Daily Dose of Pottekkat on Navendu Pottekkat - The Open Source Absolutist

#315 Shipping Code You Don't Read

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:51:40 +0530

Guilty as charged.

#314 Day 2 with Ambaan!

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:22:48 +0530

I gave an LLM agent complete access to my old computer.

#313 Taking Back the Internet

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 16:26:48 +0530

The Internet shouldn’t be just five websites.

#312 Career Update

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 13:19:19 +0530

“Daily Logs?” More like “Monthly Teaser for My Newfound Interest.”

#311 This Blog has Nice Fonts Now

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 21 May 2025 20:39:50 +0530

I have added opinionated fonts for this website.

#310 Some Updates

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 06:40:40 +0530

Quick little update.

#309 The AI Hype is Real

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:33:05 +0530

The AI hype is very real.

#308 Economics, Parking, and the Economics of Parking

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:31:11 +0530

New post day.

#307 I should have studied Civil Engineering

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:56:02 +0530

A new item was added to the list of things I want to do.

#306 Side Projects

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:33:11 +0530

When does a side project become your main project?

#305 Math isn't Mathing

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:57:57 +0530

In an ideal world, I would spend all my time studying mathematics.

#304 Micro-Retirement and Citizencraft

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:23:59 +0530

Rediscovering lessons on citizenship and governance from ancient India.

#303 Atypical Alternate Lives

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:41:51 +0530

I’m up to some cool things in parallel universes.

#302 Owners and Renters

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:45:43 +0000

Things I read today.

#301 Reading List

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:39:41 +0000

What’s on my reading list?

#300 Working with My Local Government

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:35:43 +0530

This would likely be the hardest thing I’ve ever done.

#299 New IDE, New Projects

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 07:23:30 +0530

I reset my daily driver development setup.

#298 Terminal Emulators

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:30:29 +0530

The web should be accessible. We need to make building on the Internet easier.

#297 Ideas, Markets, and Travel

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:47:03 +0530

Monday night in Bangalore.

#296 Stop What You're Doing

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:00:05 +0530

Sometimes, the internet makes you pause.

#295 Paperclips

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:29:24 +0530

Don’t play Universal Paperclips (unless you have 8 hours).

#294 Anarchy is Moronic

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:34:18 +0530

Anarchists are as elite as communists.

#293 Adding a New TIL Section

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:51:57 +0530

I’m adding a new TIL section to share small things I learn.

#292 Fairness and Success

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:20:16 +0530

Happy Friday to those who celebrate!

#291 Redesigning the Blog

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 18:51:12 +0530

A week spent well. Sleep-deprived.

#290 Tutorials

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 22:20:52 +0530

Writing tutorials isn’t always fun, but it is necessary and helpful.

#289 Naive Neo-Marxists and Intrinsic Human Behavior

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 21:50:55 +0530

My beef against Marxists and Marxism has grown since I started learning economics.

#288 A Worthy CMS

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 22:01:01 +0530

I FINALLY found a CMS I can work with (without driving myself mad).

#287 London is Londoning

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:38:51 +0530

Highlights from my recent London trip.

#286 Piastri's Maiden Win

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 20:13:50 +0530

What did I just witness?

#285 Ideas That Stick

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:31:57 +0530

You are not you when you are hungry.

#284 Nietzsche on a Long Drive

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 12:52:12 +0530

Take me home, country roads.

#283 Three Villages in a Trench Coat

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 18:48:54 +0200

This place is beautiful!

#282 Before ApacheCon

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:23:12 +0200

I’m in Europe for ApacheCon!

#281 Joy

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 09 May 2024 17:21:17 +0530

I’m a hypocrite.

#280 OCD

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 07 May 2024 13:08:41 +0530

A harmless tweak of my blog triggered irrational compulsions.

#279 Airplane Logs (FOSSASIA Summit 2024)

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:33:16 +0700

Hello from the sky above Indian ocean.

#278 Good Morning, Vietnam

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 20:11:21 +0530

I will be in Hanoi for the FOSSASIA Summit 2024!

#277 Hard Rights

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:20:51 +0530

Handbrake life turns are hard for many reasons.

#276 "Welcome My Communist Brother!"

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 08:38:40 +0530

Hello from Vietnam! Kind of.

#275 Constant External Stimulation

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 10:53:33 +0530

Turning down the external noise to clear the noise inside.

#274 Open Access and Open Source

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:49:36 +0530

Can the open access movement learn from open source?

#273 The Newsletter Is Back

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 23:08:47 +0530

I am back writing my newsletter after a three-month hiatus.

#272 People Are Awesome

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:48:49 +0530

ISRO just landed a spacecraft on the frickin moon.

