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6/10/2026 · 6 min read

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 · 5 min read

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 · 4 min read

Writing in the Age of AI

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

4/16/2023 · 2 min read

Base rate fallacy

There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain...

9/17/2022 · 1 min read

Metrics for computer vision models

There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain...

9/17/2022 · 2 min read

Precision and Recall

There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain...

9/17/2022 · 2 min read

Some observations about US

There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain...

7/12/2022 · 2 min read

Thoughts on Recommendation systems

some thoughts on recommendation systems

6/24/2022 · 3 min read

Big Tech - Big Moat

some thoughts on how big tech gained their moat

4/27/2022 · 3 min read

Effecient Execution

Tips on fast execution and getting thigs done

3/7/2022 · 2 min read

Back to Office

There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain...

3/4/2022 · 4 min read

Why Write?

There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain...