Samir Parikh

@samirparikh.com

New England-based dad and tech, photography and sports fan. Sideline photographer for my kids' soccer teams. Tinkering with programming and Linux administration. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge" - Charles Darwin, 1871

“We most importantly choose this moment to challenge this generation and the next to make sure this record is not long-lived.” -- Jeremy Hansen, #Artemis II mission specialist, on breaking the distance record for human space travel earlier this week

When creating a new account for a service, we're asked to enter our password twice to confirm they match. Why do some sites allow you to paste the password the first time but prevent you from pasting the password from the clipboard the second time?

Disappointing to hear about this exchange between Verstappen and reporter Giles Richards. Esp. as I was really starting to respect and root for Max. Did any other journalists also leave the press conference in solidarity with Richards? #Formula1 #F1 #JapaneseGP www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

Why Max Verstappen gave me my marching orders from a press conference | Giles Richards

Max Verstappen’s ultimatum blindsided me, but there are more serious issues than an F1 driver being cross with you for doing your job

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Just finished listening to this "99% Invisible" episode. It always angers me when I'm stuck at a red light and there are no cars going through either direction. The intersection is a limited resource; the lights should be designed to allow a continuous flow. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/serv...

Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long? - 99% Invisible

Navigating Los Angeles by car is a notoriously soul-crushing endeavor, particularly when you find yourself trapped in the kind of infrastructural purgatory locals affectionately call the “Devil’s thre...

99percentinvisible.org

11 years ago I’ve made first commit on the project that would later be known as Ionide. A lot has changed over all those years, but one thing remains - the biggest value of the project has been meeting awesome people from F# community, many of whom I’m proud to call friends. #fsharp