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AI systems, architecture, products, and fitness — written when something actually held or broke. No content-marketing filler, no posting on a schedule.

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2026-03-28 · HYROX · Featured

Bangalore Solo: No Partner, No Hiding

HYROX Bangalore Solo is the real test. No partner, no rep-sharing, no hiding weak transitions. Here’s what this race demands, what can still go wrong, and what success actually means.

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2026-03-21
HYROX

Season 2: Yoddha to Bangkok

Mumbai proved I could suffer. Yoddha proved I could execute. Bangkok proved I was improving. None of them proved I was ready for Solo.

9 min read
2025-10-06
Running

Building the Engine: Run Economy to Race Day

Speed showed up when I got cheaper — less energy per kilometer. Then HYROX Mumbai tested every weakness I'd been training around. 1:37:23. Cramps, grit, finish. Here's what the engine built and what race day broke.

8 min read
2025-10-04
Systems

The System: Food, Travel, Training

I didn't out-will cravings or out-suffer bad habits. I built a system — for eating, for travel, for hybrid training. Here's the operating manual that made consistency predictable.

8 min read
2025-10-02
Mindset

Discipline Has Receipts: My First 30 Days

Thirty days of boring rules stacked into something you could finally measure. The receipts that proved the system worked.

4 min read
2025-09-30
Mindset

Rock Bottom to Rules

I didn't hit rock bottom at 103 kg. I built it — one skipped workout, one 'tomorrow' at a time. Then my wife said 'Get up' and I finally listened. Here are the 5 rules and the 14-day log that proved them.

7 min read
2025-09-25
HYROX

HYROX Race-Day Checklist

Everything I wish I had on one list — gear, nutrition, pacing cues, and failure modes.

1 min read
2025-09-20
AI

Building HYROX Coach: The First Station-by-Station AI Training Platform

The first AI-powered HYROX training platform that syncs with your watch to analyze each station and adapts your plan automatically.

6 min read
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On the workbench.

coming when ready
Draft

How I hand-rolled an async agent orchestrator instead of reaching for a framework

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Sharing one OpenAI assistant across N workers with fcntl — no Redis

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Build vs buy: when I wrote the in-house route solver anyway

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Looplink: shipping a calm game in an attention-casino market

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