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NO. ०३३
September 20, 2026

do you even read code bro?

yesterday, Thorsten Ball tweeted this - (link to tweet incase your email client doesn't show it - I shared this with the discord and as you might expect, there was a lot of disagre…

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NO. ०३२
August 16, 2026

Basecamp BLR - Trip Report

Basecamp Bangalore ... was so much fun! Over the years of being in tech, I have seen Bengaluru take the top spot in terms of being a tech magnet but I just thought that it had more…

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NO. ०३१
July 05, 2026

The Age of Deep

Think about this - We used to go to war against entropy with our hands - handmade homes, pots, pans and weapons. Then we made machines with our hands - the sewing machine, the mach…

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NO. ०३०
March 01, 2026

Recruitment in the Time of War

It is a testament to the voyeuristic nature of man, that wherever war breaks out we get this urge to 'monitor the situation'. And that is precisely what happened until the wee hour…

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NO. ०२९
February 15, 2026

Read More (Science) Fiction

The Dark Factory Last week someone at StrongDM published a manifesto. Their AI agents write all the code now. Their AI agents review all the code. Humans are banned from both activ…

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NO. ०२८
February 01, 2026

Openclaw and all the rest

Many years ago, in a sea far far away, there was born a little lobster named Clawd. Normally, it would have taken years for such a lobster to be born, but such are the times that t…

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NO. ०२७
January 25, 2026

The Agents Are On The Hunt

For many years now, smart programmers have known that it is a great idea to be 'findable'. Actually no, that's a cynical take. Great engineers have always known that they are vying…

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NO. ०२६
January 11, 2026

The Stack is Dead. Long Live the Stack

In our universe, an organism can only eat something simpler than itself. You consume complexity below you to fuel your rise to the next level. This is how single-celled organisms b…

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NO. ०२५
October 20, 2025

Happy Diwali

To all readers of this newsletter, a very Happy Diwali to you and along with that a big thank you to all of you for being here. This is my second Diwali newsletter, which means thi…

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