup
«Read "Potato and leek soup" on anik's blog.»
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
«Read "Weeknote #27 [W26.14–15] - Amaira’s first week, coversations with friends, and bullshit jobs" on anik's blog.»
Batman Pen Holder
«3D printed Batman pen holder»
a month of reading: MARCH 2026
«✨ I read 11 books this month, and my favorite is Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. This is my second 5-star read of the year and a well-deserved addition to my list of all-time favorite books.»
Growing Up in a Casteist Kerala Family
«My mother and father, and all my grandparents belong to the Kerala caste called Nambeesan (and evidently married within their caste). It’s supposed to be the caste of people who do kazhakam in…»
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.»
Mile High by Liz Tomforde (Windy City #1)
«This April, I decided to reread the Windy City series before diving into the spin-off, In Her Own League. To start, Mile High is still an easy and engaging read for me, though it’s my least favorite…»
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.»
Postiz
«All-in-one agentic social media scheduling tool. Schedule posts, manage accounts, analyse performance.»
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..»
NixOS and Ente on Hetzner
«My experience installing NixOS on a cheap Hetzner VPS and hosting Ente on it using Docker Compose»
Will We Ever Get Used To This?
«Yo!»
Notes for the Week #16 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 13th–19th April.»
Cycling Manali to Leh
«Singing American Pie uphill, sleeping 12 in one tent, and running through a live landslide at Baralacha La.»
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»
Weeknotes: Week #16 (2026)
«Big week for watching movies and being outdoors!»
Week 16/2026
«A lot of catching up happened over food.»
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»
Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah Adams (When in Rome #3)
«Jackson Bennett. Yep, that’s the review.»
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
«Read "Weeknote #28 [W26.16] - Weekly AI rant & curation for CND" on anik's blog.»
TIL: Multi Audio Output on macOS
«How did I not come across this before?»
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.»
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.»
Manas Launch
«Hey Folks. Much much Love, I am sending you Manas for mindfulness every single day. As a companion. As a friend. As a breathwork coach. As a meditation room. As a chat counselor/guide. Not therapy.…»
Raycast Script to Prevent macOS Sleep
«I'm tired of running the CLI command.»
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.»
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.»
[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…»
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.»
Ochukalude Kaaloppu
«ഓർമകളാണ്. അതിൽ പി എഫ് മാത്യൂസ് എന്ന മനുഷ്യനും എഴുത്തുകാരനും വായനക്കാരനും സിനിമാ ആസ്വാദകനും ചേർന്ന് മത്സരിക്കുന്നു. മുൻപ് [[Vayanakkaran M.T]] വായിച്ചത് പോലെ അവരുടെ റഫറൻസ് നോക്കി പിന്നാലെ പോയാൽ ഒന്ന്…»
N8N Forward Auth via Authelia
«Because I refuse to log in twice»
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 results from Chandrayaan 2 * The sharpest lunar imager * How the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter…»
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.»
Letter Club
«Create a private group newsletter where the recipients are not only the readers — they’re the ones writing the content too.»
Poem: Don’t screw up the Moon
«Let’s explore explore our Moon and its archival boon of Earth’s midnight and afternoon»
Hridayapuravam Chilar
«സത്യൻ അന്തിക്കാട് ഓർക്കുന്ന ആളുകളെ പറ്റി ഓർക്കാൻ തന്നെ സങ്കടമാണ്. ഇപ്പോഴും എവിടെയൊ ഉണ്ടെന്ന് നമ്മൾ അറിയാതെ ചിന്തിക്കുന്ന ആളുകൾ ഇനി ഇല്ലെന്ന് ഓർമ്മിപ്പിക്കുന്ന പുസ്തകം. പതിവു കഥകളിൽ നിന്ന് മാറി ഒന്ന്…»
Marktable
«Any list managed as a JSON or YAML file is technical by nature. Checking consistency across entries, making sure every item has the same fields in the same order, filling gaps, doing any of this in a…»
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 (154 posts)
Range
«A strong argument against early specialization. It makes a compelling case that broad curiosity often beats narrow expertise.»
You’re not welcome
«snaps · luru · street»
Articles: Science from Chandrayaan 3
«* An overview of all Chandrayaan 3 science results * How Chandrayaan 3 contributed insights on our Moon’s origin and evolution * Results from Chandrayaan 3 thermal experiment benefit future…»
(#2026-W18) DEKHO BAARISH HO RAHI HAIII
«This weeknote covers the week of April 26, 2026 – May 2, 2026.»
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…»
Weeknote #29 [W26.17–18] - Cops, poems, and housewarming parties
«Read "Weeknote #29 [W26.17–18] - Cops, poems, and housewarming parties" on anik's blog.»
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…»
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.»
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…»
Extracting Excitel PPPoE Credentials
«No idea why this is exposed, but here we are.»
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…»
2 months on Strattera/Atomoxetine
«2 months on Strattera/Atomoxetine»
The Lyrid Meteor Shower
«One fine day, I find myself invited to a meteor-shower viewing trip. The details were still undecided but it would involve a bike r...»
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.»
Moving on from being a Hater
«Last week, I realized that I have turned into a Hater.»
Week 18/2026
«The rain gods finally blessed us.»
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.»
May I Recommend EWM
«Emacs along with being a text editor, is a battery included software that does more things and architecturally well designed (thus no rewrite last strong). Emacs has good (in-fact powerful) window…»
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…»
Outreachy internship and diversity in Indian Software Communities
«I am Niya, a trans woman from Uttar Pradesh, India. I was recently selected as an Outreachy intern for Servo.»
Noted
«snaps · luru · street»
2021
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.»
Updates of April-2026
«My parents were in Bangalore for a health thing. While they were here, my parents met ...»
A folder full of trivia
«At art school during the 1990s, in the pre-inernet and Google Image days, I kept files of pictures, torn from magazines, for reference. If I needed to illustrate a particular type of tree, then I’d…»
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.»
pros and cons: furry convention vs rationalist meetup
«In a rationalist meetup you:»
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…»
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.»
May 2026
«This month is more about resetting. Removed Instagram and almost every app with feed view. Trying to build more, with AI, and think more, without AI. Three pilot episodes of Ways of Working are over…»
Articles on moons other than our Moon
«The not-Moon-Monday edition. 🌝»
Solving Rubix's Cube
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»
(#2026-W19) clouds, froyo and carnatic fusion
«This weeknote covers the week of May 3, 2026 – May 9, 2026.»
Output Isn't Design
«The hard part of design is understanding the problem well enough to know what should exist at all, not generating the form.»
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…»
My contributions to the 'chai article'
«How I make nun chai at home»
Native Temple fest
«Yo! 🙋 So there I was in my native, Devakottai, Tamil Nadu.»
Notes for the Week #19 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 4th–10th May.»
Cinema Radio
«There is something about having a TV running in the background while working. Someone else has already decided what plays, the content is already mid-way through, and you are just receiving it. OTT…»
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.»
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…»
Urakkappishachu
«ഋഷി വായിച്ചെന്ന് കണ്ട്, സഞ്ജയ് അതിന്റെ സ്റ്റോറിടെൽ കൊള്ളാം എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ തുടങ്ങിയ പുസ്തകം. ഉഗ്രൻ കഥ പറച്ചിൽ. ഇരുന്ന് പോവും. കഥയിലെ അപ്പൂപ്പൻ വന്നിരുന്ന് അങ്ങ് കഥ പറയുന്നത് പോലെ നമ്മൾ അതിനു…»
Notes (14-19) - 2026
«A lot happened over the last few weeks, more than I managed to sit down and write about»
Just Give Me a Blog
«A curated list of lightweight blogging platforms.»
Moon Monday #274: Artemis updates and Japanese missions galore
«Artemis updates»
Using LLMs to find Python C-extension bugs
«Jake Edge, LWN.net:»
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.»
Two Types of Work. One Place to Track Both.
«I wanted to learn System Design. I had the course, the material, and a clear list of what to cover. So I started. Some days I got through two topics. Some days one. Some days nothing.»
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
«Daniel Stenberg, creator and lead developer of cURL:»
Digital Photo Frame
«I built a digital photo frame using Raspberry Pi Touch Display»
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…»
People are not friction
«Dave Rupert on the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect of AI. We critique it where we know, trust it everywhere else.»
Hotmic: Rolling Audio Buffer
«I wrote hotmic, a rolling microphone buffer that saves the last few minutes on demand»
(#2026-W20) city libraries and craft stores
«This weeknote covers the week of May 10, 2026 – May 16, 2026.»
Polish Movie Posters
«A random rabbit hole I want to document.»
Weeknote #30 [W26.19–20] - Stalking, a home café, and transitioning into product management
«Read "Weeknote #30 [W26.19–20] - Stalking, a home café, and transitioning into product management" on anik's blog.»
The Apocalyptic Preacher of Galilee
«Breaking down my niche interest»
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.»
[Blog] Notes on running
«14 days ago: I have been playing football regularly but I'm pretty shit. A friend kindly offered to start from the basics with me and we did a bunch of passing drills... 40 minutes of passing drills,…»
Habits are like casting a vote
«My fitness journey and how habits played a role»
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
«Mitchell Hashimoto (founder of HashiCorp, creator of Vagrant and Ghostty) commenting on Lobste.rs about how software products are sold:»
The "land and expand" strategy explains why software grows unnecessary features
«Mitchell Hashimoto (founder of HashiCorp, creator of Vagrant and Ghostty) commenting on why software products often lose their core identity and grow irrelevant features:»
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?»
Notes for the Week #20 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 11th–17th May.»
