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Your Phone is an Entire Computer

The new MacBook Neo announcement raises old questions around what rights we have (and don't have) to install software on devices we own.

GPT-5 feels like writing on the wall

The release of GPT-5 makes it abundantly clear that scaling compute to train better language models has reached a plateau.

not quite vibing yet

reflections on the utility and tension in using LLMs for my own programming workflows

right to root access

right to repair laws should include provisions requiring manufacturers to unlock a device's bootloader (to provide root access) upon consumer request.

a more complete bluesky feed generator

details on how I built a bluesky feed generator, complete with managing real-time events off the firehose and performing ML classification tasks, using Go and Python.

textile-based electrochemical sensors

an exploration on building wearable electrochemical sensors using textile-based materials.

resuscitating this website

a summary of how medhir.com was transitioned from a Kubernetes-based to Google Cloud Run deployments.

personal blog setup

evolution of my personal site from a single VM on AWS to Kubernetes-based infrastructure

stream 0

A stream of consciousness post on career growth in tech, and the need to emphasize soft skills in the hiring process.

maybe I can finally write

first blog post on my site after writing a blog engine from scratch.