Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #12
A Friday dinner at Bao To Me with a surprise visit from the chef, and a week shaped by Dorian Yates’ philosophy on high-intensity training.
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Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #11
Mona’s birthday weekend with bowling and VR at Loco Bear, a surprise tied game with Ibhan, and a strong week of Ashtanga and a deadlift PR.
Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #8
A deep RL workshop weekend, school exploration for Ibhan, and a February wrap-up with strong step count, heavy sessions, and fresh PRs.
Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #6
Set up OpenClaw on a Hetzner VPS, wrapped up GPL with a third-place finish, and dialed workouts down just enough to stay match-ready.
Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #5
A deep dive into Agent Skills, Mona’s baking workshop day, GPL group-stage matches, and a fully locked-in training week.
Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #4
Playing more with OpenAI Codex, Ibhan’s first inter-school chess tournament, and a week balancing gym, yoga, and GPL practice.
Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #3
Mona’s first mixed-doubles tournament, a comforting stop at The Madras Cafe, and a strong week of steps, yoga, and resistance training.
Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #2
Revisited 2025 through five core themes, started the 2026 focus pillars, GPL practice sessions with Mona, and a week of paani-puri indulgence.
Three Focus Pillars for 2026
This is a follow-up to the 2025 annual review with a tighter set of constraints for 2026.
Annual Review 2025
A year of steady reps: more time in the gym and on the mat, more time at home, and more time shipping things into the world.
UTMGuard
Clean, validate, and standardize UTM parameters so your campaign data stays accurate and analytics-ready.
AgCluster.dev
Self-hosted platform for Claude Agent SDK with integrated Web UI, real-time monitoring, and Docker isolation. Build, test, and iterate on AI agents with full visibility into every action.
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #42
Exploring Claude Agent SDK, managing Ibhan’s morning routine solo, and maintaining workout consistency with Ashtanga Yoga sessions.
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #41
A stressful week as Mona’s dad was hospitalized in Lucknow - moving between hospitals, critical care, and relief as he started recovering.
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #39
Week-long family vacation exploring Wayanad, Nileshwar, and Mysuru during Dussera - creating cherished memories with parents, Mona, and Ibhan.
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #36
Direct database connections for AskPrisma, attended RL Salon and coding agents mixer, started Ashtanga Yoga 🧘♂️ journey with Mona, and cherishing walks with parents 🚶♂️.
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #34
Explored online directory monetization and AI-first solutions for traditional industries, celebrated Mona’s career break as mom and dad join us for festive season, and love being consistent with resistance training.
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #33
Added SQL wrapper support for AskPrisma, explored Shopify ecosystem for deeper vertical focus, solo weekend with tic-tac-toe mastery and Netflix, back to beast mode.
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #31
Presented at AI Bootcamp on multi-agent systems, hosted Mona’s colleagues for a house party, and hit 5x/week gym
Lessons from Building a Multi-Agent System
Real-world learnings from building AskPrisma.ai using Autogen, presented at the Applied AI Bootcamp.
Good Enough: The Real Value of AI Today
AI’s real-world value today lies not in replacing deep expertise, but in enabling high-leverage cross-functional work across domains.
IndicPanda
Interactive learning app for Indian languages (Kannada and Hindi) for Grade 1 students
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #26
Shipped AskPrisma v0 🎯, fixed UX quirks & kicked off ICP discovery, solo-parented while Mona was in the US (phulka mastery unlocked 🫓), and hit near-PRs again with 6x/week resistance training.
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #23
Building a multi-agent POC with Autogen (100x boost, mild anxiety included), Ibhan started Grade 1 🎒, kicked off a morning routine reset, and added swimming 4-5x/week to the fitness stack.
Good Engineer vs Coding Agents in the Age of AI
The rise of coding agents calls for new ways of evaluating impact. Lines of code written are a poor substitute for real-world engineering judgment.
AskPrisma.ai
Built for operators and decision-makers who need clear, statistical answers, not just LLM summaries. Upload your data. Ask anything. Get real analysis using multi-agent AI
The Quiet Stakes of MCP
MCP is more than a technical protocol, it’s a strategic inflection point that determines whether you build the interface users return to or become a feature inside someone else’s product.
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #14
Reframed MCP as a plugin layer for agentic apps, kicked off Ibhan’s summer break with cricket & touch typing, filed Schengen visa for Poland + Italy, and held steady at 15K daily steps with lighter resistance work.
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #12
Bengaluru’s “Cherry Blossom” season in full bloom 🌸, Ibhan graduated from Kindergarten 🎓, pushing for <20% body fat with 15K+ steps & incline walks, dialing resistance training to 4x/week.
