A Codex Skill to Check Banked Reset Expiry Dates
A tiny Codex skill that prints readable expiry dates for banked reset credits.
Adithyan
My personal blog where I share things I wish I had known earlier. I document my musings, writings, and experiences.
Latest posts
Xcode 27 ships with Apple-native agent skills
Apple now ships seven Xcode agent skills that can be exported and used with other agents.
I Animated My Paper Sketch With Gemini Omni
A small paper sketch turned into a short Gemini Omni video.
Notes on harness engineering
Some notes from the field. Been obsessed with this for the last few weeks.
Codex Is a Harness. Swap the Tools, Get a Video Editor.
A meta video about how a coding agent becomes a video editor: model + harness + swappable tools. Recorded on green screen, edited end-to-end with Codex.
I Brought Claude Into Codex
I spend most of my time in Codex and I do not want to leave it. But I still miss Claude for writing and creative work. So I brought Claude in as a sub-agent instead of switching tools.
How Codex works under the hood
A visual guide to Codex App Server, local and remote setup, streamed updates, and thread-turn-item.
Codex plugins, visually explained
A seven-panel visual guide to what Codex plugins are, what can go inside them, and how they get installed.
Diary Day 6 to 8: Behind the scenes of building my personal agent from scratch
I wired my health context into Dobby so one voice-first assistant can answer questions that used to require multiple apps.
Why subagents help: a 10-panel visual guide
Once you get past the basics with agents, context pollution and context rot start showing up. This ten-panel visual guide explains why subagents help.
Diary Day 2 to 5: Behind the scenes of building my personal agent from scratch
A build note on designing a very thin, voice-first iOS interface for my personal agent, and why tailored software is becoming more accessible.
Agent Engineering 101: A Visual Guide
A practical mental model for AGENTS.md, SKILLS, and MCP: help agents navigate the terrain, load the right know-how, and connect to the live world.
GPT 5.4 vs 5.2 SVG test
A quick side-by-side animated SVG test using GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.2.
I Converted an Old Game Controller to Control Codex (100% Built by Codex)
Builder log on turning a dusty game controller into a Codex control deck for terminal workflows, voice dictation, and multi-agent tabs.
Being More Deliberate
Reflections on the all-consuming nature of startup life and resolving to be more intentional this year.
I Edited This Video 100% With Codex ft. SAM3 + MatAnyone + Remotion
A practical workflow: record first, transcribe with word timings, generate a subject alpha, then compose everything in Remotion. No timeline editor.
Codex Retrospective: One of My Best Decisions This Year
Three months after switching from Cursor to Codex, the migration has exceeded expectations. Terminal-based AI coding is the future.
Takeaways From the OpenAI Codex Meetup
My personal observations from attending the OpenAI Codex meetup in Berlin, plus detailed meeting notes summarized by Codex (a bit meta).
I Let Codex Edit a Video End to End
Builder log: I let Codex edit a video using Remotion, transcription, and active speaker detection. No timeline. Just prompts.
EPUB + PDF for “Machines of Loving Grace”
Kindle-ready EPUB and PDF files for Dario Amodei’s “Machines of Loving Grace.”
EPUB + PDF for “The Adolescence of Technology”
I wanted to read Dario Amodei’s essay on my Kindle, so I made clean PDF and EPUB files and shared them here.
Made a 365-day gratitude journal
I prompted a 365-day gratitude journal into existence this morning. What that means for creators, and what it means for companies like mine.
50 Food Chains as Adorable Miniature Stores
50 popular food chains reimagined as charming chibi-style concept stores
Every Major City as a Tiny Miniature World
46 world cities reimagined as charming isometric miniatures
Worksheet for Harada Method
I created a LaTeX worksheet for the Harada Method goal-setting system after coming across a tweet thread about it.
Which Day Do Top Weekly Podcasts Release?
Among elite weekly shows, releases cluster Mon–Wed (Thu follows), and over half hit the same weekday ≥80% of the time.
