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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...