#271 You Haven't Changed at All

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 19:14:37 +0530

Why do you always hear, “You haven’t changed at all!”?

#270 What I Have Been Up To

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 19:31:35 +0530

Long time no see.

#269 What I Have Been Up To

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 13:18:41 +0530

Long time no see.

#268 What I Have Been Up To

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 13:02:08 +0530

Long time no see.

#267 Top Things to Do in Malaysia

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 19:25:42 +0530

I’m sorting through the mess to plan my travels for next month.

#266 KCD Mumbai

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 15:30:51 +0530

I’m at Kubernetes Community Days Mumbai to talk about the Gateway API.

#265 Obsession Overload

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 11:21:19 +0530

Obsessed about obsessions.

#264 Tattoos on My Internet

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 02 May 2023 17:30:47 +0530

Why am I at an airport again?

#263 Hello From Another Airport

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 15:54:25 +0530

Continuing the theme.

#262 FOSSASIA Summit Day 3

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 13:57:37 +0800

I gave my talk today!

#261 FOSSASIA Summit Day 2

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 16:37:47 +0800

Day two means party time!

#260 FOSSASIA Summit Day 1

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 22:33:39 +0800

FOSSASIA Summit started today!

#259 Airport Logs

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 19:19:15 +0530

This might be a theme here.

#258 What Drives You?

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 20:04:51 +0530

Narrowing what drives me and my future plans.

#257 Wikipedia Rabbit Holes

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 19:05:49 +0530

Wikipedia is an unpredictable rabbit hole.

#256 API Gateway and Service Mesh

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 21:59:20 +0530

How do I go about writing this article?

#255 Migration

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 23:57:15 +0530

New diagrams and a binge-worthy blog.

#254 Blog Binging

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 23:42:04 +0530

IDK if this is good or bad.

#253 /stats

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 23:43:54 +0530

/stats is here. Check it out.

#252 Tweets

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 22:43:31 +0530

Tweets.

#251 Charts

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 23:32:46 +0530

My new-found love for charts.

#250 From Bahrain

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 14:57:33 +0530

Photos from the Bahrain Grand Prix.

#249 Report Cards, Prompts, and Compilers

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 18:02:59 +0530

Have you learned to write prompts yet?

#248 To MumbaiFOSS

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:07:17 +0530

Guess where I’m writing this from?

#247 Virtue Signaling

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 11:37:25 +0530

Virtue signaling is a global problem.

#246 Back in Kerala

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:43:01 +0530

Doing Kerala things.

#245 Pause

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 16:04:09 +0800

It is good to pause once in a while.

#244 Hike in the Morning, Work in the Evening

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 17:45:39 +0800

Hike at Windsor Nature Park and work at library@harbourfront.

#243 "Garden City" Is an Accurate Description

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 14:04:49 +0800

It feels greener than Kerala.

#242 Singapore Day 2

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 23:05:33 +0800

I went to the dentist today.

#241 Good Morning From Singapore!

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 07:27:17 +0800

I’m in Singapore for a week!

#240 Happy KubeCon Proposal Notification Day

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:41:31 +0530

Happy Rejekts proposal submission day!

#239 Movie Marathon-ish

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 22:01:46 +0530

Watched two movies today.

#238 Curiosity

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 20:36:10 +0530

Driven by curiosity.

#237 Index and Chill

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 18:53:03 +0530

No, I don’t want to day trade and get rich.

#236 Here and Now

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 13:01:34 +0530

/now

#235 Traveling for Work

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 20:18:27 +0530

Starting my travels for the year.

#234 What's the Best Beer?

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 23:32:14 +0530

The boys are back together beer.

#233 Updates From the Last Few Weeks

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 10:47:42 +0530

It’s a new year!

#232 Goodbye Google Analytics

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 20:27:21 +0530

I’m moving away from using Google Analytics on this site.

#231 Last Week Tonight

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 16:35:32 +0530

A lot of stuff happened in the past week.

#230 Benki, Benki, Boom, Boom!

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 20:05:05 +0530

Travelling to Kannur. Bonus: Photos!

#229 A Day of Fast Bowling

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 20:40:44 +0530

Don’t play sports without training.

#228 Quiet Passions

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 20:24:06 +0530

How internet brought quite passions to life.

#227 Él Come Manzanas

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:31:50 +0530

So, I started learning Spanish.

#226 My World Cup Predictions

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:09:35 +0530

Based more on personal preferences than data. Let’s see how this turns out.

#225 My Stance on Cryptocurrency

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:46:37 +0530

I have not voiced an opinion all along. But this week’s article might change that.

