Don’t miss this article! The Half-baked Product: weli.dev/blog/half-ba... Really fun read on #startups and #productengineering

Half-Baked Product

A fable about ovens, founders, and the second-highest priority that never gets done.

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You must review AI-generated code. Your AI tool can quickly turn from a PhD-level developer to a kindergarten-level monkey, without you even noticing. Review it before committing: iamvishnu.com/posts/you-mu...

You MUST Review AI-generated Code — Vishnu's Pages

A cautionary tale about the importance of reviewing AI-generated code to avoid potential pitfalls.

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Degoogling - moving away from Gmail and other few Google services after 20 years. iamvishnu.com/posts/degoog...

Degoogling — Vishnu's Pages

Moving away from Google services after 20 years, and the journey so far.

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I am almost convinced by recent OpenClaw and Moltbook developments that by 2027 we will start writing software in plain English, expanding on a new discipline called "Agent Engineering": iamvishnu.com/posts/todo-a...

Writing a To-Do App in 2027 — Vishnu's Pages

Imagining what software engineering will look like in 2027, with a fictional codebase for a simple to-do app built in plain English language, using the new paradigm of Agent Engineering

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Absolute engineering marvel. The most advanced machine the humanity has ever made. An excellent @veritasium.bsky.social video on ASML EUV machine that manufactures processors that sits on almost every mobile device today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiUH...

The Ridiculous Engineering Of The World's Most Important Machine

YouTube video by Veritasium

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AI in 2026: people will be forced to put a “human-generated content” disclaimer everywhere, and AI will be overused everywhere for no apparent reason: iamvishnu.com/posts/predic...

My Two Predictions for AI in 2026 (and they're Bad) — Vishnu's Pages

In 2026, people will be forced to add disclaimers for human-generated content, and AI will be used everywhere for no apparent reason.

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FINALLY I've completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 after several tries. I tried recursion on Part 2, but missed to cache the results - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/7 Solution in Kotlin: github.com/vishnuharida...

I've completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6 Part 2 was a little tricky though. Solution in Kotlin: github.com/vishnuharida...

I've completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/5 Solution: github.com/vishnuharida... Stuck at Part 2 with OOM error, thanks @notajocke.bsky.social for the idea of merging the ranges first before processing.

Day 4 was easy! Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4 Solution in Kotlin: github.com/vishnuharida...

I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2

My argument is that the practice of storing TOTP in the password manager app undermines the very essence of two-factor authentication (2FA) and is essentially "1FA" in disguise. iamvishnu.com/posts/totp-i...

On Storing TOTP in Password Managers — Vishnu's Pages

My argument is that storing TOTP in password managers undermines the very essence of two-factor authentication (2FA), and is still '1FA' in disguise.

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Putting both the password and TOTP in the same password manager is not 2FA, that's still 1FA in my opinion - much like locking a box and hiding the key under the same box. #passwords #2fa

UTF-8 is a brilliant design — it can represent millions of characters from different languages and scripts, and still be backward compatible with old systems that used ASCII. iamvishnu.com/posts/utf8-i... #utf8 #unicode

UTF-8 is a Brilliant Design — Vishnu's Pages

Exploring the brilliant design of UTF-8 encoding system that represents millions of characters while being backward compatible with ASCII

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