Sai Sourabh Madur

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I'm a Software Engineer at Meta in the San Francisco Bay Area.

I have interests in programming languages, distributed systems, machine learning, and tech history, to name a few.

Previously I was at Oracle working on distributed systems, and before that at Columbia University in New York, gaining academic exposure to machine learning.

I write here when I'm bored.

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6/10/2026

The Door I Didn't Notice Opening: A Quick Exploration into Magical Realism

A journal entry from a writers' block session in San Francisco: what magical realism is, how it differs from fantasy, why it felt familiar to someone who grew up in India, and a reading list for the road ahead.

6/6/2026

Caprice as Exploration: The Underground Man as a Reinforcement Learning Agent

Dostoevsky's Underground Man insisted that acting against our own advantage is the highest advantage of all. Read through reinforcement learning, his caprice looks a lot like exploration.

6/5/2026

Writing in the Age of AI

When ChatGPT arrived, I gave up writing. I was wrong about what writing is for...
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