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The Characters that Broke Me
Four characters from fiction — Ove, Dumbledore, Coltaine, Fitz and the Fool — made me ugly-cry. I've been trying to figure out what connects them, and what they say about the kind of person I want to be.
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- Kuari Pass Trek with IndiaHikes A winter trek to Kuari Pass with IndiaHikes — the people, the food, the stories the mountains carry.May 2026
- Reading as Inheritance On the people who passed down the reading habit to me — my mother, Pammi uncle, my father — and the small ritual of passing it on to my son, three books at a time.May 2026
- My AI Learning Journey A personal account of stumbling into AI through vibe coding, FOMO, and anxiety spirals — and eventually finding a way to use these tools that actually fits.May 2026
- The Characters that Broke Me Four characters from fiction — Ove, Dumbledore, Coltaine, Fitz and the Fool — made me ugly-cry. I've been trying to figure out what connects them, and what they say about the kind of person I want to be.May 2026
- Lessons from Math-ing at 33 Going back to Math at 33 taught me more than I expected — about first principles thinking, perseverance, and finding joy in the process.Apr 2026
- On Craft and Taste On what it means to have Taste — and how the gap between recognizing good craft and producing it is the hardest thing to cross.Apr 2026
- Re-reading "The Three-Body Problem" series Character studies from Liu Cixin's Remembrance of Earth's Past — Da Shi, Zhang Beihai, Luo Ji, Wade, Cheng Xin, and Ye Wenjie.Apr 2026
- What is one to do? In a world engineered to extract from us, what does it actually take to protect yourself and the people you love? On awareness, values, and finding a purpose worth fighting for.Mar 2026
- Attention is all you need On reclaiming attention from algorithms, decluttering the digital second brain, and choosing human-curated over engagement-optimized content.Mar 2026
- Things that own you On hoarding, decluttering, and finding a better philosophy for owning thingsMar 2026
- Reading Heinlein in the age of AI Reflections on The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and its surprising predictions about AI, constraints, and societyJan 2026