Now Simple Again

I used to think solo travellers were lonely people running away from something.

Are you spiritual and not religious?

On tech debt, empathy for old systems, slowing down when life gets too loud, SUFI collaboration and a new project at the intersection of software and nuclear physics.

Blatant political propaganda sold as a patriotic high budget film

About competition, validation, regret, and falling back in love with table tennis after a decade.

Things you can expect when you are on a long fat loss journey.

A maybe-obvious principle to make conversations at work slightly more productive

A first-principles definition of work, the structural differences between humans and AI, and what this implies for how human expertise must evolve when execution becomes cheap.

Screwed up my health numbers after a hectic year.

Why AI is unavoidable at work, how noise creeps in, and why choosing how you use AI now matters more than the tools themselves.

An unapologetic note on writing, expression, and owning a small corner of the internet.

A short essay on the real bottleneck in productivity and capturing ideas before they disappear.

Notes from my summit push on the trek from Deoriatal to Chandrashila.

A raw three-month check-in - work at Stripe, quitting smoking, building side projects, new wheels, and rediscovering old passions.

Most AI pilots fail.

A practical guide to structuring your system design interview prep, developing clarity under pressure, and making the most of what you already know.

Well I only clean up my writing with AI.

Pessimistic rant about the growing concerns in the AI universe

The Truth that can be spoken is not the complete Truth

Overcomplicating simple problems and implementing overly elaborate solutions for show off

The idea of work-life-balance never exists if it is taken up as a responsibility