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.»
Weekly Note #1 | 17th May, 2026
«Return to office, IndieWebClub and weird dream week»
TIL: Bambu Lab Developer Mode
«Keeping things under my control.»
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»
Things worth understanding
«Some concepts and frameworks to help navigate the randomness of life:»
For the (Old) People
«A government cannot care for its elderly by driving out its young.»
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…»
The Thiings Collection
«10000+ free AI-generated 3D icons. Free for personal use»
The bends
«The bends»
The Precipice and the Path: A Contemplative Inquiry into the Observer
«After thirteen years of contemplative practice, I have set down a publication on the question that has organized much of my inner life:What is the observer — the one who is aware — and what can be…»
How I build with AI
«A short overview of how I use AI when making my projects»
Incompetence as a Skill.md
«People are replacing their brains with tokens.»
week-ish note - may 21 - delhi
(#2026-W21) delhi heat and cyberdecks
«This weeknote covers the week of May 17, 2026 – May 23, 2026.»
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…»
Sathabhishekam
«പ്രണയഗാനങ്ങളും, ദൈവഗീതങ്ങളും എഴുതുന്ന, തിരുക്കുറലും ചിലപ്പതികാരവും തർജ്ജമ ചെയ്ത ഈ ‘പാവം’ മനുഷ്യന്റെ ഉള്ളിൽ സ്വന്തം ജോലി വരെ തെറിപ്പിക്കും വിധം ഫയർ ബ്രാന്റായ ഒരു രാഷ്ട്രിയ ഡാർക്ക് ഹ്യൂമർ വർഷൻ…»
Cleaning up after Ghost Mass Compromise on SMC blog
«In February, using Claude, someone discovered an SQL injection vulnerability in Ghost. It had a score of 9.4/10.»
May 2026, Updates
«It has been a very long month. Some updates are due.»
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…»
Weekly Note #2 | 24th May, 2026
«The Gen Alpha Melody, biryani and brownie while (benga)walking»
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
«and how it has saved me on countless random occasions»
Notes for the Week #21 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 18th–24th May.»
KAMBILIKANDATHE KALBHARANIKAL
«ജീവിത കഥയാണ്. ജീവിതകഥ പോലെ പറയാൻ മാത്രമുണ്ട്. പക്ഷെ പൊടിപ്പൊ തൊങ്ങലോ വെച്ച് കെട്ടോ ഇല്ലാതെ, കാര്യം പറഞ്ഞ് പോവാൻ, അതിനാടകീയമായ വാക്കുകൾ കൊണ്ട് കളിക്കാതെ, വിക്റ്റിം കാർഡ് എടുത്ത് നിവർത്താതെ പറഞ്ഞ്…»
4. Week of May 17th, 2026
«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…»
What is pending for SpaceX Starship to be a Moonship for NASA astronauts? Nearly everything.
«Moon Monday #276: NASA’s road to putting humans on the Moon through SpaceX Starship continues to face a receding sea of milestones to achieve.»
Faster than the speed of RTFM
«Lately, I have been adding a ridiculous amount of new functionality to Emacs using Generative A.I. tools like Google’s Gemini. It has gotten to the point where I realise only much later that the…»
Things I use regularly
«I found a new use for AI: generating writing prompts so I can blog weekly. Here is this week's edition.»
a month of reading: APRIL 2026
«I’m back! 🤍»
Essay Assignment -- Oslo 31st August
«I have just remembered I have this blog, and since I am doing writing stuff, maybe I can document some of it here.»
It's become lonelier to program
«Full post on the site»
Weeknote #31 [W26.21] - Experiments with L-theanine, transitioning to product management, and more cats
«Read "Weeknote #31 [W26.21] - Experiments with L-theanine, transitioning to product management, and more cats" on anik's blog.»
Automating My Door Lock
«Planning a linear-servo door opener that retracts my rim lock's slider»
The Healing Season of Pottery by Yeon Somin
«There’s something so magical about picking up a random book from your shelf and having it turn out to be exactly what you need in that moment. The Healing Season of Pottery truly lives up to its…»
(#2026-W22) THE INDIEWEBCLUB ANNIVERSARY
«This weeknote covers the week of May 24, 2026 – May 30, 2026.»
On Disappointment (free writing exercise)
«We were asked to pick an emotion and write about it through a personal lens. We had 10 minutes to do this, so judge accordingly.»
Tis the day!
«Join us — https://blr.indiewebclub.org/ !»
Companionship in Left-Wing Politics
«One needs silence to write. Silence inside, not outside. Earlier I used to write to get clarity. Now my fingers aren’t able to keep up with my thoughts. I wrote a poem the other day. Can you believe…»
Start of rainy evenings
«Yo! 🙋 So in Bangalore, this so-called rainy season, which rains exactly when everyone leaves from office, started, and because of this, the metro got altered, and I had to wait till the crowds got…»
Kamome Diner
«Irasshaimase 🙋♂️!»
Notes for the Week #22 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 25th–31st May.»
Weekly Note #3 | 31st May, 2026
«The iOS-ification of Android, rise of cockroaches»
Bear Blog Carnival: My Favorite Dashboard
«Can you guess what it is?»
Weeknotes: Week #22 (2026)
«The first anniversary of IndieWebClub!»
Week 22/2026
«Quite a lot of socializing.»
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 (136 posts)
IndieWebClub Bangalore: Special Edition Meetup, Behind the Scenes
«It all started with a question about cake. IndieWebClub Bangalore had its one-year anniversary on 24 May 2026. After the meetup on 2nd May, I asked Ankur and Tanvi if we could get some cake to…»
Mango curry
«Read "Mango curry" on anik's blog.»
5. Week of May 24th, 2026
«Last week was a blur. I remember nothing. This weeknote will be a short one.»
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…»
Two Versions of Startup Growth
«Growth looks different for everyone. This weekend showed me why.»
What does Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explosion mean for NASA’s Artemis program? A domino of timeline lapses and strategic failures.
«Moon Monday #277: How quickly Blue flies New Glenn again, the timing and outcome of the first Mark 1 lander flight, and what NASA shares about the crewed Mark 2 are the key things to watch out for.»
I Waited Five Years to Build a Jarvis-Styled Second Brain. It Took One Lunch Break.
«Five years ago, at a community meetup called Entrepreneurs Inlet, I met a designer named Tarang Sanghi.»
I Didn't Move to Dubai for the Skyline.
«Everybody wants the Dubai story to be a flex. The skyline. The cars. The brunch photos with a caption about "energy."»
I Spent a Year Branding Everyone Else. Then I Finally Branded Myself.
«For years, I was the guy who fixed other people's brands.»
Your Personal Brand Is Not a Logo. It's a Receipt.
«Most people build a personal brand backwards.»
Instagram Instants
«Meta has vibe-coded an interesting side-project alongside their main hustle of dominating the attention economy.»
Delphitools
«Small, low-stakes browser tools with no logins or data collection. Everything runs locally.»
My Website Is Two Days Old. ChatGPT Already Quotes It.
«This week I did the thing every founder secretly does at 1 AM — I searched for myself.»
Adding temporal gaps in post lists
«Full post on the site»
Easier way to embed mbzlists playlists
«Full post on the site»
Embedding mbzlists Playlists in HTML
«Full post on the site»
Chapter 1 of never to be completed untitled romance novel
«i enjoy writing to a brief. ESP if the brief is specific and limited. by "enjoy" i mean i dont actively hate it as much as i do the process of writing something that i want to write. i have not…»
The Once and Future Riot
«Joe Sacco, the man behind [[Palestine]], [[Footnotes in Gaza]], and many other works, has written about India. Sacco does what he does best. He goes deep, speaks to people directly, and brings their…»
V.K.N. PANCHATHANTHRAM
«[[മുക്തകണ്ഠം വി കെ എൻ]] എന്ന പുസ്തകത്തിന്റെ പാർട്ട് ടു ആണത്ര. ഏഴുത്ത് മോശമല്ല, പക്ഷെ പ്രൈം വി.കെ.എൻ എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞാൽ ഇതുമാത്രം പോരാ! ആ പുസ്തകം വായിക്കണം. അതാവും ഇതിലും ഗംഭീരമെന്ന് ഉറപ്പ്!»
Everything I Know About Marketing, I Learned Bombing on Stage.
«Before I ever ran a campaign, I ate it on open-mic stages for free.»
(#2026-W23) calendar changes and muscoth halwa
«This weeknote covers the week of May 31, 2026 – June 6, 2026.»
'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…»
IWC SE, Learning to Talk again
«Full post on the site»
First Baddy club experience
«Yo! 🙋»
Weeknote #32 [W26.22] - Eid, Indie Web Club Anniversary, and evening walks
«Read "Weeknote #32 [W26.22] - Eid, Indie Web Club Anniversary, and evening walks" on anik's blog.»
The Weekend I Accidentally Walked Through Coorg
«A Friday night with no plan turned into a bus to Madikeri, a walk through forest paths, a few strange encounters, and a Coorg story I still remember more than ten years later.»
Weekly Note #4 | 7th June, 2026
«Too much claude?»
Weeknotes: Week #23 (2026)
«The most productive yet unhealthy week in a while»
Week 23/2026
«Olá a todos!»
You should use last.fm
«on why you should use last.fm, a website for music lovers»
Notes for the Week #23 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 1st–7th June.»
NextJS App Router RSS, Atom, and JSON Feeds
«You’ve rediscovered the small web. You came across amazing RSS readers like FreshRSS Capy Reader. And suddenly you realized your NextJS based blog/website doesn’t have an RSS feed.»
