Trying to sum oneself up is always tricky (honestly, I'm never quite happy with how it turns out). So instead, below is a collection of things I want to associate myself with. Things I love, ideas I think about, and things that have influenced me.
Last updated: Nov 2026
Now
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These days I have been reading Raschka to understand how LLMs work. It's all Matrix multiplication & transformations, since I keep forgetting the details.
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Been obsessing over researching new Chinese running shoes, especially the ones from Xtep, Li Ning, 361 deg, Anta and Qiaodan. Even though they aren't selling in India. :D
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Trying to be regular with videos at Payload. Creating is way way tougher than consuming.
Favorite Blogs
Favorite Books
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A man called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Have read it six times. Enough said. All his books are amaze.
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Raag Darbari by Shrilal Shukla
The funniest Hindi book ever written. Classic.
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Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson
Mistborn was my introduction to Sanderson and it blew my mind then.
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A short story of nearly everything by Bill Bryson
Never have I enjoyed reading a non-fiction as much as this.
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The Miracles of the Namiya General Store by Keigo Higashino
Heartwarming is my favorite genre and this book is a masterpiece in it. His dectective novels are great too.
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Dungeon Crawler Carl
The best progressive fiction has to offer. All hail Donut
Tools I Use Regularly
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Default LLMs
Claude Opus 5.5, Deepseek 4.1 Flash 1017 (Wenfeng rocks)
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IDE/Dev tools
Claude Code, Open code, IntelliJ Idea
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RSS Client
Inoreader
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Computing device
A Ryzen 5 230 laptop with Ubuntu 26.04
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Editor
Sublime Text, Vim
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Devices to tinker with
reTerminal E1001, Boox Palma 2