#224 Writing Spree

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 22:58:29 +0530

Write. Rewrite. Edit. Re-edit.

#223 The Internet as a Place to Rant

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 16:53:46 +0530

And the people who will listen your rants.

#222 Dead End

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 22:34:29 +0530

Fail fast.

#221 New Explorations

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 19:44:03 +0530

Writing a lot of new articles and exploring new “genres” for articles.

#220 Buying Raspberry Pis

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 18:55:00 +0530

The lack of availability of Raspberry Pis could be a case study for the global supply chain problem.

#219 Checo Wins Mexico

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 21:53:33 +0530

Mexico GP weekend is here and everyone wants Checo to win.

#218 The Younger Generation Might Not Be Super "Techy"

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:20:56 +0530

Hot take: Being able to use technology does not necessarily mean you are good at building it.

#217 Task Switching and Efficiency

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 18:53:15 +0530

Switching tasks can unlock a different kind of efficiency.

#216 The "To Be Read" Pile

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 20:58:26 +0530

Catching up on my reading. I’m doing poorly.

#215 The Master Plan

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 18:10:03 +0530

Spending the weekend working on our town’s future.

#214 New Drafts

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 22:19:27 +0530

New post on Kubernetes Gateway API coming soon.

#213 Chill Maadi

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 22:15:14 +0530

I’m back home for good. Bonus: Photos.

#212 Namma Ooru Bengaluru 2

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 08:45:21 +0530

Speaking at Open Source India and meeting old friends. Bonus: Photos from Bangalore.

#211 Namma Ooru Bengaluru

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 09:21:21 +0530

I’m in Bangalore for the week. Bonus: Photos from Pune.

#210 How Many Flights Is Too Many Flights?

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 22:03:56 +0530

I was in too many airports this week. Bonus: Photos from COCON.

#209 Dublin

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 17 Sep 2022 20:05:47 +0100

Traveling around the city and the outskirts: 36,738 steps in a day with four hours to go.

#208 Beers, Whiskeys, Talks, and Networking

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:46:50 +0100

Photos from the past days in Dublin.

#207 Open Source Summit Europe

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:40:52 +0100

A bit last moment, but I made it here!

#206 New Blog Post

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 22:08:21 +0530

Conference season September begins.

#205 Onam

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 21:08:47 +0530

Even gods envy you. Photos only.

#204 CKAD, Reviews, and Imposter Syndrome

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 21:58:39 +0530

It is real.

#203 Going Wireless

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 23:27:16 +0530

How fast did we go wireless?

#202 Homecoming

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 23:32:08 +0530

Photos we took today.

#201 Side Project Saturday

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 22:52:06 +0530

Working on side projects, writing, and AI images.

#200 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Open Source

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 20:41:24 +0530

“I can’t believe I’ve been writing this for 200 days”, preparing for conferences, and reading through Linux Foundation’s DEI report.

#199 Conference Season

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 22:03:45 +0530

Is it September already?

#198 SideProjectCeption

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 21:30:59 +0530

Finish side projects or start more side projects?

#197 Might as Well Get a Certificate That Says I Know Kubernetes

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 21:26:29 +0530

I’m taking the CKAD examination.

#196 Opinions About the Metaverse

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 11:33:40 +0530

TLDR; I don’t like it. Bonus: Pictures!

#195 Do I Really Need News?

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 22:38:16 +0530

Really?

#194 Brain Drain, Personal Brand, Newsletter v2.0

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 22:14:59 +0530

Supply and demand.

#193 Writing Regularly

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 21:01:41 +0530

Every successful blogger I follow says that the key to their success is writing regularly.

#192 More Content

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 19:41:18 +0530

Upping my content game.

#191 Open Source Summit Latin America

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 22:20:05 +0530

I’m live!

#190 I'm Writing This From a Train

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:20:26 +0530

Work from train.

#189 Incentivization

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 22:39:32 +0530

The line between incentivization and gamification of open source contributions is blurry.

#188 Reliability

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 22:35:58 +0530

New post published today. Friday is new blog day now.

#187 Making My Life Easier

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 20:20:51 +0530

I created a CLI in Go to create new posts.

#186 Failed Attempts

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:04:00 +0530

Tried integrating Netlify CMS. It doesn’t do what I want it to do.

#185 I Look Into Headless CMS

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 23:28:40 +0530

I failed miserably.

#184 Kubernetes Refresher

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:38:38 +0530

Spent the day refreshing my Kubernetes knowledge.

#183 Two Articles a Day

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 23:22:14 +0530

Keeps socializing away.

#182 Diagrams in My New Blog

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 22:00:32 +0530

My new blog post will have diagrams. So, I added markdown to diagrams using Mermaid.js.