Beginning and Motivation of a Servo Intern in Outreachy
«I am Niya (she/her). I am a programmer and a FOSS enthusiast. Servo is a web rendering engine written in Rust. I find Servo exciting, I think Servo is an important project and hopefully by the end of…»
Deep dive into India’s Chandrayaan Moon missions like never before
«Moon Monday #278: A master list of organized, linked articles covering ISRO’s Chandrayaan lunar program, mission by mission.»
Using SwiftUI to Build a Mac-assed App in 2026
«Paulo Andrade, creator of Secrets and Shopie:»
The summer of 2026
«The summer of 2026»
Minimal CSS for everything
«Today I am going to talk about minimal CSS to make responsive websites. This is the best time to write this down cause I have built my website recently, and I fought through a jungle of different…»
June 2026
«Reading is finally in a good place. Started a habit of reading during the commute, fifteen minutes inside an auto each way. Also borrowing from the local library now. Deadlines make you read faster.»
6. Week of June 1st, 2026
«Greetings from Singapore. This is a very late weeknote for a very busy week from a very sick Nim.»
“If the Majority Are Suffering, Don’t We Need a Radical System Transformation?”
«That was one of the comments* which came up after the panel discussion in EPHP which I was part of. I’m glad that my reciting of how wealth is distributed in India hit (some of) the audience and…»
So you want to write a GUI framework
«There are a handful of technical blog posts in my bookmarks that made me go oh, I never thought of it that way when I first read them.»
Turning 27
«some thoughts and feelings»
a month of reading: MAY 2026
«Lately, I’ve been struggling to get back into the habit of reading, but I’m just glad I managed to finish 5 books in May 💪 As much as I want to, I’ve been feeling so uninspired lately that I can’t…»
India and the dream of an orbital launch trifecta | Part 5 of ISRO’s rocket crisis
«Indian Space Progress #39-40: How a multitude of causes slow down the pace of India’s launch vehicles, and what would it take for the country to achieve an optimum “hat-trick” state given its many…»
Update - mid June
«I stayed in Delhi with a friend's family. We ended up going out for dinners, shopping, badminton games and c...»
(#2026-W24) cucumber, tomato, daman and diu
«This weeknote covers the week of June 7, 2026 – June 13, 2026.»
feed-repeat v1.1: Hosting on GitHub Pages, New Posts Passthrough, SSRF Protection, and More
«feed-repeat is a small tool that selects old posts from RSS/Atom feeds you configure and puts them into a new Atom feed. Use it with your feed reader for a spaced-repetition-like experience for…»
Kottayam Pushpanathinte Kathakal
«പുള്ളിയുടെ genre അല്ല, അത് കൊണ്ട് തന്നെ ആ ഗും ഇല്ല. കോട്ടയം പുഷ്പനാഥിനു കഥകൾ എഴുതാൻ തോന്നി, പുള്ളി എഴുതി. പുള്ളി എഴുതിയതായത് കൊണ്ട് അത് പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. ‘ബ്രാന്റ് വാല്യു!’. അല്ലാതെ ഇരുന്ന്…»
Notes for the Week #24 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 8th–14th June.»
Weekly Note #5 | 14th June, 2026
«Ta Tha Da Dha»
Weeknotes: Week #24 (2026)
«Another lazy week dedicated entirely to gaming and programming»
The Zeroth Tribe
«FIRST DRAFT dated: Friday, 09.04.2017—We grew up being fed tales of Malgudi. From there our fancies grew to imagine ourselves living in regular Indian villages, with the same aesthetics as we read…»
Time Traversing
«“For primitive beings like us life seems to have only one purpose… gaining time. And it is going through time seems to be also the only real purpose of cells in our bodies. To achieve that aim the…»
ocean child
art & us
Week 24/2026
«Finally back home!»
Making quick notes
«I have a leaky memory. If I don’t write something down, I forget it, such as when: A friend tells me about an interesting book or a movie I’m deep down a Wikipedia rabbit hole and find a cool website…»
98.6 AUTONOMOUS
«FIRST DRAFT dated July 23, 2020. It was happening again.I was on the brink of the breaking, yet so far.I could feel myself crawling out of my body and going to the bedroom door as those agents from…»
Artemis III, test like you won’t fly?
«Moon Monday #279: “Artemis updates inside”, like “intel inside”. All puns intended.»
Nobody clicks your share buttons
«(Via rendezvous with cassidoo.)»
Museum Memories
«This one was at the indie web club and is for the indie web club. VOLUME-1 Dated 2026.03.07 Me and my friend p3v planned to go to Udaipur for holi in 2017. My friend had the corporate privileges…»
3 angels
«This was picked up from Dr.Sch’s leftovers. Please feel free to iniate a discussion»
paws for a moment
«The nice thing about working out of a public park is passing doggies will stop by and ask you to be petted..»
Little acts of Kindness
«The resident’s association is having our apartments repainted and it is a bit of a challenge because a horde of pigeons have taken over our building. They build nests everywhere and poop on newly…»
AmberDraw
«iOS app for creating animated drawings.»
Nix for Haskell: Static Builds
«In the previous post, we learned how to get started with managing and building a Haskell project with Nix. In this post, we learn how to easily create statically-linked executables for Haskell…»
Weeknote #33 [W26.23-24] - Socially exhausted
«Read "Weeknote #33 [W26.23-24] - Socially exhausted" on anik's blog.»
Contact
«This page is a work in progress.»
Links
«Things that are inspiring, educational, or just plain good fun.»
Now
«Snapshots of current events and priorities.»
Uses
«Things that help me get stuff done.»
Work
«I’ve built and scaled marketing and content systems across media and technology organizations. In short, I help companies explain themselves and the things they build, so people understand what they…»
Making sense of Zettelkasten
«When I first came across the concept of a Zettelkasten I waved it away as a fad. Actually, no. I didn’t just wave it away. I waded into the deep end, read extensively, joined the community and…»
Taming my intimidating RSS reader queue
«How I regained control of my reading habits»
The Good Week: Week 25
«Here are a few good things I did or came across this week.»
ബഷീറിന്റെ 'Christian Heritage'
«Dilli Dali podcast episode on Vaikom Muhammad Basheer’s rare and beautiful short story.»
In Your Dreams (When in Rome #4)
«I’ve been incredibly curious about James and Madison since the very beginning, so I was really looking forward to reading In Your Dreams. The anticipation was more than worth it because this book is…»
24 hours @ Hyderabad
«flaneur[fla-ner] • French(n.) a person who strolls the cityin order to experience it.“Deliberately aimless.”I reckon it was this trait in me that Sameer had spotted and asked me to be his travel…»
(#2026-W25) ice creams, samosas and placements
«This weeknote covers the week of June 14, 2026 – June 20, 2026.»
How I Started My Indieweb Journey
«I wrote this post for a prompt given during our local Indieweb club meeting: “Capture the moment that led to starting your blog.”»
IndieWebClub #28
«Today's session was led by Jatan where we discussed what is the most basic requirement for a blog. These are my notes about the session.»
Why this blog?
«Honestly I need a place to put down my thoughts. I am interested in writing about what I have read, watched or listened to. It is difficult to put down words to paper, there is too much friction and…»
Why have I never written a blog
«I hate screens, I already stare at them 10 hours a day. I don't think I have anything to say that hasn't been said by somebody in a better form. From a young age I have somehow internalized this idea…»
IndieWeb 20th June
«Observations I would like to reflect on :»
Home Cafe (Part I)
«Because I am too close to this and taking forever to write, have delusions of my funny yet articulate writing style etc etc. I’m going to start posting this like the chapters of my favourite Wattpad…»
June
«I don’t normally write about my month or days but June is an unexpectedly windy affair, the branches outside my window keep knocking constantly so I open up the sacred space of my room into a rare…»
My IndieWeb Failure!
«Once upon a time, when you told people you have a blog, they would say, "Wow, that's so cool!" and they had an attention span beyond 2 minutes to actually read your blog as well...so I decided to…»
Weeknote #1
«The week can adequately be summarized into 2 binaries: 1. Weekdays - Absolute shit 2. Weekend - Amazing»
LiveBlogging From Indie Web Club!
«This blog post was published as part of the live writing session at the Indie Web Club meetup :0»
Theres levels to appreciating art
«and I'm definitely on the lower ranks»
What was nice about the UI of Windows 2000
«Among tech and design folks of a certain vintage, there is a fondness for the design language used by Windows from Windows 95 to Windows 2000.»
Ankur Warikoo got me to write a blog
«It’s 2022, and Ankur Warikoo is inescapable from my LinkedIn and Youtube feeds. At that time, I wasn’t mature enough, or had money to spare on a Youtube premium subscription. So I had to suffer an…»
Managing Stuff in Org mode
«Stuff is information that enters your life with no specific purpose. At first, it is never clear what stuff means or what you should do with it. Sometimes it evolves at alarming speeds. It could turn…»
Weeknote #1: Sunday, 21st June 2026
«A lot has happened in my life since I last wrote. Casually eliding all of it, I am starting to write my first weeknote while I'm attending my first IndieWebClub session in Bangalore. I was introduced…»
Oru Kappalchethathinte Katha
«സംഭവം ഡാർക്കാണ്. അത് സത്യമാണെന്നതാണ് അതിലും ഡാർക്ക്. നടന്ന കാര്യം ഒരാൾ അങ്ങ് എഴുതി വച്ചു എന്നല്ലാതെ, സാഹിത്യവൽക്കരിക്കാൻ നോക്കിയിട്ടില്ല. മലയാളം തർജ്ജമയ്ക്കും ആ പ്രശ്നമുണ്ട്. സംഭവം ഡ്രൈ ആണ്.…»
Weekly Note #6 | 21st June, 2026
«Movie time»
Week 24 In the Year of our Lord, 2026
«It has been a long long time.»
