Security panels are not broken. We just keep using them badly.
A practical field guide to making conference panels useful by setting clearer expectations for organizers, moderators, and panelists alike everywhere.
Blog of Anant Shrivastava
My journey into the world of Technology
Latest posts
AI Should Help Design Its Own Exit
AI should help us move from messy exploration to owned structure. Use models to find patterns, then encode what works, reduce dependence, and keep guesswork only where the world genuinely stays fuzzy.
Open Source, Unpaid Expectations
Open source is generosity, not a vendor SLA. Stop treating volunteers like suppliers. Declare your support level, offer paid tiers if you want, and make users fund or fork what they depend on.
Vendors Sell Suites. Teams Need Slices. AI Made It Cheap.
AI is making it cheap to replicate small SaaS workflows. Vendors sell suites, teams need slices, and bundling feels shakier at renewal time.
Hacking Archives of India – Website Revamp Update
I am thrilled to announce a major update to Hacking Archives of India (HAI). My mission has always been to document the history and contributions of the Indian information security community. To better serve that mission, I have completely revamped both the looks and the internals of the website. Whether you are looking for specific
Readwise Wrapped: my year in reading
TL;DR: I built Readwise Wrapped. It gives you a Spotify Wrapped style year-in-review for your Readwise highlights. You paste your Readwise token, pick a year, and it spits out a clean, shareable, good-looking reading recap.Link: https://readwise-wrapped.apps.anantshri.info/ What is it? If you use Readwise, you already have a ridiculous amount of reading data sitting there. Highlights
Building Fedi Wrap: My Year in Review for the Fediverse
As we approach the end of 2025, like a trained goat, I am collecting year end reviews from every SaaS service that will hand me one. Somewhere in that pile I realized I do a fair bit of posting on the Fediverse, so off I went looking for my own wrapped. Corporate platforms have turned
Not Every Nail Needs a Non-Deterministic Hammer
Determinism builds trust, non-determinism builds discovery. The art lies in knowing when the world needs certainty - and when it needs the unexpected gift of surprise.
Hacker Vs Adversary
Most say ‘think like a hacker,’ but infosec fights adversaries with goals, not curiosity. Real defense means blending hacker creativity with adversary realism.
What LLMs Teach Me About My Own Brain
My thoughts on how LLM behaviour makes me rethink my own brain’s inner workings. A prediction engine as a mirror for a mind.