Podcast Hosting Market Share: An Analysis of the Top 10,000 Shows
Analysis of 10,000 top podcasts reveals a clear 'graduation' pattern: shows often start on indie hosts but migrate to enterprise platforms like Megaphone as they grow.
I Analyzed 1,000 Top Podcasts: Here's How Long Their Episodes Actually Are
Episode length analysis of the top 1,000 podcasts reveals surprising patterns across different publishing frequencies.
I Analyzed 1,000 Top Podcasts: Here's How Often They Actually Publish
Publishing frequency analysis of the top 1,000 podcasts shows nearly 1 in 5 publish daily, while weekly still dominates.
Goodbye, Cursor
After two years and a recent $500 monthly bill, I'm reluctantly saying goodbye to Cursor. It's not because I want to, but because I have to.
Known vs Unknown Unfairness
Reflecting on 18 months of bootstrapping: why some people seem to glide through challenges while you stumble. Six things I wish I had known earlier.
Latitude59 Reflections
My experience at Latitude59 in Tallinn - from understanding Estonia startup ecosystem to learning the physics of fundraising as a first-time founder.
Notes on MCP: Standardization Comes From Adoption, Not Technical Superiority
Reflecting on how standardization in technology is driven by ecosystem adoption and trusted stewardship, with lessons from video streaming applied to Model-Control-Protocol (MCP).
The Bootstrapper's Parable
A journey through the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, showcasing the roller coaster of emotions that come with bootstrapping a company.
Design Principles I Learned From Building Real Products
Two critical lessons I learned about UI design from building front-end applications for clients instead of just reading books.
Explaining Richard Sutton's AI Research Slogans
Richard Sutton's AI slogans explained in clear, practical terms for a technical audience.
Why You Need a Proxy Server for LLMs
As LLMs evolve rapidly, a proxy server like LiteLLM becomes essential for production applications to manage model switching, fallbacks, and authentication.
A Letter to My Early 2024 Self
Hard-earned startup lessons I wish I had known when starting my entrepreneurial journey.
Books to Optimize Your 4000 Hours of Existence
A practical list of four books that helped me improve sleep, breathing, eating, and skin care habits during my 4,000-week life window.
Debt: Understanding and Leveraging It to Build Wealth
Hi Folks, We are back with another video. In this video, I talk about the concept of Debt. During discussions with my friends, I found that this topic is oft...
I Am Starting a YouTube Channel
Hey Folks! Hope you all are doing well! Just a short message to everyone. I have started a YouTube channel. In my channel, I post stuff that I find interesti...
6 Years of FI, Hitting 30s: Implications and the Future
Hey Ho Folks! Hope you all are safe and well! Welcome to a longish life update post. Introduction This post is going to be primarily of two parts. First, I w...
Two Easy Hacks to Wake Up in the Morning
Hey Ho! Hope you all are safe and well! Welcome to a life hack post. Introduction For most of my adult life, I have struggled to wake up in the morning. I wo...
Five Lessons from Five Years of FI
Hey Ho! Hope you all are safe and well! Welcome to yet another 5-year theme-based post. Introduction Recently, I realized that it’s been five years since I s...
Go Get Some Cookies for 2021
Hey Ho! Hope this post finds you enjoying the new year! Introduction I started the new year by baking a big metaphorical “cookie”. It is a concept that I lea...
5 Years of FI Journey: An Update in Numbers
Hey Ho! Hope you all are well and safe, in these unprecedented times. Introduction Yesterday, I realized that it’s been exactly five years since I started wa...
Food and Frugality
Introduction “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf Food is an integral part of our lives. Significant t...
The Best Is the Enemy of the Good
I am reading a book and I recently come across this quote : “The best is the enemy of the good”. It was in the context of building new productive habits. At...
The Case for Meditation: Illustrated Edition
Introduction I am 28 years old now. The year between 22 and 27 was a rough patch for me. Although I did portray an air of confidence and positivity to people...
Investing in Stocks: To Wait or Not to Wait
Introduction One of the questions that I often get asked is * “Should I start investing right now? Or should I wait until the markets are slightly more favou...