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #11
Built an AI Tarot Card reader with Bolt - good for quick apps, though Cursor offers better dev control. Big week for Ibhan: lost two milk teeth and had his first space sci-fi experience with Armageddon. Got Mona an early birthday gift (Whoop band). Training: 6 days/week resistance with high volume, planning to add runs for extra calorie burn
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #10
18 years since my first job—caught up with old friends, built Ibhan an Orange Truck for school, pizza heaven at 4P’s, fitness grind continues, and INDIA WON THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY! 🏆🇮🇳🔥
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #8
Built an AI Tarot Card reader with Bolt - good for quick apps, though Cursor offers better dev control. Big week for Ibhan: lost two milk teeth and had his first space sci-fi experience with Armageddon. Got Mona an early birthday gift (Whoop band). Training: 6 days/week resistance with high volume, planning to add runs for extra calorie burn
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #6
Applied for LossFunk residency with a past project. Traveled to Delhi for family wedding, reconnected with Ankur and Pascal after 15+ years. Cricket weekend: tough quarter-final loss in GPL, but great to have family cheering from the stands
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #5
Deep dive into Deepseek’s chain of thought and MoE models this week. Family’s in Delhi, binged Love is Blind (surprisingly good watch for couples). Keeping up with resistance training, prepping for GPL tournament.
RPA vs. Agentic Process Automation (APA): Cutting Through the Hype
Why understanding the difference matters for automation strategy - RPA automates tasks; APA solves for adaptive problem statements
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #4
Built an Ekadashi fasting reminder app on Bolt. Had a cafe date day at Lazy Suzy and Araku - Turkish latte was a standout. Unexpected fun: Ibhan did a testimonial shoot for his school shoes. Prepping for GPL cricket tournament.
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #3
Playing with Bolt.new and NativeScript, joined Jhana Collective’s meditation chat. Long Friday night out with Mona’s colleagues, Onam celebrations at the apartment. Good 5-hour catch-up with Ankur at MTR. Started experimenting with 30+ hour fasts.
Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #2
Post-Beijing trip recovery mode. Sunday at Claytopia with friends for pottery painting. Getting back to routine with morning cold water swims and starting practice for upcoming box cricket tournament.
Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #50
Built a full-stack app with Bolt+Supabase. Big week: Ibhan turned 6 despite being under the weather, celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. Swimming progress: alternating 25m freestyle lengths now.
Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #48
Local training runs with GPT-2 detector using RoBERTa. Spent time at hospital with dad (bowel obstruction) - really puts health and quality of life in perspective. Kept up with walks and basic workouts between hospital visits.
Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #47
Testing Bolt.new vs v0.dev for POCs - interesting times in Dev Gen-AI. Hosted Mona’s army-retired uncle and aunt, showed them around Bangalore. Training focus: aiming to get below 20% body fat while maintaining muscle.
Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #46
Comparing GPT-4o and Claude Sonnet 3.5: found distinct use cases for each. Planning Ibhan’s upcoming birthday. Progress with freestyle swimming drills, focusing on fundamentals this time around.
Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #45
Deep dive into AI coding workflows via Claude and Cursor. Discovered great Indian-Chinese at You Mee. Learned about trigger points for back pain management, starting fresh with freestyle swimming basics.
Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #44
Read Siddhartha by Herman Hesse - lots of quotable wisdom. Celebrated Diwali with traditional Abhyanga Snan and faral - Ibhan’s first time. Found a gem in Pizza 4P’s Indiranagar, especially their cheese platter. Balanced festivities with workouts, including a 10K run.
Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #43
Attended 1-day Vipassana course at Dhamma Paphulla - first since 2004’s 10-day course. Hitting 40K kg weekly volume in resistance training, up from 30K. Bengaluru rains gave Ibhan his first taste of online classes.
Developers and AI: Productivity, Changing Roles & Impending Loss of Purpose
As a developer, AI makes me 10x more productive but at the same time, it makes me feel less like a creator; less of an artist.
Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #42
Finished The Freedom Manifesto audiobook and os.me creative writing course. Completed first open water swim. Ibhan wrote daily logs during Dussehra vacation, making progress with cursive writing.
Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #41
Started Naval’s Almanack and 18 Maha Puranas. Masinagudi trip: spotted wild elephants, bears, gaur. Ibhan’s show-and-tell as Jambavan (though teacher thought he was Jatayu). Managed 13K daily steps even during vacation
Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #40
Deep dive into Docker multi-stage builds and Kamal 2.1.0. Lunch date at Lupa, family visit to Art of Living International Center. Training: added 4% incline to walks, completed 1K swim.
Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #39
Testing ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode for language learning, setting up Hugo blog. Hit PRs: 150kg+ deadlift, 90kg+ back squats. Family front: Mona returned from US trip, Ibhan enjoying Movie Nights and Game Days with grandparents.