Redesigning this site with Grok as pair programmer
How I rebuilt panchamkhaitan.com as a modern-minimal personal site — photo, short prose, full posts in the feed — with Grok accelerating the work and human taste calling the shots.
Pancham Khaitan
Writing on engineering, tools, craft, and life.
Latest posts
How I Installed Omarchy on an External SSD
Here's a step-by-step guide on how to install Omarchy on an external SSD easily
How to paste markdown tables in Google Sheets and preserve style?
Sharing my learning on how rendering a markdown table in the UI and copy-pasting it into Google Sheets does not make it "pretty".
Starting The Curious Coder
I just started a newsletter!
Smell the coffee, please
There are a few moments which are exactly like the way monks describe as they sit in their monasteries sitting in a Lotus position. Smelling the coffee this way is similar to one such moment for me.
Note: When iCloud Photos is stuck on upload
A short note on what to do when iCloud is stuck on uploading...
Trust is not always given
My shoes recently got stolen from my apartment. In this journal, I write about how trusting the world to do good can result in unexpected surprises, and how one's trust should be earned, than be given.
My rant on Google Takeout for Photos
So I recently used Google Takeout to export my files from Google Photos to iCloud. This is my rant on the whole thing. Hope this helps you!
How I use Siri Shortcuts to boost my productivity
I share how I use Siri Shortcuts to sync my tasks with my calendar and track my progress
Living an intentional life
I recently watched a CODE interview with Jony Ive, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Tim Cook on Steve Jobs. This blog post shares my thoughts from it...
I am done with YouTube
YouTube is a great tool for learning and entertainment, but I am not particularly the biggest fan of YouTube Shorts. This article explains why...
On individual living
You are more than a cluster of people. You are an individual. You have your own mind, your own dreams, your own vision. You are not just a member of a society, you are a unique human being.
The first of (hopefully) many
This is my first post as part of my newsletter, and an end to my first ever full-time job.
Time Is Melting Away
Are humans threatening Nature or are we simply digging a grave?
Paradox of abundance
In this article review, I take a look at David Perell's brilliant writing to consider the world around me...
Power of gratitude
Unlock yourself through the power of your subconscious mind. Let it know that you are grateful for what you have.
Habits for moving into 2021
Controlling the bigger parts of life is possible only when we focus our attention on the little things, to the atomic granularities...