The personal website & blog of Nikhil Nigade
<p>I’m stuck with a rather tricky situation when picking which terminal to land at and depart from when travling to Bengaluru.</p> <p>My options are:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Terminal 1</strong> <ul> <li>Indigo is the only viable carrier: terrible seats, decent food (which I rarely need on a short flight of 70 minutes), but good staff.</li> <li>This terminal’s 080 Lounge is staffed better, has a…
<p>The second quarter of 2026 was expectedly busy, for several reasons.</p> <p>In May, I was invited by the <a href="https://developer.apple.com/events/developer-centers/">Apple Developer Center, Bengaluru</a>, amongst other participating indie developers, to speak about my app <a href="https://pockity.app/ios">Pockity</a> with the Press. This was massive moment for me, for the app, and I got to…
<p>During my <a href="https://dezinezync.com/2026/05/09/bengaluru">Bengaluru trip</a> last month, I came across a significant disadvantaged with my then Macbook setup. It's a 14" M1-Pro top of the line with 32GB of RAM.</p> <p>For my day-to-day work, it did a fine job, no complaints. Until I realised, that was only the case when it was plugged into the Studio Display at my home desk. The moment it…
<p>We've all been there, we're preparing the generate "views" for our app's reviews from App Store Connect, and we may naively copy the contents from the reviews tab of our app, decorate them with the right amount of stars, perhaps even use the same font from the app if it's unique, to keep the brand on-point.</p> <p>This sometimes, and as per my observations quite often, lead to the question of…
<p>I was in in the radiant city of Bengaluru for some work this week. I met some "online" friends for the first time in person, and some old friends once again! And we got to share one of the best Apple Pies I've had in the eastern hemisphere thus far!</p> <picture> <source srcset="/assets/posts/2026/05/IMG_6483@3x.jpg 2400w, /assets/posts/2026/05/IMG_6483-1600w.jpg 1600w,…
<p>Some interesting reads from last week:</p> <h3>1. Collective Speed Is Not the Summation of Individual Speed - <a href="https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/collective-speed-isnt-the-sum-of-individual-speed/">Jim Neilsen</a></h3> <blockquote> <p>In a relay race, the baton is arguably the most critical element. Passing it cleanly is vital because if you fumble it you’re easily behind a few meters or…
<p>I said I would journal quarterly in my March post, but I can no longer contain my excitement for writing here.</p> <p>This April has been perhaps one of my busiest in recent memory. A new financial year beginning, a new quarter, and to add to this work, I accepted new contract work, as well as was invited to be a guest facilitator for Apple's Super Charge 2026 event at MIT World Peace…
<p>Back to journaling on my blog, but this time doing it quarterly, i.e. a total of four posts for the year, looking back at each quarter. If you see my previous posts, they were all weekly, and I helped me write better, and most importantly, reflect better and be more grateful for the day!</p> <h2>Professional Life</h2> <p>I have failed, really bad, to find a new job, and that's still the…
<p>FIFTY-TWO WEEKS of journaling! A task I had set out for myself at the end of 2024, a challenge really, to see if I am able to start something new. Another challenge was to listen to more audio books but I failed at that within the first two months itself. I'm not too disappointed by that, as I've found I really like journaling. So I'll be continuing with this.</p> <p>It puts me in a certain…
<p>To our genuine surprise, the kiddo's Aadhaar number was generated and ready by Monday itself. It took the system just under 48 hours to assess information and assign an ID to him. I still stand by what I wrote in my <a href="https://dezinezync.com/2025/12/14/recap">last week's post</a>, and now I can continue to complete the enrollment process for my child.</p> <p>If you have ideas on how we…