slow burn..

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:05:48 -0700

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Clojure documentary

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:02:24 -0700

Watching this documentary about Clojure! I tried to learn and use clojure in the past. I was mostly trying to get at the core ideas of lisp that clojure adopts. But there was no commercial viability for my career in that. Later at my company we tried Datomic as our analytical database, and found out it meets a lot of our needs - but the management was not ready to commit to it as it looked so new compared to already established Snowflake.

I think Clojure and Datomic has captured the simplicity of building things with software but with a lot of conservatism to growth (like a typical SV funded company) and hence never became a mainstream thing.

This documentary captures the excitement of Clojure as a paradigm shifting language but also highlights Rich Hickey’s reservations to it’s growth.

www.youtube.com/watch

future shipping!!

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:28:09 -0700

I don’t know what kind of shipping is this. Lol!

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Tue, 23 Dec 2025 03:23:50 -0700

Day 1 in Guinea!! Conakry feels like Hyderabad but like the one 20 years ago.

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Sat, 20 Dec 2025 23:24:02 -0400

Beer here beer here…..

Sat, 20 Dec 2025 21:19:12 -0400

After a crazy week, I just need to chill!!

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Thu, 27 Nov 2025 20:46:30 -0400

Happy thanksgiving everyone!

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:46:58 -0400

This month Google, which pioneered the “transformer” algorithms underpinning the current AI wave, launched Gemini 3, a cutting-edge model that outperforms those of its biggest rivals, including OpenAI, on most benchmarks. Crucially, Gemini 3 was trained entirely on Google’s own chips, called tensor-processing units (TPUs), which it has begun peddling to others as a far cheaper alternative to Nvidia’s graphics-processing units (GPUs).

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:56:50 -0400

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Calistoga got some great looking bars!

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:04:29 -0400

Cervical cancer vaccines prevent over one million deaths in lower-income countries

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:07:32 -0400

“A Gavi-led vaccination push protected 86 million girls in lower-income countries from cervical cancer, preventing 1.4 million future deaths and meeting its target ahead of schedule.

The milestone follows a Gavi program revitalization in 2023, focusing on nations that account for 90% of cervical cancer deaths. By the end of 2025, the vaccine will be available where 89% of cases occur.”

This is fricking amazing! - link

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:30:49 -0400

Evening in Calistoga!

readwise highlights categorizing

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:32:47 -0400

Categorizing all my highlights from readwise.io account so that I can create Anki cards out of it. Yep, very lazy Sunday afternoon here.. lol

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:38:52 -0400

youtu.be/cjZvFY6__… this was amazing!!

Dept.Q

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:30:24 -0400

Dept Q in Netflix started out quite boring but from episode 4 it actually makes sense. Not sure why they made a protagonist look like an asshole for 3 episodes for no reason

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 17:52:37 -0400

Validation

Listening to this podcast - overcast.fm/+ABMWbnrd… - I realized that validation is a two way street with AI. I am validating the text generated by AI, whether it’s code or content and AI is emotionally validating me by throwing around praises for everything I ask!