On Solo Travel
I used to think solo travellers were lonely people running away from something. Turns out I was half right.
Now Simple Again
Essays on returning to simplicity in learning, engineering, fitness and life.
Latest posts
Don't be spiritual
Are you spiritual and not religious? Think again.
Life Update: Tech Debt, Enfield and more
On tech debt, empathy for old systems, slowing down when life gets too loud, SUFI collaboration and a new project at the intersection of software and nuclear physics.
Believe it or not: Dhurandar The Revenge
Blatant political propaganda sold as a patriotic high budget film
Years with table tennis
About competition, validation, regret, and falling back in love with table tennis after a decade.
Fat loss - what to expect
Things you can expect when you are on a long fat loss journey.
Reason. Don't Justify.
A maybe-obvious principle to make conversations at work slightly more productive
The Time Intelligence Economy - Part 2 - What must stay human?
A first-principles definition of work, the structural differences between humans and AI, and what this implies for how human expertise must evolve when execution becomes cheap.
Life Update: Back to the body
Screwed up my health numbers after a hectic year. Thoughts on getting back at it.
The Time Intelligence Economy - Part 1 - The AI Noise
Why AI is unavoidable at work, how noise creeps in, and why choosing how you use AI now matters more than the tools themselves.
Why I write
An unapologetic note on writing, expression, and owning a small corner of the internet.
A lost idea can be a lost universe
A short essay on the real bottleneck in productivity and capturing ideas before they disappear. And why small, unrecorded thoughts often matter more than we realise.
The Last 100m: Deoriatal to Chandrashila
Notes from my summit push on the trek from Deoriatal to Chandrashila. The climb and the clarity.
Life Update: Stripe, Work, Smoking, Monolith & More
A raw three-month check-in - work at Stripe, quitting smoking, building side projects, new wheels, and rediscovering old passions.
The AI demo is a lie
Most AI pilots fail. Obviously.
On system design preparation
A practical guide to structuring your system design interview prep, developing clarity under pressure, and making the most of what you already know.
On writing with AI
Well I only clean up my writing with AI. Really?
The AI Rant
Pessimistic rant about the growing concerns in the AI universe
On speaking the Truth
The Truth that can be spoken is not the complete Truth
Architectural masturbation in software engineering
Overcomplicating simple problems and implementing overly elaborate solutions for show off
On work life balance
The idea of work-life-balance never exists if it is taken up as a responsibility