Career

  1. Work’s been hectic with limited bandwidth on the team. Releases, patches and bug-fixes
  2. Go 1.24 release notes
    1. https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.24
  3. Went over couple of essays from Paul Graham after being referenced on Sam Altman’s video on writing
    1. blog: https://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html
  4. Been following Pragmatic Engineer’s blog
  5. Bloom Filter, SST Tables
    1. To-Do: code implementation

Fitness/Sports

  1. S&C session at Academy of Strength on Monday
    1. group class. final circuit workout was the most brutal 5min I’ve ever had in gym.
  2. Frisbee on Thursday.
    1. fun day – Instagram
    2. another Lateral Ankle Sprain. Slightly worried now as it’s the 2nd time in 3 weeks. got to focus on rehab and strengthening.
    3. One of beautiful evenings I’ve had. Hangout at Radhika’s place post-game after dinner at Pasta Street.
  3. Inconsistent week with weight averaging at 79.95 kg
  4. Loved watching the last 1 hour of Milan Sanremo 2025. Can’t wait to get back on the bike
    Binged on the previous editions after that.

    1. 2025: LINK
      1. MVDP being a beast and Pogi showing bravery
    2. 2024: LINK
      1. MVDP getting the break in control for JPs sprint
    3. 2023: LINK
      1. another of MVDP’s ‘biblical’ attack
    4. 2022: LINK
      1. Mohoric’s crazy descent

Life

  1. Felt good taking the time off on Sunday, journaling and reflecting on the past week.
    Catching up on some reading and writing which I love doing but didn’t prioritise in this month.
  2. Purchases
    1. air-purifier after being influenced by the whole Bryan Johnson fiasco 
    2. meditation mat as the floor was being too hard
  3. Books
    1. started reading Mindset by Carol Dweck
    2. continuing Outlive by Peter Attia
    3. Adding some items into wishlist from Rohan Joshi’s
  4. Blog
    1. got inspired by Pondiman and Niraj to resume blog
      1. https://pondiexpress.substack.com/
      2. https://nirajdugar.substack.com/
    2. Compilation of Essays from Aviral Bhatnagar on startups
      1. LinkedIn
    3. 40 lessons at 40 from Pathless Path’s author
      1. Link

 

Ideas/Thoughts

  1. ‘Get some tact dude’.
    1.  Reflecting on last week, could introspect ego coming in and emotions riling up at work. Not often do I lose composure but happened. Need to correct this behaviour.
    2. Linkedin
  2. Context Switching
    1. revisited this article again. though problem is discussed in the article, to-do is to compose diplomatic messages
    2. Linkedin
  3. Is ‘keep doing forever’ the only acceptable ‘win condition’?
    1. Linkedin
  4. What actions now will free up my time further?
  5. With marriage and mid-career in the horizon, thinking about things that should be in auto-pilot before so that I can auto-pilot basics while focussing attention on bigger challenges
    1. have fitness, diet and habits in sustenance
    2. ‘pay my debts’ w.r.t tech

Others

  1. Binged on Solo-Levelling Season-1 and Season-2 and then went to finish the Manga
    1. Link

 

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