Week 25/2026
«I should stop eating junk...»
Weeknotes: Week #25 (2026)
«Ow, my neck…»
Notes for the Week #25 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 15th–21st June.»
Weeknote #34 [W26.25] - HSR Reads, making people start Mataroa blogs, and watching eight films a week
«Read "Weeknote #34 [W26.25] - HSR Reads, making people start Mataroa blogs, and watching eight films a week" on anik's blog.»
3:28 AM
«a lot of thoughts and feelings, yes.»
Lima: The Edge Of My World
«kdqed / Karthik Devan»
Smashing success: The time NASA figured out our Moon is cratered all the way down | Moon Monday #280
«Plus: What the agency’s planning in the lead up to safe Apollo astronaut landings teaches us about preparing for the next frontier this century.»
Far From the Madding Crowd
«Far from the Madding Crowd is Thomas Hardy's first published novel. I first read his other Novel, "Mayor of Casterbridge". In that novel a man loses his wife and child during a drunk gambling bet.…»
[Blog] Giving baby tanvi what she wants
«I’ve been reading since I was four years old because my mother only had so many hours in the day to tell me stories. Her and dad had full time jobs, and I was an intelligent kid - that meant I had to…»
Erring to sound authentic
«It seems like some people are taking the phrase–"To err is human" too literally. In The Typo Vibe Shift, Michael Waters wrote about how people are deliberately adding typos to their writing so people…»
Static image URLs for RSS in Astro
«I have talked about image handling problems in Astro before. My main gripe was the usecase of RSS, while it is an excellent integration in Astro, there are some interesting corner cases when it comes…»
Anchor your .gitignore entries
«I am an avid selfhoster, and I follow the gitops pattern with ArgoCD for controlling the state of my Kubernetes (k3s) cluster. Something which I probably do different than most folks is that I vendor…»
The Land and the Shadows
«A nostalgic and beautifully written account of Kongu Nadu and Tamil life in the 1980s, seen through memories of cinema and theatre culture. The first half is vivid, immersive, and a joy to read. The…»
Deno Desktop
«From the Desktop apps section of the Deno documentation:»
The Illusion of Ownership
«It's yours... until it isn't.»
Lufthansa Asked for My Credit Card
«One unexpected cultural shock.»
The Making of This Website
«Almost nine years ago, I decided to write my own website generator. Static-site generators (SSGs) were sort of new back then, and somewhat fascinating to me. After failing to start a website/blog for…»
Reflections on my first mma fight or how everyone has a plan till they get punched in the face
«My ears were ringing as my teammates wrapped tape around my gloves and put the shin guards on my feet. The crowd was watching another match with attention. My heart was racing just sitting down…»
1782413285
«TIL about the which-function-mode in Emacs. It is a global minor mode that displays the current function in the mode line when enabled.»
Game of Walkers
Your analytics are lying to you
«Alistair Davidson writes about migrating a form-heavy web application from a React SPA to a traditional server-rendered HTML-first website. The entire article is worth reading, but I want to draw…»
(#2026-W26) cafe hopping and a jackfruit
«This weeknote covers the week of June 21, 2026 – June 27, 2026.»
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of hehe
«Full post on the site»
Hobby Lock-in
«Do you feel the want of getting into all the hobbies out there? If yes, we are in the same boat. I had a huge list of hobby bucket list that never saw the light of day. I decided to lock on to one…»
Weeknote #2: Sunday, 28th June 2026
«It finally happened!! Last sunday, Team Falcons won the Cologne Major, giving NiKo his first major. I have been waiting for this event for years.»
Weekly Note #7 | 28th June, 2026
«I rediscovered Pizza»
Weeknote June 22- 27, 2026
«cubbon reads inspired me to write this and then it went downhill»
The Good Week 26
«Here are a few interesting things I came across this week.»
Weeknotes: Week #26 (2026)
«Another week of bad health days :(»
Week 26/2026
«My immunity took a hit...»
The Right Move by Liz Tomforde (Windy City #2)
«“𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕.”»
Notes for the Week #26 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 22nd–28th June.»
Weeknote June 22-28 2026
«This week wasn't particularly memorable, but there were a few highlights which I can share.»
Keeping AI crawlers off my Forgejo server
«The short and bumbling journey to finally giving my tiny VPS some respite»
Lessons on lapses in lunar missions operations from the 20th century | Moon Monday #281
«Announcement before we begin: I’m excited to welcome PierSight as a returning sponsor of my independent space writing for another year! 🌙»
TIL: Recipe Schemas
«I am living under a rock!»
Caught Up by Liz Tomforde (Windy City #3)
«I love it when a romance book becomes more than just about falling in love. Caught Up may not have the most unique plot but the heart of this story is something that you rarely find in just any book.…»
Joy of a send
«Preface: In climbing lingo, sending a project means completing a route you were working on as a project.»
Linkteresting #1: Reading, writing, and web places
«Click for curiosity.»
July (136 posts)
Paneer Cheese Sandwich
«Documenting my love for my staple order at the office cafeteria.»
Expression sans algorithm
«The year was 2010. I received an email saying a senior from school had published a new post on her blog. I don’t remember the details of the post, but the embedded music player on the side of the…»
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
«Review of “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” by Leo Tolstoy.»
Death of the Plants
«In memory of PP (Paisa Paudha), Pinky and Snakey.»
Jhamkhandi trip on July 1, 2026
«curated parts of a 1 day trip»
A human recommendation dashboard for consumable media
«Full post on the site»
The Seven Days of Peter Crumb
«Peter Crumb keeps a journal of his last seven days. He's forced to write it by his alter ego, the darker of his two personalities. Usually with two personalities, one is evil and one is good.…»
Weeknote #35 [W26.26] - Product Management with LLMs, and half-yearly reading and watching recap
«Read "Weeknote #35 [W26.26] - Product Management with LLMs, and half-yearly reading and watching recap" on anik's blog.»
Hampi Day 1
«I recently (26th-28th June 2026) went on a three day climbing trip to Hampi. It wasn't enough for climbing, but definitely enough for healing my soul through and through. This is my day to day log of…»
Making an AI Teaching Assistant
«In 2024, I wrote about how it would be amazing to have a local LLM be my own little Jarvis in a box. Back then I tried to install Jan, Ollama and Khoj, but a combination of not really knowing what I…»
(#2026-W27) swimming, dunes and website updates
«This weeknote covers the week of June 28, 2026 – July 4, 2026.»
IndieWebClub Bangalore: Special Edition Meetup, A Retrospective
«The day after IndieWebClub Bangalore Special Anniversary Meetup, Ankur, Tanvi and I got together and did a retrospective on the event. We noted down what went well, what didn’t, and what we should do…»
Four books that I gift and recommend the most
«Read "Four books that I gift and recommend the most" on anik's blog.»
Astryx Design System
«Meta’s open source design system, fully customisable and built for AI agents.»
July 2026
«Spent the first part of July in Singapore. The old 2013 Kindle came along and somehow still works, turns out my assumption that the battery had died was wrong. Got a USB-C to Micro USB adapter and…»
Masks, Identities & Cosplay
«IndieWeb Carnivals prompt of the month»
Distance of Nora from Nora
«Her invisibility and living under the shadow of people with identity had twisted her reality further. Outside voices and expectations weigh more than her own. Eventually, she was living in a cage of…»
From the Labyrinth of the Breast
«The usage of the word 'subconscious,' developed by Pierre Janet, for reasons (un)known easily became pop culture lingo that takes the unconscious forces of the mind as inferior to the conscious mind.…»
Ted Lasso and the redemption arc
«[SPOILERS FOR TED LASSO SEASON 3] [It's been out for a while, friends, this is not on me.]»
ESP32 Stream Deck
«I built a Stream Deck clone with an ESP32-S3 touch panel»
What I would do if I was invisible for a day
«Article based on a prompt. Suggestions welcome.»
LiveBlogging 2: Privacy Boogaloo
«Blogging livefrom Indie Web Club again! A little story about my journey with privacy.»
My (2026) Fitness Regime
«For the last many months, I’ve been following a simple fitness regime/routine/habit. It is built on the idea that the pillars of fitness are: Diet I follow the habit of mindful eating. I don’t do any…»
Communications: A Ball Game
«Disclaimer: This is part of #wip series, where I am putting raw thoughts out, it stands for wrong-in-public, tagged with #wip, am open to dialogue, reach out to me, through the channels, you found…»
Weeknote June 22- 28, 2026
«umm, I existed this week»
July 5 Weeknote
«Life has been good in the last couple of weeks. I've started hanging out with a bunch of friends here and it feels like I have a s...»
You can just do things
«A good friend said this to me when I was afraid of failing.»
Swap harsher standards with higher ones
«Lets write a series of statements; all of which are true. One of these statements is unideal and that can be fixed...»
Weeknotes: Week #27 (2026)
«Lots of socialising, food, and getting back into reading»
Wonders of Web Weaving Episodes
«I added the Wonders of Web Weaving Podcast by James in my feed reader a couple of months ago when it was announced, but I didn't get to it until this weekend. The Podcast has 8 episodes so far, and I…»
Weeknote #3: Sunday, 5th July 2026
«Remember the mail I sent to Parul ? Yes the one I sent two weeks ago, trusting IndiaPost to deliver it in "3-5 days".»
