Favorite posts

If you want somewhere to start, you can start reading some of my favorite posts listed here.

• ★ Why my Elfeed index was 0 bytes

  30 Jan 2026 | emacs blag elfeed programming

  How I lost my Elfeed database and learnt about Emacs's write-region

• ★ An offline-friendly Elfeed web UI

  07 Jan 2026 | emacs blag elfeed ocaml

  My service worker based offline web UI for Elfeed

• ★ An innocent query that caused Zulip downtime

  28 May 2020 | blag zulip python software

  Notes on some changes I made recently that caused Zulip cloud to be down for a while

• ★ The tools we build change us

  22 Apr 2020 | blag software tools workflow

  A random thought on how the tools we build change us...

• ★ Been there, done that, and still doing it!

  05 Sep 2019 | software management learning workplace blag

  Screwing up is a part of the job. Acknowledge mistakes, fix them, improve systems to prevent them.

• ★ Self-care tips for new developers

  24 Oct 2018 | blag software advice health selfcare

  Advice for staying sane as a developer, inspired by a conversation at PyCon India

• ★ Software development practices for sports teams

  23 Sep 2018 | blag programming ultimate hack sport teams

  Software development practices that sports teams could adopt to be better teams

• ★ Cycling from Manali to Leh - An FAQ

  26 Oct 2017 | cycling himalaya travel blag life

  Memories, notes, tips and advice from our attempt at cycling from Manali to Leh

• ★ Google Trends, Clickbaits, and PV Sindhu

  20 Aug 2016 | blag data india internet news statistics

• ★ I love FOSS. How do I start contributing (code)?

  28 Mar 2011 | contribute foss howto newbie