#181 New Blog Post After Six Months

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 20:33:33 +0530

I wrote about how and why I moved this blog to Netlify.

#180 Moving to Netlify

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 19:13:00 +0530

I moved my Hugo blog from GitHub pages to Netlify.

#179 Six Seasons and a Movie

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:13:52 +0530

Troy and Abed make a mooovie!

#178 Recording a Talk

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 20:04:36 +0530

I forgot to set the stopwatch and I spoke for 37 minutes.

#177 Preparing for Open Source Summit Latin America

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 20:47:56 +0530

Preparing for my virtual talk at OSS LA!

#176 Building a Docker Clone and Starting a Side Project

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 22:57:49 +0530

Learning how Docker works and finally getting started on my side project. Posting publicly for accountability.

#175 Building a Redis Clone

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 20:57:19 +0530

I learn about Redis and build a Redis clone.

#174 Weekend Plans

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:54:42 +0530

I can finally start working on my side projects!

#173 ClueCon Weekly

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:49:55 +0530

I was invited to be a guest on this week’s ClueCon Weekly!

#172 Tour De Veezhumala

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 22:39:39 +0530

Intense trek to reach the top of Veezhumala.

#171 Auf Wiedersehen

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 23:41:37 +0530

Leaving these people. Again.

#170 Tour de Alappuzha

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 22:50:44 +0530

Fun times in Alappuzha.

#169 Playing Cricket After a Long Time

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 22:44:04 +0530

We played cricket in our nearby turf and it was fun!

#168 LuLu

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 22:42:23 +0530

Mandatory stop at the new LuLu mall when you are in Trivandrum.

#167 Tiger

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 22:38:42 +0530

Prithviraj’s new movie “Kaduva” is as bad as I thought it would be.

#166 Table Madness and Red Bull Ring

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 19:28:23 +0530

Cricket match, Wimbledon finals, and race at the Red Bull Ring. I play table tennis.

#165 New Day, New City

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 22:40:13 +0530

Home away from home.

#164 Goodbyes

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 20:27:43 +0530

It’s an end of an era.

#163 Rainy Day Ride

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 19:57:44 +0530

I went on a rainy day ride. Rain, not for me.

#162 Derailed

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 21:48:37 +0530

I’ve been off the tracks these past weeks. Need to get back to the consistency.

#161 Bike Ride

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:44:04 +0530

Took my new motorcycle out for a ride.

#160 Road Trip to Valparai

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 21:13:20 +0530

We went on a road trip.

#159 Ten Days of Festivities

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 18:39:13 +0530

It’s been a long week, without you my friend. Bonus: Photos from PIFF 2022!

#158 Busy Week Starts

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 07:56:41 +0530

It is going to get busy this week. I have at least five open pull requests, and I’m making more. The film festival we are organizing kicks off this Friday. All my time away from work is spent there.

I like busy weeks. It keeps me occupied and less distracted. I might go to the showroom tomorrow to book my new motorcycle. Like I said, busy week.

#157 Test Ride

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:12:32 +0530

Test drove Honda CB300R. I’m inclined to buy it. Bonus: Pictures from Chulliyar Dam.

#156 Race Day

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 22:43:11 +0530

Azerbaijan GP is on!

#155 Open Source Workshop

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 21:09:51 +0530

Hosted an APISIX contributor workshop today.

#154 Jurassic World Sucks

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 23:17:05 +0530

The new Jurassic World movie sucks.

#153 You Won't Believe What He Did With His Bike

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 20:09:33 +0530

No you won’t.

#152 Highway to the Danger Zone

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 23:22:17 +0530

Traveled 60 kms to watch Top Gun: Maverick

#151 Test

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 20:56:49 +0530

I can binge watch epic test cricket moments anytime, any day.

#150 Video of My Bike

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 19:42:41 +0530

150 days of writing! I have a small video for you today.

#149 Environment Day

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 21:05:32 +0530

Living in a small town has its own set of perks.

#148 Planning a Road Trip

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 19:30:45 +0530

We can ride on my motorcycle.

#147 Vikram

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 21:56:47 +0530

Watched the new movie “Vikram” filled with a stellar cast.

#146 NPCB

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 17:51:47 +0530

Rewatching NPCB for the millionth time.

#145 Neichor

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 21:38:18 +0530

Neichor and Chicken Curry is the best food you can eat.

#144 Bullet

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 31 May 2022 19:15:05 +0530

My motorcycle is older than me.

#143 Looking for RetroPies

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 30 May 2022 20:43:56 +0530

Kids be buying PS5s. Me be buying RetroPies.

