Posts

All the articles I've posted.

• The Last 100m: Deoriatal to Chandrashila

  16 Nov, 2025

  Notes from my summit push on the trek from Deoriatal to Chandrashila. The climb and the clarity.

• Life Update: Stripe, Work, Smoking, Monolith & More

  7 Nov, 2025

  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

  15 Sep, 2025

  Most AI pilots fail. Obviously.

• On system design preparation

  5 Jul, 2025

  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

  17 Jun, 2025

  Well I only clean up my writing with AI. Really?

• The AI Rant

  5 Nov, 2024

  Pessimistic rant about the growing concerns in the AI universe

• On speaking the Truth

  14 Sep, 2024

  The Truth that can be spoken is not the complete Truth

• Architectural masturbation in software engineering

  18 Aug, 2024

  Overcomplicating simple problems and implementing overly elaborate solutions for show off

• On work life balance

  1 Nov, 2023

  The idea of work-life-balance never exists if it is taken up as a responsibility