Weeknotes, Week 26 In the Year of our Lord, 2026
«Ruminating on what weeknotes mean to me.»
Week 27/2026
«Banks are annoying.»
a month of reading: JUNE 2026
«My biggest win in June is being able to read at least a chapter a day and reaching half of my 2026 reading goal! 🥳 I feel so happy about it since I’ve struggled to get back to reading over the past…»
Notes for the Week #27 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 29th June–5th July.»
The light fell from the sky and brought the cracks with it
«There are 2 moments in The Truman Show that come back to me time and again. One is when he talks to Sylvia, the woman he unscriptedly falls for and who tries to tell him his whole life is a…»
Weekly Note #8 | 5th July, 2026
«Rough week»
Dissatisfaction as a service (DAAS) aka Sunday
«I can't do this anymore»
Achievements and shortfalls in global lunar exploration this half year | Moon Monday #282
«A contextualized overview of the world’s Moon exploration efforts.»
Weeknote June 29-July 5 2026
«Work is always fine. Physically I am okay. I'm trying out new hobbies and being social instead of retreating into myself.»
Pigeons
«This week I came across this video where Maya of the Alveus Sanctuary makes a case for pigeons. despite being commonly thought of as "flying rats", there is actually more to these humble and…»
My first spam Webmention
«Finally being forced to build moderation capabilities into my Webmentions server»
Building Durable Agents
«A practical guide to prevent transient model provider errors, tool call failures, or good old network hiccups from breaking your agents.»
CJP Feels Real Now
«Modest (for Delhi) coverage from a few media outlets. No engagement by the government. Tiring protest. No sight of immediate (or delayed) success. CJP is now on realistic grounds. An unusual…»
Life slice #3: What an eventful month June has been
«Android laptop, spacey updates, blogging meet, and more.»
The Origin Story of Pog
«This is how my nickname from college came to be, believe it or not. I know the story but still don't know how I got here.»
Weeknote #3
«An empowering week?»
meaning of ((my name))
Patterns in Foreground & Background interactions for Spoken Dialog Systems
«Full post on the site»
JulyReply - Re: Stuck in draft
«On drafts and being okay with them»
The Good Week 28
«I have been travelling, so skipping 27, jumping directly to Week 28. Not just travelling distance, but time as well.»
Data locality (sometimes) beats algorithmic complexity
«I've been ECS-curious ever since I learned about it in the Bevy game engine documentation.»
SIR is NRC. Please Enroll!
«This is a public service announcement. The last phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is going on now. If you are in one of the 19 states or union territories, please ensure that you get yourself…»
Apologies for the RSS mishap!
«Defeated yet again by an entirely too complicated build pipeline»
(#2026-W28) work dinners and work farewells
«This weeknote covers the week of July 5, 2026 – July 11, 2026.»
Ultramarathon prep or no matter how fast I run I can't outrun the pain
«I received my diagnosis of depression and anxiety a year ago.»
Hampi Day 2
«I recently (26th-28th June 2026) went on a three day climbing trip to Hampi and this is my day to day log of a small set of things that happened. Find day 1 here. Onto day 2:»
My Child version
«Adult me was having a hard time navigating the system and society. She felt caged to be able to put it into words. She felt her mouth was stuffed with a cloth, and that made her inaudible. She felt…»
Digestive Kashayam
«Last week, after a week of travelling (and eating a lot), I was down with some bad stomach bug. After 2 days of struggling with constant burping and digestive troubles, I finally picked up the phone…»
Why do something?
«Reflections on an eventful nine months to VizChitra 2026.»
Weeknotes: Week #28 (2026)
«30th weeknote in a row baby!»
Heavy Is the Crown
«Shakespeare’s protagonists have deeply human flaws that lead to their downfall, but in Kireedam, it is the burden of the metaphorical crown, forced on an innocent man, that fuels the tragedy.»
Notes for the Week #28 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 6th–12th July.»
7. Month of June 2026
«I have not written a weeknote in over a month because I was unfortunately just living my best life.»
Singapore food log
«I spent 4 days in Singapore with Bear last month. This is not the first time I have visited Singapore, but it feels like the first time I have meaningfully explored it. We went to malls, the…»
Weekly Note #9 | 12th July, 2026
«Rain and dal puri»
Last day of Summer
«Last day of Summer»
Week 28/2026
«Indian customs can rot in hell.»
Notes (20-28) - 2026
«Life has been moving in many directions at once. These are a few notes from somewhere in between.»
Temple Run
«When I was around fifteen years old, I got my period while travelling. This was perhaps the first time I had gotten it while I was out of my home. Unfortunately, I was travelling in my native place…»
Weeknote July 6-12 2026
«Things are going well. It's just two weeks left before my first ultramarathon. I have understood that the best thing I can do to make sure my run goes as smoothly as possible are the following:»
I watched Devil wears Prada 2
«I couldn't suspend my disbelief»
TIL: Meta's "Activity from Other Businesses"
«The web keeps telling Meta where you've been.»
The Moon’s south pole is a place of promise and perils. Effective data sharing will benefit and save everyone.
«Moon Monday #283: Some engineers and scientists are leading by example.»
Teardown: Hermes Agent
«**Hermes** is an open-source, self-hostable AI agent: a personal, always-available assistant that you run and own instead of renting from a closed platform. You can talk to it from a terminal, a…»
Weeknote #4: Tuesday, 14th July 2026
«I am late again for posting the next weeknote - it's been a mostly-work week and I am struggling to find time to write.»
kerala in july
«I attended a friend's wedding this weekend, that's probably the third this year with many more to go.»
Lessons learnt from building Data-Vizard
«What building an AI-assisted workflow for interactive data visualization taught me»
Slightly different articles on Mars and missions to it
«I’m very much a Moon person but I’ve written a bit about Mars over the years as well, highlighting a few key aspects about the red planet’s exploration which I thought aren’t discussed as much or in…»
The Infinite AI Agents Thesis
«kdqed / Karthik Devan»
Rewriting Claw's HTML parser for over-the-air updates
«Struggling through a brand new framework so I can hotfix my app faster»
(#2026-W29) onboarding, protesting and doomscrolling
«This weeknote covers the week of July 12, 2026 – July 18, 2026.»
Weeknote #36 [W26.27-28] - I'm the analytics guy at work now, and the return of recurring migraines
«Read "Weeknote #36 [W26.27-28] - I'm the analytics guy at work now, and the return of recurring migraines" on anik's blog.»
Album - We had some good times together, don't forget that
«I came across Sewerslvt because some youtuber recommended them to me.»
Hampi Day 3
«I recently (26th-28th June 2026) went on a three day climbing trip to Hampi and this is my day to day log of a small set of things that happened. Find day 1 here and day 2 here. Onto day 3:»
LFGAs and Living Life – a response to Kika
«A response to Kika»
Rave Zines Archive
«Zines are my new rabbit hole - well designed, complex, and humane work from the rave scene.»
[Blog] What my hands learn every time I log in
«There is a certain magic to repetition.»
The Good Week 29
«Here are a few interesting things I came across this week.»
My writing tool is like an anthill
«T he irony of my situation is that at first, all I wanted was simple, distraction free software to write in. I started using software for writing in the late 90s, with a pirated copy of Microsoft…»
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
«Review of “The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America” by Bill Bryson.»
Music for a painful life
«a playlist included»
Weeknote 12 - 17 July, 26
«weeknote july»
Isolation shaped by hallucinatory glass windows
«Isolation shaped by hallucinatory glass windows»
Isolation shaped by hallucinatory glass windows
«Isolation shaped by hallucinatory glass windows»
101101010010100 - Jonny 5 & Yak
«I came across Flobots in the mid 00s when their hit song Handlebars was getting a fair bit of radio time and giving a politically minded hip-hop group with a violinist some well-deserved spotlight.»
Unusual feelings evoked by music
«On learning to let yourself enjoy the bliss of subjectivity»
mbzlists now supports YouTube and more
«Full post on the site»
A Prayer for the Cockroaches
«How the Cockroach Janta Party came to be, where they are now, and where I hope their future leads.»
Weekly Note #10 | 19th July, 2026
«Back to Bangalore»
Week 28 In the Year of our Lord, 2026
«Weeknotes for the 28th Week of the year 2026»
Drawing is Seeing
«The pilot mannequin at the HAL Aerospace museum has always felt tragic to me. Staring straight ahead, arms hanging limp, strapped to an ejection seat. Every time I see him, I want to draw him. I feel…»
Week 29/2026
«Back to the gym, finally!»
Weeknotes: Week #29 (2026)
«This week went by a little too quickly...»
Septology
«Review of “Septology” by Jon Fosse.»
Notes for the Week #29 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 13th–20th July.»
Weeknote July 13-20 2026
«With two weeks left for the ultra and with a nice tapered cool ofd period it's time to evaluate the state of my sore muscles and knees.»
I've Consumed Enough
«I've had enough and Consumed enough these days.»
My progress on implementing AudioWorklet in Servo as an Outreachy Intern
«Implementing the AudioWorklet API is a challenging task. It's best to start with some context about Worklets themselves.»
Explore our Moon!
«A curated page of resources to learn and share how countries worldwide have explored our stellar cosmic companion.»
Oru Sankeerthanam Pole
«പുനർവായനയാണ്. ആദ്യം വായിക്കുമ്പോൾ ഒരുപക്ഷെ ഞാൻ ആദ്യമായി വായിക്കുന്ന ‘ഫോറിൻ’ കഥാപാത്രങ്ങൾ ഉള്ള കഥയായിരുന്നു ഒരു സങ്കീർത്തനം. പിന്നീട് അമ്മയാണ് അതിലെ കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളേയും ‘ഫിയോദർ ദസ്തയേവ്സ്കി’ എന്ന…»
100 Questions for Webmasters
«Another round of answering questionnaires found on internet! This time is it 100 Questions for Webmasters. Here we go!»