#142 It's Always Sunny

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 29 May 2022 23:45:51 +0530

Race day, IPL Final day, and rewatching an old gem.

#141 I Learned OBS

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 28 May 2022 19:42:26 +0530

After all this time, I learn to work with OBS. It is really amazing and I’m disappointed I didn’t use it earlier.

#140 Can't Find Video Games

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 27 May 2022 19:59:33 +0530

Can’t find a low end video game that is fun to play and won’t burn my MacBook Air.

#139 Prepping for a Talk

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 26 May 2022 11:44:23 +0530

First timer talks are always a lot of work.

#138 Sick Day

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 25 May 2022 21:28:20 +0530

In sickness and health 2.0.

#137 In Sickness and Health

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 24 May 2022 18:18:54 +0530

Sick today.

#136 Kasaragod

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:27:54 +0530

Traveled to Kasaragod over the weekend. Bonus: Photos!

#135 Rise of the Tomb Raider

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 19 May 2022 19:58:35 +0530

I finished the first one. Moving on to the next.

#134 I Need to Learn How to Stream

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 18 May 2022 22:07:05 +0530

Streamin away!

#133 Tomb Raider

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 17 May 2022 22:25:15 +0530

I played a video game (and enjoyed it) after a long time.

#132 Norwegian Wood

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 16 May 2022 22:43:17 +0530

Rainy days calls for nostalgia.

#131 Missing Kubecon

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 15 May 2022 20:03:04 +0530

I missed my first in-person KubeCon.

#130 All About the Bass

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 14 May 2022 19:51:37 +0530

Bought two set of strings for my bass.

#129 Three Seasons of Football

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 13 May 2022 19:55:08 +0530

Watched three seasons of Friday Night Lights without knowing anything about American football.

#128 The Talk

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 12 May 2022 19:18:22 +0530

Talked at a meetup after months!

#127 Prepping for a Talk

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 11 May 2022 19:15:31 +0530

Talking at a meetup after months!

#126 Wordle Fever

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 10 May 2022 10:35:20 +0530

Wordle no more.

#125 Skyline

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 09 May 2022 17:22:36 +0530

3D print reveal. Bonus: Photos!

#124 Football

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 08 May 2022 20:35:31 +0530

The American one.

#123 Strange

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 07 May 2022 23:46:34 +0530

Watched the new Dr. Strange movie.

#122 Just Wordle (Idea Stew)

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 06 May 2022 11:32:54 +0530

I don’t have anything interesting to share today.

#121 Hard Work and Hustle

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 05 May 2022 11:51:18 +0530

Hardworking is undermined and not considered cool anymore. Don’t cancel me.

#120 Ownership

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 04 May 2022 19:57:15 +0530

Owning your work makes you more productive.

#119 New Projects

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 03 May 2022 19:47:47 +0530

Starting some new projects.

#118 Working for Fun

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 02 May 2022 14:40:59 +0530

A large percentage of your life should be filled with things you absolutely love to do.

#117 More Proposals

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 01 May 2022 19:15:39 +0530

More talk proposals at conferences. Bonus: Photos!

#116 Clever Subtitles

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 19:27:03 +0530

Pachinko tells stories in subtitles and I submitted a couple of talk proposals.

#115 Back After Two Years

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 22:33:01 +0530

Back with a new version.

#114 WeCrashed

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 18:51:49 +0530

I never knew the WeWork story until this week.

#113 Look What I Bought

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 19:22:58 +0530

Cool new shizz!

#112 Eliciting Conference Talks From Users

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 21:53:21 +0530

What should I talk about next?

#111 Getting Started

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:41:15 +0530

Refactoring the “Getting started” guide.

#110 Too Busy to Write?

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 19:44:49 +0530

I’m too busy to write. Even to play Wordle!

#109 Cancelling KubeCon Plans

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:44:40 +0530

I would not be traveling to KubeCon in Valencia. It sucks. See you next year!

#108 One Month at New Job

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 19:29:38 +0530

One month flew by! Made some significant contributions. Bonus: Photo from my friend’s marriage!

#107 I Can't Afford Formula 1

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 22:09:08 +0530

I might very well have an opportunity to watch a Grand Prix but it costs way too much.

#106 It's Too Hard! (TWSS)

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:31:27 +0530

That’s what she said.

#105 Drive to Survive

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 19:26:57 +0530

How fast is Lewis Hamilton?

#104 Busy Sunday

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 19:57:15 +0530

I’m a workaholic.

#103 Simple Saturday

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 19:57:01 +0530

Taking it slow. Photos!

#102 Waiting for Visa

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 19:53:22 +0530

Shoulda, coulda, woulda got it in two.

#101 PIFF 2022 Is On!

