This site
I stumbled upon the idea of digital gardening while going down a rabbit hole of personal websites and blogs. I loved the idea of a piece of writing being nurtured over time, as opposed to a traditional blog where you chuck things out and forget about them. There's something freeing about publishing unfinished posts. Less intimidating, maybe.
If you want to learn more about digital gardens, here's an excellent place to start:
A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden
This site is (or will be) my garden — a place to write about what I'm learning, reflect on ideas, and experiment with sharing my thoughts. The hope is to become a better thinker through writing, and it gives me an excuse to tinker with web tech.
Me
I never quite know what to write about myself. I suppose I should start with work: I'm a software engineer, and I've been building for the web for most of my life. It began when I was still a kid in Madras. My friends and I would often find ourselves tinkering with Geocities pages, Photoshop, and custom Wordpress and Blogger themes, all while trying not to nuke my machine (or theirs) installing yet another Linux distro. What began as a way to hang out with friends turned into a degree and a career.
I spent a few years writing software in India, then moved to the U.S. in 2012 and have built for companies across Tennessee, Michigan, and California. Most of my work has been full-stack web and mobile development, as a part of customer teams and small startups — taking half-baked problems and turning them into useful applications or features. Now I find myself tinkering with LLMs and personal agents.
Outside of work, I enjoy philosophizing about the meaning of life, playing poker, a few video games, and forever attempting to build a reading habit.