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  • Do people read blogs? – When most people don't read books, how can we expect them to read personal blogs?
  • Getting worse at writing – How my writing has devolved over the years. And only I'm to be blamed for this. But this changes from now.
  • Annoying ringtones – Trying to find a ringtone that doesn't bleed my ears
  • My kinda horror – Thoughts on watching two horror movies.
  • This could have been a tweet – Read the whole post in under a minute.
  • 39000 – Why having everything means having nothing. On photo hoarding, PTSD, and the death of intention.
  • The Audience Problem – Reflections on an unexpected audience and what it costs
  • WordArt – I miss WordArt.
  • Entitlement – Some thoughts on kindness and entitlement.
  • Finally, some good news – The Supreme Court rejects AI-generated citations, a satisfying reality check for the AI hype.
  • Albums – Growing up, I devoured entire albums. Now I just listen to songs. A reflection on how music consumption has changed.
  • On RSS feeds – A practical guide to RSS feeds and how to set up Capy Reader for a calmer, ad-free way to consume content.
  • Use a password manager – A step-by-step guide to getting started with a password manager, starting with Bitwarden.
  • Privacy is a terrible sales pitch – Privacy is a hard sell. Security and quality-of-life improvements are what people actually care about.
  • Contributing to AI-slop – I built 50+ projects with coding agents. Most of them feel like slop. Building has become free, but the fun is gone.
  • Accessing Telegram – Use a VPN or MTProxy to access Telegram where it is blocked. A simple guide.
  • I certainly don't know this many words – I took a test that says I know 73,650 English words. I do not think that is accurate.
  • Narcissism – Is writing and putting your work out there just a form of narcissism? Wrestling with the question.
  • Hard to form an opinion – I have used AI since ChatGPT 3.5. The hype is exhausting, the FUD is real, and I still cannot make up my mind about it.
  • Wisdom teeth – In my mid 20s, I am still waiting to feel like a grown-up. Maybe wisdom teeth are my last resort.
  • Turning YouTube playlists into courses – A simple and free tool for converting YouTube playlists into courses.
  • I made a dictionary app – I made a personal dictionary app for English to Hindi
  • The hardest part of writing – Writing is the easy part. Editing my own work is where I fall apart.
  • Tinkering, more than writing – I tinker with my blog endlessly instead of writing. Resistance, as Pressfield calls it, is real.
  • Ignorance is bliss – How I consume news without drowning in rage-bait, clickbait, and the endless noise of the attention economy.
  • Incompetence – A reflection on incompetence and coming to terms with it.
  • Validation – A visual thought on AI and the need for validation.
  • Perfection and I – I dislike perfection, yet it is why I procrastinate. The irony of wanting things to be just right.
  • No opinions – It is okay to have no opinion. Stop judging everything and simply observe.
  • Memento mori – Remember that you must die. A Stoic reminder to live with urgency and purpose.
  • Passwords – With 400+ logins, a password manager is not optional. Why Bitwarden works and why you should use one too.
  • Belief – Beliefs shape identity. Internalize what you want to become and you eventually become it.
  • Pitch vs Product – Work on the product, yourself, over the pitch. A good product sells itself.
  • Consistency – Consistency is rare but essential. It takes discipline and willpower to keep going, and I am still learning.
  • Completed a 100-day streak on Duolingo – Today I completed a 100-day steak on Duolingo. I had seen these people with streaks of 365+ days and I was suprised. Because this is strange to me. I…

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