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 19:12:25 +0530

Organizing an international film festival every year is fun!

#100 Back to Kerala

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:34:37 +0530

100 days? That’s awesome!

#99 Visa Day and One Unmerged PR

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 21:23:32 +0530

My three PRs from yesterday was merged. Only one remains.

#98 Four Unmerged PRs

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 20:31:21 +0530

I opened two more PRs today. Now I have four open PRs.

#97 Hello Mumbai!

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 19:25:16 +0530

Reached Mumbai today!

#96 Travelling to Mumbai

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 17:35:36 +0530

I have an early morning flight to Mumbai tomorrow.

#95 Growing "to be read" Pile

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 18:40:39 +0530

When will I read all these and close all these tabs?

#94 Setting Up for Visa Appointment

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 19:07:31 +0530

I spent the whole day setting up the documents needed for a visa.

#93 Phew!

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 21:40:23 +0530

Busy days.

#92 A Lot Happened Today

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 17:47:01 +0530

I’m going to KubeCon, my microphone arrived, I went to a film festival and I need to get a visa.

#91 Apache APISIX Has a Lot of Plugins

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 22:28:08 +0530

Doing a lot of work in rewriting the Apache APISIX documentation.

#90 It Works!

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 13:21:36 +0530

My USB hub setup seems to work. Waiting for my new microphone to arrive tomorrow. Plus, I read a lot about Singapore today.

#89 Getting New Equipment and XKCD

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 12:26:44 +0530

I’m getting new equipment.

#88 Project Ideas

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:19:45 +0530

What do you do when you get new ideas?

#87 Writing Plans

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 09:28:10 +0530

Plans for writing.

#86 Debates Are Pointless

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 22:34:13 +0530

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock and now we can’t have a peaceful dinner.

#85 Viral on Twitter

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:47:34 +0530

My tweet went viral.

#84 Back on Twitter

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:40:35 +0530

Here we go tweetin’ again!

#83 Sunday Funday

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 17:47:47 +0530

Attended an event just to eat good Biriyani today.

#82 First Day Off

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 08:30:39 +0530

First day off since I started my new job.

#81 In a User's Shoes

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:28:39 +0530

Thinking from a user’s perspective to make a project better.

#80 Back to Content Creation

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 10:41:14 +0530

I start writing again!

#79 What Am I Working On?

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 19:27:42 +0530

I try to articulate what I’m working on.

#78 Day 2 at New Job

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:34:11 +0530

Finding my bearings.

#77 Day 1 at New Job

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 11:20:33 +0530

I start at API7.ai today!

#76 ISL Final

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 11:01:17 +0530

ISL final watch party! Bonus: Pictures from Malampuzha Dam.

#75 Running 15 Kilometers

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 19:00:36 +0530

I ran 15 kms today.

#74 Transitioning

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:56:22 +0530

Transitioning into the new job and watching Pada.

#73 New Job Announcement!

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 19:08:00 +0530

It’s official! I will be starting a new job on Monday!

#72 Chill Days

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:01:43 +0530

Taking time off before my new job.

#71 Success

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 22:43:49 +0530

Success is contagious. Bonus: Photos from Kava, Malampuzha.

#70 Stepping Down From a Maintainer

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:14:29 +0530

I’m changing jobs and stepping down from a CNCF maintainer.

#69 Everything Is Amazing and Nobody Is Happy

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:28:04 +0530

Technological advancement makes our lives a lot easier. Or does it? Bonus: Photos from Meenkara Dam.

#68 Codebar Festival

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 14:31:23 +0530

I’m speaking at the Codebar Festival today.

#67 Wordle Only, Too Lazy

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 21:27:04 +0530

Too lazy to write. Working on presentation.

#66 Catching Up on Reading

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 17:42:27 +0530

Lot of emails and articles to catch up on.

#65 I Received My Writers Copy

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 18:10:34 +0530

My talk was transcribed into an article and published in the Open Source For You Magazine. I got my author’s copy today!

#64 I Should Learn to Use Vim

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:36:22 +0530

Vim or Emacs? Nano.

#63 Technical Writing and Going Solar

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 19:37:29 +0530

It ain’t much, but it’s honest work.

#62 Batman

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 10:27:55 +0530

I got tickets to watch the new Batman movie today.

#61 The Day Off

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 10:17:45 +0530

Chill.

#60 A Day Off

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:15:40 +0530

I kind of took a day off. Whoa! 60 days!

#59 Shine of Novelty and Consistency of Commitment

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:46:18 +0530

Ooh shiny!

#58 Parks and Recs is the Best TV Show Ever

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 09:56:43 +0530

Li’l Sebastian is probably the best minor character in the whole show.

