Every experience teaches you something. The only question is what.

Notes from my first job: research, teams, and the things that actually mattered

Things I Learned in 3.5 Years at my first job

A little bit of slope makes up for a lot of y-intercept

Control Wipro smart plugs programmatically using TinyTuya and the Tuya IoT platform, with an example battery-based charging automation script.

Automating Wipro Smart Plugs with TinyTuya

Set up instant, end-to-end encrypted Obsidian note syncing across all your devices using a self-hosted CouchDB server exposed via a Cloudflare Tunnel.

Self-Hosting Obsidian Live Sync with Cloudflare Tunnels

Guide for downloading HTML presentations as PDF files using DeckTape.

Converting HTML Presentations to PDF with DeckTape

How to configure a Jupyter notebook server to start automatically at system boot using systemd.

Creating a Systemd Service for Automatic Startup

Every experience is a lesson. The only question is whether it's teaching you how to do something or how not to. The trick is to stay curious long enough to figure out which kind of lesson you're in the middle of.

A great manager shows you what good leadership looks like up close. A bad one is harder to sit through, but if you pay attention, you walk away with something equally useful: a clear picture of the manager you never want to become. 

No place is all good or all bad. Most sit somewhere in the middle. The trouble starts when the negatives outweigh the positives, and what was once a learning environment starts to feel like a tax you're paying just to stay.