Posts
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(DAY 1239) Fixing the Balcony Garden Before the Rains
Preparing the balcony garden for the rains became a small project in observation, care, and using Gemini to understand the plants better.
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(DAY 1238) Four Months After Hernia Surgery
Four months after hernia surgery, recovery has meant resting from strain, eating more, and learning patience with the body's timeline.
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(DAY 1237) A Strong Swim After a Long Time
A good one-kilometre swim session felt especially meaningful because, for the first time in a while, the body felt stronger and better.
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(DAY 1236) The Strange Fear of the Number 13
The fear around the number 13 is a fascinating example of how collective anxiety, superstition, and cultural habits can become physical reality.
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(DAY 1235) Jaipur Among the World's Happiest Cities
Jaipur being ranked among the world's happiest cities feels personal because Jaipur is home, memory, family, and a city with its own kind of warmth.
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(DAY 1234) What Will Developers Do Without Coding Agents Now
Coding agents are changing software work so quickly that the future of developer tools, costs, and compensation needs serious thought.
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(DAY 1233) Segal's Law in the AI Era
Segal's Law feels newly relevant in the AI era: with infinite answers available, human judgment becomes more valuable, not less.
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(DAY 1232) The Lindy Effect and Things That Last
The Lindy Effect explains why durable ideas and tools like books, chess, and email keep outlasting predictions of their demise.
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(DAY 1231) Survivorship Bias and the Stories We Hear
Survivorship bias makes us celebrate visible success while forgetting the equally talented people whose stories did not end in public victory.
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(DAY 1230) The Joy of an Empty Evening
An empty evening with no plans is not wasted time. It is a small luxury in a culture that tries to optimize every free hour.