Autonomous coding agent with open-weight models - Setup
Second article in the series: the Jenkinsfile, the agent configuration, and the code that runs a coding agent against a task on a GPU node.
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Thoughts on technology, books, movies, and life.
Home Automation, Part 2: Setting Up the Home Lab
Second article in the home automation series — a Debian server running Docker, Home Assistant and ESPHome.
Read moreAutonomous coding agent with open-weight models - Foundation
First article in a series on building an autonomous coding agent with open-weight models on Jenkins with a GPU-enabled node.
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Home Automation, Part 1: ESP32 and Ultrasonic Sensor Setup
First article in a series of articles around my personal home automation project. Using an ultrasonic sensor and ESP32 module to detect water tank capacity
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Odyssey (2026)
A more grounded retelling of the Greek Epic by Christopher Nolan
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When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
A truly heartbreaking momoir. A legacy left for a daughter by her father
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Bramayugam (2024)
A Malayalam Language Masterpiece in Production Design, Story Telling and Sound Design
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Arch Atlas: Building a C4 Diagramming Hobby Tool
I shipped the first version of Arch Atlas — a web-based C4 architecture diagramming tool. Here's what it does and where it's headed.
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Goal Based Financial Planner: Investment Tracking
Track your actual SIPs against your recommended plan — with instrument-level comparison and a portfolio growth projection.
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Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
A heartwarming and hilarious hostage drama that became an instant favorite.
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Capernaum (2018)
A Lebanese drama that resonates with one of the core principles I have.
Read moreDebugging Ktor Upload Performance (OkHttp vs CIO)
Why presigned S3 uploads were 3–5× slower with Ktor+OkHttp than CIO, and how instrumentation showed file I/O was the bottleneck.
Read moreMaster Free Time: Plan, Learn, and Pursue Interests
A simple system to make progress on skills and hobbies: treat learning like a marathon, rotate your focus, and build momentum by showing up consistently.
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Abstraction as a Practice to Write Clean Code
A practical refactoring example that uses abstraction to make code easier to read and change—by pushing complexity down and making intent obvious.
Read moreThe C4 Model for Software Architecture
A quick intro to the C4 model—Context, Container, Component, and Code—and why it’s a convenient way to communicate architecture with progressive detail.
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