atharva's internet place

I grew up not being great at giving compliments.

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 come out.

Go after what you like.

Large language models are better thinkers than writers.

Lobsters is a computing-focused community centered around link aggregation and discussion.

Under what conditions does it make sense to persevere?

I was having a disagreement with an old friend about this recently.

Unprincipled predictions for 2026 based on vibes.

This essay aims to introduce social stigma around certain types of AI use, or at the very least, reduce the amount of slop I receive.

I've been putting things out on the internet for a while. old tech blogs circa 2010-2012 I was a child.

I was in MoMA, watching Barnett Newman's intensely red canvascape (Vir Heroicus Sublimis) stare back at me. not me Most paintings have a subject.

Comments to articles around the web, on my turf.

A totem (from Ojibwe: ᑑᑌᒼ or ᑑᑌᒻ doodem) is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe, such as in the Anishinaabe clan system.

How to write more?

Atharva's note: This whole article has been written by an AI and presented without any edits.