- I took a trip to Pondicherry this weekend. It was a rare week when I didn’t open my work email at all! I managed to spend two days without feeling any “withdrawal symptoms.” It’s a bit funny that people are okay with someone spending a couple of days streaming Netflix, but find it concerning when someone works for a few days straight. If you have nothing better to do, you might as well spend time on your work!
- March 2 is my first day at Veeam. I’m excited to meet my team at their Bengaluru office. The onboarding process has already started. For once, I’m happy to get back to work instead of doing interviews.
- Many of my open-source projects are now slowly rotting. I find very little motivation to work on them. Most of them are now just a prompt away. But there are still places where AI isn’t welcome because it’s not very effective yet. Many kernel communities are wary of AI slop, and some have outright banned its use. Perhaps I should focus more on developing low-level stuff again!
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I’ve been migrating slowly to Zoho. Most things work great out of the box. I kind of like Zoho workflows (perhaps it’s just the novelty).
- I have mixed feelings about Zoho Notebook, though. I’ve started using it heavily now. It’s slow to open on mobile (especially compared to Google Keep). There are other rough edges that will probably go away after a few weeks of usage.
- Maybe I’ll keep using Notion (free plan) as my personal knowledge-management system. Notion is even slower to open on mobile.
- I still can’t find a good TODO app like Wunderlist.
- I’m still looking for a great personal finance system that integrates with HDFC Bank. The current solution I use—Wallet from Budgetbacker—is not bad. I wrote about it earlier in Personal Accounting and Budgeting Apps. The HDFC Bank sync needs a refresh almost every week (maybe an HDFC issue?).
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I watched a couple of cricket matches. South Africa thrashing India wasn’t very pleasing to watch, but I think a reality check would do the current management some good.
- Somehow, I don’t like most of the players in the current team. Honestly, I don’t think I like any batsman other than KL Rahul, or any bowlers other than Bumrah, Varun, and Kuldeep.
- The way Sri Lanka collapsed against New Zealand was equally disappointing.
- England stole a win from New Zealand. England somehow does pretty well under pressure.
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I bought a couple of smart plugs for home. One is from Tapo and the other is from BlackT. Tapo requires an app to view data, while BlackT has a built-in LCD display. I kind of like both!
- The dishwasher uses roughly 1.3 kWh per use, i.e., about ₹8 per cycle. I’ll measure the geyser usage next.
Weekly Notes 2026/09
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