There Is No Myth in Color Contrast Accessibility
«An interesting take on color contrast and accessibility being reduced to a mathematical formula. Old, but still worth a read.»
This is a unique post
«Full post on the site»
Calm Technologies That Excite Me
«These are some products that I'm excitedly following (or am keen to get) because they're technologies without the intent to dominate.»
Running 1-bit Bonsai 27B LLM
«I put the 1-bit Bonsai 27B on almost every hardware that I use for self-hosting, MacBook, cloud VPSes, cloud GPUs, a Raspberry Pi, and an old GPU laptop and measured how fast it runs.»
Articles on asteroids, comets, and dwarf worlds
«* Why explore asteroids, comets, and other small worlds * When to worry about an asteroid hitting Earth * Psyche, exploring a metal world * Japan wants to sample Mars’ moon Phobos with its MMX…»
Notes from a Protest 🪳
«Full post on the site»
Screenshots At The End of The Cineverse
«I think out loud in movies. :)»
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
«Review of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” by Milan Kundera.»
(#2026-W30) cockroaches win and college completes
«This weeknote covers the week of July 19, 2026 – July 25, 2026.»
Weeknote July 13-26 2026
«This week was spent mostly resting up before the ultra. TBH I felt like it was almost too much rest, and I suspect I am right.»
Week 29 In the Year of our Lord, 2026
«I play computer games, the government plays long games»
Why Men Rebel
«Review of “Why Men Rebel” by Ted Robert Gurr.»
Weeknotes: Week #30 (2026)
«Reading, sleeping, then reading again. Truly a week of all time.»
Week 30/2026
«A very unproductive week.»
Sinhagad Epic Trail 2026
«I ran the Sinhagad Epic Trail - 30K on June 27th. This is the second trail run under my ...»
Notes for the Week #30 (2026)
«This week note covers the week of 21st–26th July.»
Invisible Cities
«Review of “Invisible Cities” by Italo Calvino.»
Upcoming missions to the Moon’s farside—that’s definitely not its dark side.
«Moon Monday #285»
tasks.nvim: Markdown-native task management for Neovim
«Shameless copy of Obsidian tasks for Neovim»
July 26 - Learnings & Updates
«This post is political»
Primarium — Handwriting Education in Primary Schools
«Liked their effort and research, especially into the different, diverse ways handwriting is taught in schools across the world.»
Manaslu Circuit - Reaching Kathmandu
«This is a series of follow-ups after the ManasluCircuit2025»
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
«Confession: I picked the book for its cover, and it turned out to be mind-blowing. It’s a series of essays on how the value of art shifted after the printing press and the camera. The idea of “aura”…»
My Favorite Tiny Conveniences
«The little upgrades I now take completely for granted.»
August (161 posts)
(#2026-W31) loitering around lakes + other vellapanti
«This weeknote covers the week of July 26, 2026 – August 1, 2026.»
TIL a word: Sentience
«I attended the third science sante (my 2nd sante) and I was excited to attend because there will be Unconference session during the meetup (TBH I only cared for that & of course the free Lunch…»
Fifth Elephant 2026
«I recently attended The Fifth Elephant conference on 31st July 2026, it was an interesting experience overall, I got to learn a lot of things, and also had a fanboy moment! Read on for the whole…»
Vomdraft
«An editor with a “vomit mode”. Pick a duration and write, everything you type is locked, no undo, no going back until the timer stops. I would have called this Rant mode.»
Why it took me a while to go vegan
«An exploration of the personal biases, cultural baggage, and moral perfectionism that delayed my switch to veganism, and how I finally made the shift.»
The Joys of being a Beginner
«Full post on the site»
A Series Of Images With Very Long Captions
«Images? In My IndieWeb Blog?»
Weeknote July 27- August 2 2026
«BGM: Street Lights - Kanye West»
Indie Web: Write more?
«As I've spoken on prev post, I accidentally discovered Bengaluru Indie Web Club on mastodon by abhinav tushar. And ever since I had a blog site, why did it not occur to me that I should have searched…»
The new crysis of video gaming
«My hobby is under threat yet again and that worries me»
the human stairway
«not so much»
Multipurpose Kettle Review (Photo)
«Having tea in the comfort of my own 4 walls is indescribable. The statisfaction of having tea, sitting infront of your desk and on your chair, while looking out at the calm blueish bangalore weather…»
We Incomprehensible Ones
«No conception of the world can be created without something contradicting; the sum total of predicates can contain anything which can thereby be the cause of its destruction.»
[Weeknotes] Week of Months of May, June, July, August 2026
«Lots, details on my Goodreads profile (sorry I can’t auto summarize for you here yet. POSSE soon inshallah)»
Weekly Note #11 | 2nd August, 2026
«Autopilot»
Week 30 In the Year of our Lord, 2026
«I mess up my sleep schedule, work from home as a traffic escape and go to an expensive pizza place.»
Rules for making a playlist
«Some guidelines I try to follow when making a playlist for others.»
Taking flight!
«Taking the leap during an IndieWebClub Bangalore conversation, and posting more photos on my personal blog.»
Fraands..
«Some thoughts on anger and revolution.»
LiveBlogging 3: Pictures From Me!
«Blogging live from Indie Web Club yet again! Lots of pieces from my camera roll. Please click on the link (and appreciate the visuals :') )»
Prevent cognitive debt by manually retyping LLM-generated code
«Despite what I said in April, I'm still using coding assistants on my personal projects.»
Weeknotes: Week #31 (2026)
«Why do I bother with Marvel movies any more...»
Week 31/2026
«A happening week if I'm being honest.»
August-2026-Note
«Okay, I need to type this quick. I am in-between things.»
Premalekhanam
«പ്രേമലേഖനം വെറുമൊരു കഥയല്ല. പലതും ഒളിച്ചും തെളിച്ചും അടിവരയിട്ടും വരച്ചും പറയുന്ന ഉഗ്രൻ ക്രാഫ്റ്റാണ്. സരസമായി, വെറുമൊരു കഥയായി പറഞ്ഞുപോകാൻ സാധിക്കുന്നു എന്നതാണ് അതിലെ ബഷീറിയൻ മാജിക്ക്. കുട്ടിക്ക്…»
Blogust #2
«(Please click on the header and visit the webpage if any elements aren't working)»
Our Moon is two-faced. Science missions unravel its layers.
«Moon Monday #286: China’s Chang’e 6 samples have helped scientists decipher enigmatic layers of the lunar farside, leaving a curious trail for future missions to build upon.»
August 2026
«Trying to stay more local these days, visiting nearby places instead of defaulting to a laptop and the internet. If you’re around and keen to catch up, my Topmate is open, happy to meet offline over…»
My legendary GJ-RJ trip
«A massive travelogue of my 17-day 5.5k km road trip through KA, MH, GJ, RJ, MP from December 2023»
Blogust #3
«(Please click on the header and visit the webpage if any elements aren't working)»
So, You Lost Your Amrita Gradesheet
«A guide for the absent-minded.»
Blogust #4
«Day 4 of trying to keep up with Blogust. I literally dont have time and I am typing on my phone and it is torture, so please head to the blog page :3»
Neovim Again
«After almost 5 years of using Vscode, I am again seriously giving Neovim a shot. A bunch of folks in my immediate circle use Neovim which was...»
Update on Principles
«The recent post about hypomnemata, gave me a lot to think about this.»
City Angle
«A stunning, funny game. Hard going if you’re someone who can’t remember cities, like me.»
Separation Series and Brain
«How I am? What is going on? So I am going to write about the discomfort that I have gone through since 2019.»
Weekly Notes 32/2026
«It’s been a hectic but active week. As usual, I continued with my two P.T sessions. I played a game of Pickleball on Thursday. I also ran twice. This week has been my most active week in quite some…»
(#2026-W32) ghar ka khaana and dil ki shaanti
«This weeknote covers the week of August 2, 2026 – August 8, 2026.»
Death and rebirth of the product designer
«What is next for the product designer archetype?»
Blogust #5 - Recovery Post
«Returning to blogust after missing two days. A speculation of what upcoming blogs might be about...»
Weeknote August 2 - August 9 2026
«Whoa. Has it been a week. My Monday and Tuesday went as expected. I have been looking forward to a trip with my close friend, his girlfriend and a few of his colleagues to the Western Ghats. It's…»
Art Matters
«There should be a poster version of this whole book, something to keep right next to my work desk. Beautifully written by Neil Gaiman, it’s the dose of art you need on the feeling-low days. He should…»
Week 31 In the Year of our Lord, 2026
«I clock in super long hours, accidentally find another debate club, and my plan gets hijacked.»
Weeknotes: Week #32 (2026)
«Bengaluru weather is so overrated»
Blogust #6 - Blogust Hype!
«All aboard the Blogust train! A discussion of how it's not too late join.»
Week 32/2026
«A little bit of everything, as usual.»
Fast Haskell Scripts on GitHub Actions
«Magix is a neat tool that lets us run Haskell programs as scripts1. We put a shebang on top mentioning Magix, list the Haskell packages we need, and ./script.hs just works. This post is about running…»
The Odyssey
«I want more of it»
ಸಂತೆಯೊಳಗೊಂದು ಮನೆಯ ಮಾಡಿ ಶಬ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ನಾಚಿದೊಡೆಂತಯ್ಯ?
