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: March 2026
Favorite Blogs
Favorite Books
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A man called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Have read it six times. Enough said.
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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.
Tools I Use Regularly
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Default LLMs
Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3.1, Qwen 3.5 4B (local)
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IDE/Dev tools
Claude Code, Windsurf, IntelliJ Idea
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RSS Client
Inoreader
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Computing device
A Ryzen 5 230 laptop with 32GB RAM (MoE models are slowww, but they run. GPU :( )
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Editor
Sublime Text, Vim
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Devices to tinker with
reTerminal E1001, Boox Palma 2