#57 Working in Open Source

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 15:35:07 +0530

Do you want to work for [insert large consulting company from India]?

#56 Times Like These

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:57:16 +0530

It’s times like these time and time again.

#55 Authenticity

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 12:38:43 +0530

Authenticity is always rewarded.

#54 Come Here

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 09:56:19 +0530

Quick update and a song I like.

#53 Never Have I Ever Been Published in Print Media

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 14:23:24 +0530

My article is being published in a print magazine!

#52 What Good Is Saved Time if Nobody Uses It?

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 08:54:29 +0530

We are obsessed with saving time.

#51 Fighting a Different Fight

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:31:20 +0530

Is it healthy to rebel everything that came before?

#50 Currently Reading

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 16:38:16 +0530

50 days of writing! But what am I reading now?

#49 Knowing the Game You Are Playing

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 18:20:31 +0530

You play a different game than everyone else. Understanding that is the first step.

#48 Selling Yourself

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 21:19:29 +0530

Do you have an MBA?

#47 Whiplash, Greatness, Sacrifices and Hard Work

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 15:25:26 +0530

I re-watched the movie Whiplash today. It is one of my favorite movies of all time.

#46 Documentation is Key

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 18:19:39 +0530

People can’t use what they don’t understand.

#45 Newsletter

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:29:09 +0530

Launching my newsletter next week!

#44 Photographs and Memories

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 22:59:40 +0530

Looking at old photos is one of the greatest joys in life.

#43 End of an Era

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:20:27 +0530

Goodbye People. Bonus: Photos and videos that will make me cry in a couple of days.

#42 Travel

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 08:56:05 +0530

Too busy to write.

#41 Varkala and Punchakkari

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:39:21 +0530

Photos from the last three days at Varkala and Punchakkari.

#40 What Up Beaches?

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:39:16 +0530

Hitting beaches today with the gang.

#39 To Be Read

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:13:34 +0530

4 is par and 3 is a birdie.

#38 Back to Twitter

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 12:37:48 +0530

I’m back on Twitter!

#37 Malayalees and Their LuLu Malls

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 20:44:15 +0530

Mallus love their LuLus.

#36 Not Knowing

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:20:20 +0530

I know nothing.

#35 Back to Code

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 19:53:39 +0530

I go back to writing code.

#34 Winner Takes All

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:12:24 +0530

The winner takes it all. It is a training algorithm for neural networks.

#33 Poetry

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 08:22:23 +0530

I haven’t been much of a poetry reader.

#32 Wordle and Building Side Projects

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:33:05 +0530

Wordle and what I’m doing about my side projects.

#31 I'm Sick

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:33:10 +0530

I am suddenly sick.

#30 A Month in the Life Of

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:47:59 +0530

It’s been a month since I started writing daily logs.

#29 Running Shoes and Investing in Myself

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 08:31:29 +0530

It wasn’t an obvious one today but I got the right letters in the third step and I had already eliminated other possible vowels that could go between the two correct letters.

#28 DevConf.CZ

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 08:34:43 +0530

Highlights from conference day.

#27 I Am My Experiences

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:14:22 +0530

Mini-Boom! I should have guessed it earlier.

#26 Day in the Life Of

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:55:11 +0530

Nothing much. Just a daily update.

#25 Sanju, Basil and Risks

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:16:55 +0530

How good is the “Basil meets Sanju” interview?

#24 Silicon Valley "Gets" Software Engineers

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:20:40 +0530

My vocabulary of five letter words is improving—thanks to Wordle.

I have to get better at this

powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle

I was reading through Gergely Orosz’s article on “What Silicon Valley ' Gets ' about Software Engineers that Traditional Companies Do Not” and I couldn’t help but compare it to the Indian tech industry.

I have only worked at startups and whatever I know of the big Indian tech companies are from my friends and old classmates.

#23 Kindling Productivity

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 23:49:09 +0530

I have been reading more ever since I started using my Kindle again.

#22 Personal Monopolies

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 12:35:35 +0530

I want to be the only person that does what I do.

As Dave Perell mentions in “Build a Personal Monopoly” a personal monopoly is a unique intersection of skills, interests, and personality traits.

This year, I’m going to explore and redefine what my monopoly is and work towards building it through my blog and social media.

#21 What I Talk About When I Talk About Haruki Murakami

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 19:05:08 +0530

I finished reading “The Defining Decade” by Meg Jay.

While deciding what to read next from my list of “Want to Read” books (it has 89 books now and it is not getting smaller), a random conversation with a friend led me to Haruki Murakami.

I have read Murakami’s works during the initial lockdown days.

