Intro I’ve decided to move all my book reviews into the open. At some point this year it clicked that the internet is basically a giant sorting hat now, and only the loudest, most optimized cont...

Introduction Well, there has been a fair amount of reading in 2024, and this is my review of it. I’ve read some painfully dull books, and some that lit my brain on fire. This year, certain genres h...

Introduction Hello, welcome to my ‘digital room’. Here lies my rants about technology, science and current culture. I would like to categorize myself as the average Joe of the internet. I just like...

I wonder how much compute was wasted on this So, about a month ago, I built Akshara-Mantapa, a Library of Babel for Kannada. Pretty simple, not too fancy. Was fascinated by the Library of Babel ...

Intro So, I had this idea: since Signal is open source, I should be able to crack open my own backup and actually understand what’s going on inside, right? And it’s my data… the beauty of open sour...

Thoughts on Jayant Narlikar Introduction Recently, on May 20th, Jayant Narlikar passed away. Usually, I wouldn’t comment on news like this—but this time, I felt like I had to share a few thoughts....

Introduction After passing CKA almost a year ago, I figured it was time to take on the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS). The name itself suggests something exciting: secrets, explo...

Introduction When I came across this book, the only reason I had to look through this is because it was written by Jaron Lanier (I always confuse his name with Jared from Silicon Valley lol), ...

Poster Poster Intro This is a review of the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, which I re-viewed just a while ago and man, was I impressed. I remember seeing this back when I was 14 and I was l...

Introduction Hello, so first things first. This is not for people who have never heard of the terms Docker or Kubernetes. So, if any of those folks are here, consider yourself warned. I do not wa...