The past couple of weeks have been a mix of movement and pause—some travel, slow catch-ups, lots of learning, and a few changes along the way.
- Been trying out a few AI tools. I also learned about MCP (Model Context Protocol). It's exciting how it standardises context sharing and reduce LLM hallucinations. This is an exciting time for tech enthusiasts.
- I added a subscription service to my blog—top right corner of my homepage. A friend asked for it, so I waited until it felt useful. If you subscribe now, you'll start getting newsletters from my next post onward.
- I moved my email backend to Resend. Integration was smooth and the service feels really light.
- Finally made the switch from Wix to cloudfare for hosting. Pages load faster and I have more control now. The difference is noticeable.
- Planning to move my infra from AWS to Netlify soon. It'll simplify deployment and integrate better with the rest of my setup.
- Learning something new takes effort. It's not always joyful—sometimes it's also takes pain. Wrote a post about it.
- Been enjoying others' weekly notes too. Found Pradx via Thejesh's blogring. His posts are thoughtful. One X quote he shared really stuck with me.
- Interesting X thread by Conor White-Sullivan that has a provocative start in the post, "If your AI won't help you break the law, it doesn't belong to you, it belongs to those who make its laws"
- Being misunderstood is more common than we think—it's almost the default. Being understood is rare and special. I'm learning not to chase it too hard and instead find peace in expressing myself anyway.
- This week I co-worked with Yash and we had a long conversation on how money works. I learnt about the petrodollar system, Ponzi schemes, and the Bretton Woods Agreement. Ref here. Wild, how economics shapes so much around us.
- I've been on and off with travel lately, and I'm heading to Chennai again this week. Tars has been extra clingy, he's clearly been missing me. In between all that movement, I had a really good, slow weekend with Vidhya after almost five years. It felt grounding—one of those weekends that lifted me up.
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