Hi, I’m Punch. I write here about little things I learn while I build stuff for myself, and the occasional update on life outside code. Start with my favourite posts, or read more about me.
Recent posts
- Weekly #31 (2026)
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Blog Newsletter Restored
Mailchimp deleted my blog's newsletter account declaring it "inactive". I restored it using a new Hugo template, GitHub actions and Resend.
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Weekly #30 (2026)
Education protests, Asma Khan, Email newsletter, etc.
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Weekly #29 (2026)
The second one; Getting used to writing weeklies while tweaking the tooling...
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Weekly #28 (2026)
First weekly; Hopefully, I'll able keep doing this!
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Why my Elfeed index was 0 bytes
How I lost my Elfeed database and learnt about Emacs's write-region
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Elfeed DB backup hooks
Quick note on my setup for backing up the Elfeed DB
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Safari and invalid HTTP/2 headers
Safari strictly adheres to the HTTP/2 protocol and errors with invalid (HTTP/1) headers
Favourites
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Why my Elfeed index was 0 bytes
How I lost my Elfeed database and learnt about Emacs's write-region
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An offline-friendly Elfeed web UI
My service worker based offline web UI for Elfeed
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An innocent query that caused Zulip downtime
Notes on some changes I made recently that caused Zulip cloud to be down for a while
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The tools we build change us
A random thought on how the tools we build change us...
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Been there, done that, and still doing it!
Screwing up is a part of the job. Acknowledge mistakes, fix them, improve systems to prevent them.
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Self-care tips for new developers
Advice for staying sane as a developer, inspired by a conversation at PyCon India
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Software development practices for sports teams
Software development practices that sports teams could adopt to be better teams
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Cycling from Manali to Leh - An FAQ
Memories, notes, tips and advice from our attempt at cycling from Manali to Leh
- ★ Google Trends, Clickbaits, and PV Sindhu
- ★ I love FOSS. How do I start contributing (code)?