I got interested in his writing through a collection of his short stories titled “The Elephant Vanishes”. It was right up my alley and I went on to read a lot more of his books.

#20 Always Having a Book to Read

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 07:28:34 +0530

Always having a book to read helped me from falling down YouTube rabbit holes.

#19 COVID 19 Uncertainties

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:37:14 +0530

The Coronavirus Omicron variant is hitting hard in India and I’m in its epicenter in Trivandrum.

These are uncertain times. The “new” normal is just the normal.

I live in campus with close to 200 people in the same building. Isolating a case of COVID is hard both from a social and a logistic perspective.

Half the people who get tested today in the district are positive.

So, here we are, uncertain, hoping for things to get better.

#18 The Minimalist Presenter

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:51:26 +0530

It’s Wednesday my dudes!

I was working on the slides for two of my talks and realized how minimal they were.

I had made it a habit to make my slides into tools that just assists my presentation and not something that is overloaded with information.

This has proven to be much effective.

Human beings are bad at multitasking. You cannot focus your attention on two things—listening to the person talking and trying to read their slides.

#17 The Psychology of Money

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:53:18 +0530

I finished reading “The Psychology of Money”.

#16 Killing Time and Unintended Consequences

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:27:52 +0530

I start off my “work day”—when I finish my morning routine and sit in front of my computer screen—by catching up on some light reading.

I usually have a backlog I go to to start me off and I also have subscriptions to my favorite bloggers via email or RSS (yes I still use an RSS reader).

Most of what I read are from indie blogs I found through Twitter, Reddit, Hacker News or through aggregators like Blogging for Devs and daily.dev.

#15 Service Mesh Performance and Asking Questions

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 09:29:58 +0530

I have two upcoming talks in the next two weeks.

My firsts in 2022. And I hope to speak more at conferences this year.

The first is at DevConf.cz 2022 on the 29th this month and the second is at FOSDEM 2022 on the 5th of February.

Measuring Service Mesh Performance 101

This is my talk at DevConf.cz that dives into how the performance of a workload running on top of a service mesh can be benchmarked.

#14 The Psychology of Money

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:43:20 +0530

I finished reading “The Psychology of Money” by Morgan Housel today.

It was a real page turner and I finished it in two sittings.

I am just starting another book on my Kindle, “The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now” by Meg Jay.

It has been a while since I read ebooks and this should be a nice change of setting.

#13 Deep Conversations

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 19:21:50 +0530

I have a good excuse for why I missed my writing schedule the past two days.

I was in deep conversations.

I love talking to a person and engaging with them completely, taking the conversation to deeper levels.

I have been sleeping at ~4-5 AM everyday for the past week because of this. This has been a good change of pace to my normal life and it was much needed.

#12 Task Tracking Setup

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:46:42 +0530

A couple of months ago, my system to track tasks broke down.

The system was my own brain and depended on its ability to remember things. But it had this bug where it can only remember so many things before an incoming information pushes out “address the comments on the performance testing design spec”.

I had a physical book and Evernote to complement my ability to remember things but these didn’t make me more productive or make my life any easier.

#11 What Matters

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 22:34:34 +0530

But in the end, it doesn’t even matter.

#10 What Should I Write About?

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 19:54:21 +0530

What?

#9 The End of History

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 14:22:02 +0530

People are unable to predict their personal changes. We see ourselves as finished products at any point of time. Is that the end of history?

#8 The Psychology of Money

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 08:28:58 +0530

There is no reason to risk what you have and need for what you don’t have and don’t need.

#7 Why I Run in the Morning

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:49:10 +0530

Doing hard things is hard. But you have to do it to be the best version of yourself. Everyday is a struggle but at the end of the day I’m happy I chose to do the hard things.

#6 Right Arm Over the Wicket or Why I use my Own Platform to Write

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 13:08:11 +0530

I used to write on blogging platforms like Medium and DEV.to. I stopped using them and started writing on my own blog recently. Here, I explore why I chose to do that and make bold predictions on the outcome of a cricket match.

#5 Word Embeddings and Swiss Army Knives

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 10:36:58 +0530

What’s cooler than representing words as real-valued vectors to capture its semantic meaning?

#4 My Blog Setup and Writing Process

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 16:02:01 +0530

I recently started writing on my own website. Here’s a look into my setup and the process I follow to write posts.

#3 Blocked by Blockchains

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 11:58:47 +0530

Learning about Blockchain, Crypto and Web3.

#2 Goals for 2022

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 18:15:25 +0530

My goals for 2022, publicly posted for accountability.

#1 New Year, New Me

navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 21:15:25 +0530

I will blog daily. Or at least I hope to.