Essays and notes on software, machine learning, distributed systems, and whatever else I'm thinking about.https://sourabhmadur.github.io/en-ushttps://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/magical-realism/https://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/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.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/caprice-as-exploration/https://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/caprice-as-exploration/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.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/writing-in-the-age-of-ai/https://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/writing-in-the-age-of-ai/When ChatGPT arrived, I gave up writing. I was wrong about what writing is for...Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/base-rate-fallacy/https://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/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...Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/computer-vision-models-metrics/https://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/computer-vision-models-metrics/There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain...Sat, 17 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/precision-recall/https://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/precision-recall/There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain...Sat, 17 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/us-observations/https://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/us-observations/There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain...Sat, 17 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/recommendation-systems/https://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/recommendation-systems/some thoughts on recommendation systemsTue, 12 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/how-to-compete-with-big-tech/https://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/how-to-compete-with-big-tech/some thoughts on how big tech gained their moatFri, 24 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/efficient-executing/https://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/efficient-executing/Tips on fast execution and getting thigs doneWed, 27 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/back-to-office/https://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/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...Mon, 07 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/why-is-it-important-to-write/https://sourabhmadur.github.io/blog/why-is-it-important-to-write/There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain...Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT