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Wed, 06 May 2026 21:44:10 +0530

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Wed, 06 May 2026 21:44:02 +0530

Wed, 06 May 2026 21:43:26 +0530

Wed, 06 May 2026 11:55:46 +0530

Instagram will stop encrypting private messages between users from May, after enduring years of criticism from law enforcement and child safety groups over the feature.

They do anything in the name of child safety now except actually keeping children safe.

Tue, 05 May 2026 16:56:16 +0530

My biggest use of AI is creating bash and python scripts to generate new folder structures and empty files, so I can start working on tasks I need to do.

Tue, 05 May 2026 16:34:40 +0530

I was not a big fan of Brave because of the historical baggage and the need to sit and debloat it even if just once. But now with Brave Origin running as my daily browser I love it a lot! (It is free for Linux users.)

Tue, 05 May 2026 13:49:40 +0530

I am amazed at how inaccurate all but one exit poll organisation were in predicting the Tamil Nadu election results. And that one organisation celebrated more for the ‘victory of data science’ than the political party that won.

Mon, 04 May 2026 14:48:10 +0530

I think I have started ignoring days completely. I know what today’s date is, but I have no clue what day of the week it is. And honestly, I like that.

Keep Android Open

Sun, 03 May 2026 18:08:27 +0530

“A silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn’t registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.”

Is it Christmas?

Sun, 03 May 2026 14:55:05 +0530

Sometimes I forget it is just May right now.

Sun, 03 May 2026 08:55:48 +0530

Woke up to a massive thunderstorm this fine (supposedly Summer) morning. It is supposed to get worse tomorrow. They are expecting hailstorms in May! IN MAY?!

Open Source Does Not Imply Open Community

Sun, 03 May 2026 05:43:00 +0530

“Open source doesn’t need to be developed openly for it to be ‘open source’. Write code. Make things you like. Use any tools you want.”

Sun, 03 May 2026 03:04:52 +0530

I was at peace with using WordPress.com for more than a year now after always self-hosting WordPress. I am finally fed up with WordPress.com.

Sat, 02 May 2026 18:33:00 +0530

Alex Zanardi - what a legend and symbol of resilience. Rest in peace.

Sat, 02 May 2026 16:53:58 +0530

Any Linux users who will like to test a Micro.blog client? The focus of the app is on writing and posting.

(I can share with you the repo with a Flatkpak download file.)

Sat, 02 May 2026 16:30:00 +0530

I have the test alerts off and yet I got this. But this is still the first one of the year. Last year’s testing was pretty intensive to say the least.

Sat, 02 May 2026 10:15:00 +0530

I like to forget about bugs, but bugs do not let me forget about them.

Fri, 01 May 2026 20:52:45 +0530

One-third of the year has gone by. The only thing I wish I did more: watch less news.

Fri, 01 May 2026 15:00:00 +0530

Shankumugham Beach.

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:03:23 +0530

Testing something I built for Linux operating systems to post on Micro.blog. Thank you @vincent for the new API documentation you have created. Drafts are working. Will this get posted? Let us see!