«Some thoughts on one of my favorite Vachanas by Akka Mahadevi»
Assume Bad Faith
«“Assume Good Faith” is a core principle on Wikipedia. But, it is also the core principle of caste-class elite inner circles, rape apologists, and other toxic individuals. In this post I will describe…»
Moon Monday #287: Mission updates from China, the US, Europe, and Japan
«Before we begin, I’m thrilled to share that Open Lunar Foundation is continuing as a sponsor of my Moon Monday blog+newsletter for the sixth year! 🌕»
Thank You, Thank You
«Why *can't* we reply to flowers with flowers?»
MGR: A Biography
«An actor becoming a politician and then becoming a CM. The story of MGR is worth telling, with enough twists and turns for anyone to read and reread. Even his Wikipedia page gives you goosebumps.…»
machine.PinInputPullup Does Not Work on Some GPIO Pins
«How I fixed a tiny issue in TinyGo.»
Linkteresting #2: Reading, writing, and webmarks
«Click for curiosity.»
Blogust #7
«The ghosts of my past... present... and future (Somehow entirely limited to the happenings of this week.)»
Analyzing My Lobsters Submissions
«I have been a Lobsters member since June 2018. In the eight years since, I have submitted 220 stories to the site. I downloaded my entire submission history via the Lobsters API, and here’s what I…»
Peniche, Portugal
«A few days by the sea in Peniche, Portugal.»
Blogust from my Writerdeck
«Full post on the site»
Midweek catchup
«Today was my third day back at my mma gym. It was fun seeing all the familiar faces and catching up. There is something beautiful about hitting a clean combination punch on a hard sandbag. It's so…»
Blogust #8
«Some meditation on where I am right now.»
Blogust #9 - Virgilia
«I poured every ounce of my brain into compiling my research for this deep-dive. Click for ancient roman literature drama..»
When Satan fell like Lightning from heaven
«The nature of consciousness is essentially reactionary, a reaction to external forces. As Heidegger notes, we are "thrown1" into the world; therefore, the advancement of human consciousness brings…»
Poem: On the edge
«Craft launched from Luna, no tether can go farther, faster while being lighter»
Weekly Notes 33/2026
«I ended the Netflix subscription. We have not been using it for a long time, and we were just paying; finally, this month I ended it. Sleep has won for me. If required, I can subscribe again. We…»
The System of all important things must be withing eyesight
«I have a tendency to forget where I keep things or more specifically when I am looking for something when under pressure.»
Postmortem - First Spar after the break
«Today was my first spar after a break. I was excited going in. I wanted to write about my experience and reflect on my performance. So here is a breakdown of the good, bad and ugly»
The price of missed chances
«Ever had a hobby you wanted to start? A competition you wished to join? Perhaps a promotion/raise you wanted to ask for?»
IndieWebClub Bangalore
«Good news, there’s a community for indie web people in Bangalore! They meet regularly and get you building, writing, and just existing online again, reminds me of the old internet charm. Thanks to…»
Turning My Notes Into A Minecraft World
«Mine Palace: I turned my notes (markdown documents) into a walkable Minecraft memory palace.»
Week note 15-08-26
«in this week's nonsews:»
Forgive me father for I have vibed
«I cured poison with poison to cope with my own anxieties better»
Getting into craft coffee
«Explaining why I drink my coffee black and what I like about it»
I was wrong about weight loss
«You might have read my previous blog about losing 15kg from a decade back, looking back I now realize I missed this one trick clickbaitpromax»
Blogust #10
«Just a music recommendation.»
My Passport Journey
Notes (29-33) - 2026
«It took me almost a month to write something here.»
Grind Size
«A calculator that maps grind-size clicks across grinders and brew methods. I’d seen it before, but this month got to meet the person behind it.»
I want to know more about my grandmother..
«.. but I don't do anything about it»
Weeknotes: Week #33 (2026)
«Capped off a boring week with a debilitating bout of sickness»
Week 33/2026
«Quite a mixed bag this week.»
Blogust #11
«A regular daily note ദ്ദി( • ᴗ - ) ✧»
Embedding Workouts using Web Component
«I wanted a way to represent workouts by the muscle groups they activate. Most applications where you log do it. I thought it must be easy with SVG images. It wasn’t as easy. First, I had to get an…»
Wrapping up my work on Servo's AudioWorklet
«I am an Outreachy intern for Servo and I have been working on implementing AudioWorklet. I am wrapping up my internship with Servo and this blog post will detail the results of my work, the state of…»
Weeknote August 10 - August 16 2026
«Currently two weeks into being unemployed and I am mcloving it, obviously there is a part of me which is worried but honestly I was super burnt out and I needed a break. I am able to work on a few…»
Sand and Sun
«Sand and Sun»
Rocket equation 101: Revealing our Moon’s value as a launchpad
«Moon Monday #288: Realizations from fundamental physics at the heart of the rocket equation. Paired with memes for fun and poetry for ethics.»
Blogust #12 - Sleep System
«I finally did the Explain Your Favourite System prompt. This system is my bravest soldier ✧»
day note aug 17
Blogust #13
«Hobby crisis (⊙ _ ⊙ )»
Do you want to see a new color?
«A simulation that is supposed to be close to "Olo"»
You can never go home again
«Sometimes I think about the phrase "you can never go home again". It's simple, and beautiful. I have interpreted it in many ways but the one that I want to share today has to do with what I like to…»
Blogust #14
«Meh day (¬_¬")»
how to take your mind off something
Redesigning my AI Projects page
«The behind the scenes of how I went about designing the new version of my AI projects page»
Blogust #15 - The Headache
«Pain so bad that it changed me.»
Weekly Notes 34/2026
«With the Peppo team here in Bangalore and other commitments, the week was crazy busy. I met at least half of the Peppo team in person for the first time. We have a great team at Peppo. As Mohammed…»
What would you do if you had infinite time? What about just 10 years?
«I wanted to sit and put my thoughts down on two hypotheticals. What would I do if I had infinite time? What would I do if I had only 10 years left? This is an exercise to figure out the hobbies and…»
Nora and Polka
«Nora shifted to a new landlocked city from a city that shared its boundaries with the sea. She will find herself walking under a canopy many times in this city. She feels blessed to be welcomed by…»
Hoping for authenticity
About
«I'm Dilip (aka Zororg), I'm from Bangalore and hold Masters in Bioinformatics. I'm a person who just goes with the flow in life.»
The Will of D. License
«Code license, straight off the LICENSE file in the theme. Long Stand Pirates (FOSS)!»
AI
«How I use sensible AI on this site and in my work.»
Changelog
«Notable changes to this site and theme.»
Colophon
«How this site is made. Please do check Preferences page as well for all features available for you.»
Preferences
«Everything on this site that you can change and have personalized experience.»
Verify
«Proof of identity across the web :: rel=me links.»
Color Themes
«All color schemes available on this site :: 305 from the tinted-theming/schemes base16 collection (browse the full set in the tinted-theming gallery), plus a couple of site-specific ones. See the…»
Projects
«Projects I build, maintain, tools I use, and interesting things worth checking out.»
The Schrödinger Email
«Tracing my way around a failed email redirection.»
Skyroot Vikram-1, the least worst case scenario for India’s launch crisis
«Indian Space Progress #41-42: A garden does not save the forest.»
Sitemap
«Every section and pages on this site. Navigate here or use Command Palette (x) to jump quick»
August day notes
«yapping everyday in August»
(#2026-W33) flights, friends and slam books
«This weeknote covers the week of August 9, 2026 – August 15, 2026.»
Media
«Things I like watching, reading, and remembering.»
Quotes
«Words that stayed.»
Uses
«What I use everyday, tools, stuff and resources I depend.»
Week 34/2026
«A slow and lazy week.»
Weeknotes: Week #34 (2026)
«Recovering from health issues and catching up on TV»
Activist >>>> Public Health Practitioner
«For a large number of people the label “activist” is an insult in itself. They look at activism the way Surya Kant looks at activism. But then there are more sensible people. They think of activism…»
New Ouchie; Who dis — 2026
«8 days ago I managed to twist my left ankle (you may know of this ankle as the good ankle). :(»
(#2026-W34) work and sleep and work and sleep
«This weeknote covers the week of August 16, 2026 – August 22, 2026.»
Weeknote August 17 - August 23 2026
«This was a very unfocused week. I spent a lot of time in my own head. It wasn't fun.»
Supercommunicators
«Supercommunicators reads like most books in this genre, skimmable, skippable with few ‘known’ points stretched out with decent real-world examples. Also, few examples don’t quite translate to an…»
Exploring the marvel that are mountains on the Moon
«Moon Monday #289: They form near-instantly and offer a peak into the Moon's interior, improving our understanding of planets across the Solar System and beyond.»
How to have the most productive Mondays ever?
«Just start a newsletter that announces in its name to the whole world that it will go out every Monday. 🌝»
Xonotic India is on fire, almost literally. (It's not looking too good)
«Xonotic is a really fun free and open source first person shooter. Imagine Quake or Unreal Tournament and crank that to 11!»
Games that occupied my life
«Games are in fact occupation of childhood and adulthood. We pay with out time to play, form social community or just kill time playing it.»
Tatake
«Preface: Tatake is a Japanese word which got popularized by the anime Attack On Titan. It's used by the main protoganist to motivate himself to fight. But the word itself also means struggle. I named…»
Angle Ref
«A repository of faces searchable by pose, basically a new-generation mannequin with a much better search. Great tool for artists.»
Exploring 1-Bit LLMs
«My interest in LLMs has increasingly shifted towards smaller models, small in terms of size and their ability to run on modest local machines. For some time now, I have been using models with fewer…»
Blogust #16 - Phoneposting 2
«Torturing myself again by bogging from my phone... again. Oh and I am on a train.»
Blogust #17 - Phoneposting 3
«Somehow, today the blogging conditions are even worse than yesterday 's... I am on a train again :D Also a little micro mini travelogue»
Building discardable but hyper-specific tools is a great use-case for LLMs
«Read "Building discardable but hyper-specific tools is a great use-case for LLMs" on anik's blog.»
Can I buy my way to happiness and a sense of belonging?
«A Buyhard is defined as a person who buys the best equipment before even starting the hobby.»
Talk is Cheap. Code is Cheap. Show me the Source
«I've been meaning to write about this since [2026-03-20 Fri]. finally doing it.»
Learning Tamil 1: Aug 27, 2026
«So I have been learning Tamil for the past few weeks since moving to Chennai. I can read the script now, although very slowly. I thought it would be a good idea to document new words and learnings at…»
The bubbles we live in
«A few weeks ago, I was at an event in Bangalore where pictures from rural Maharashtra were being exhibited. One of the people in the audience referred to people in the photos as "marginalised…»
Nepali Sikka
«A story about a golden coin that started my currency collection. Recollected while reading the news about the flash floods in Nepal.»
Naxal Dinangal
«കേരളത്തിലെ നക്സൽ പ്രസ്ഥനവും, അതിന്റെ ചരിത്രവും, അതുമായി ബന്ധപെട്ടുകിടക്കുന്ന സർവ്വതും ഈ ബുക്കിൽ ഉണ്ട്. ഇതിലും കൂടുതൽ ഇൻഫോർമെഷനുകൾ ഇനി പറയാൻ ഉണ്ടാവില്ല. പക്ഷെ ഭാഷയുടെ രീതി, പറയുന്ന ഓർഡർ, വീണ്ടും…»
Learning Tamil 2: Aug 28, 2026
«Today's 3 words are:»
Weekly Notes 35/2026
«It’s been a good but busy week. Lots of work got done. Though I think I am still lagging according to my TODO list. On a side note, I have been fairly active, with standard two days of P.T. and two…»
Wander My Small Web
«The web is vast, but the part worth reading is small. These are the sites I return to personal blog pages, long-form writing, and people building things with care. Mostly consumed and followed by RSS…»
I’m building a habit tracker that can tell me why I keep failing at my habits
«I’m at a meetup today, building something. This is the second meetup I’ve come to that’s hosted by Harkirat Singh. He does these meetups free of cost, and somehow manages to attract a really good…»
Learning Tamil 3: Aug 29, 2026
«Today's 3 words are:»
Blogust #18
«Just a little journal blog post as always, with some thoughts on the new book I am reading.»
How much gamedev can you learn before GTA 6 launches?
«According to this website»
Week 34 In the Year of our Lord, 2026
«I get smash drunk and forget that IndieWeb exists.»
Little bit of Elixir
«It is the second last day of Blogust. And there are many ideas I have had for articles. But all of them are solid works in progress for now. So let's do a short run through of my experience with…»
Weeknotes: Week #35 (2026)
«Slowly getting back to a normal schedule»
Week 35/2026
«Everything is taking forever.»
Blogust #19 - Podcast Recommendations
«If you are looking for new podcasts to listen to, or are curious to try one out... please browse my extensive catalogue. I have so, so many options.»
Learning Tamil 4: Aug 30, 2026
«Today's 3 words are:»
Introducing Ahm
«This is an external post of mine, originally published at Introducing Ahm.»
Weeknote August 24 - August 30 2026
«I started a blog series which I am going to update daily. It is called "How much gamedev can you learn before GTA 6 launches?"»
How much gamedev can you learn before GTA 6 launches day 2!
«Check out Mogura Smash»
Midjourneying through rural Indonesia
«How we made a small design team feel bigger with Midjourney»
The fiery origin of our Moon tied to Earth, as unraveled by scientists through Apollo and now modern missions
«Moon Monday #290: Lunar samples brought by Apollo missions transformed our understanding of the Moon’s formation and Earth’s past. Chang’e and Chandrayaan missions have newly enriched the endeavor as…»
Blogust #20 - Signing Off
«This is the end of Blogust 2026, and I can't believe I reached my personal goal! (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)»
Learning Tamil 5: Aug 31, 2026
«Today's 3 words are:»
Even Death is a Calling
«Through the mists and whispers of my youth, comes a calling, a calling to end it all? To die. Sounds peaceful and serene. The soft, gentle petals of the rose-colored life I envisioned, fading day by…»
September (44 posts)
(#2026-W35) corpo rites and rakhi ties
«This weeknote covers the week of August 23, 2026 – August 29, 2026.»
How much gamedev can you learn before GTA 6 launches day 3!
«ICYMI Check out Episode 2»
I own a display now
«Pixels and colors»
Learning Tamil 6: Sep 1, 2026
«Today's 3 words are:»
Playing with Emacs
«Coincidentally I just wrote on games in my previous post, but it covers more on what all games I've played till now mostly.»
Learning Tamil 7: Sep 2, 2026
«Today's 3 words are:»
How much gamedev can you learn before GTA 6 launches day 4 - 5!
«ICYMI Check out on your PC. Move around with the arrow keys or wasd Episode 3»
Life ki chore-y
«The past two days have been riddled with chores. Here is a list of things I’ve had to do:»
On Economic Inquiry
Love-Hate
«I tried to come back as soon as possible to blogging. A little about what I am currently reading.»
Learning Tamil 8: Sep 3, 2026
«Today's 3 words are:»
Decompressing It All
«Some thoughts I wanted to pen down that have been churning around.»
How much gamedev can you learn before GTA 6 launches day 6!
«ICYMI Check out on your PC. Move around with the arrow keys or wasd Episode 4-5»
The weight of absense
Linkteresting #3: Reading, writing, webmarks, and life notes
«Hello again webmates!»
Weekly Notes 36/2026
«It’s been a good week and a busy one too. I have started contributing to Pucar as a technologist. I will blog more once I settle down. It’s been a busy week, and it looks like September is going to…»
Learning Tamil 9: Sep 4, 2026
«Today's 3 words are:»
Notes from an 18-hour conversation
«Read "Notes from an 18-hour conversation" on anik's blog.»
week notes May to June something 2026 san francisco san jose california ((part one??))
«The tall dutch airhost saw my ticket. San Francisco?! Oh my god. I'm sorry for you. Your seat's that way.»
Publishing a draft "Weight gain to 75kg"
«75KG GOAL!»
Loading Indian Maps on a Garmin Forerunner 965
«The primary reason I bought this watch was the ability to display and navigate using proper offline maps. Garmin doesn’t have maps for India. But the OpenStreetMaps community has maps that can be…»
LiveBlogging 4 : Metablogging Lore
«Writing at IWC meetup about what makes qualifies a post for publishing.»
Attention is light
«Lover of attention and hater of light»
What will make me take LinkedIn seriously
«You know how LinkedIn shows where we work and what our position there is below our names on every post we make? What it should show instead:»
On Drafting
Hesitation to speak up
«How does an idea qualify to be a post on your website?»
A love letter to mymind
«.. and a case for entropy»
Weeknote 36 2026
«I am back in my hometown, Surat. It's one thing to tear up from nostalgia, but for me the biggest tear-jerker is how my father consistently always comes to pick me up. This time I reached in…»
Blood & Thunder - Consciousness as an Epiphenomenon
«Blood & Thunder is a newsletter I am building as a mode of redirecting my iconoclasm into an intentional thought process. This essay is part of my multifaceted assault on consciousness as an inferior…»
Weeknotes: Week #36 (2026)
«So much happened!»
Part 1 : Understanding Electromagnetism and Quantum Mechanics in my 30s
«From a very young age, astronomy has been a subject of interest to me. However, I was also curious about what makes up everything.»
Week 36/2026
«Oh No, My Software, It's Broken»
First, Second, and Third person Automation
«Full post on the site»
Update Sept 7
«The last note was almost a month ago. Nothing that gets written is in any chronological order. It is based on what I recall and how.»
How much gamedev can you learn before GTA 6 launches day 7-8-9!
«ICYMI Check out on your PC. Move around with the arrow keys or wasd Episode 6»
Weeknote August 31 - September 06 2026
«This was an interesting week.»
Internationalization (i18n) and Localization (l10n)
«An insight into what it takes to make your product "global", starting from your code.»
China is building a lunar navigation and communications network. Lasers shine again in latest demonstration.
«Moon Monday #291: A comprehensive review of each major component China has demonstrated towards such a lunar network.»
Building Robust Systems
«A personal system is a set of activities that I do because I want to achieve a certain goal OR because I like doing it.»
(#2026-W36) cool cars and meetups after dark
«This weeknote covers the week of August 30, 2026 – September 5, 2026.»
Ooty Weekender
«Long weekend janmashtami trip to Ooty.»
Fantastic Dosas And Where To Find Them (in Bangalore) 2026 Edition
«With over 27 years of experience in consuming and critiquing dosas from across South India, I consider it my personal responsibility to review and rank Bangalore's dosas each year, so that young,…»
Thank You, Welcome
«Documenting the various responses I receive to my thank-yous in different situations.»
Taking care of my devices, and myself
«I own three major devices: A MacBook, an iPhone, and a Kindle. The MacBook Air has served me well for almost six years now. The iPhone 15 for two and a half years. The Kindle Paperwhite for three and…»