- Some rain this week on Tuesday. Cloudy week. Not bad. Running after the rain when there are no dust particles in the air is already pleasant.
- People are still very confused about AI. What should it be used for and how much? What are its real benefits?
- I wish there is little less AI content on my feed. LinkedIn is bad again but in a different way. HN and lobste.rs also have way too much AI on front-page. Some reddit communities are doing well but someone will mention AI somehow on every tech thread!
- I’ve got GSTIN this year since I am mostly working as contract/freelance roles.
- My phone has been misbehaving in mysterious ways for a few weeks now. Pressing call icon doesn’t work unless I restart!! GMail app is crashing when I try to open right panel, MS Team doesn’t sync calendar with system calendar anymore. Google Play complains that I am not logged-in but shows my google profile picture anyway and also refuse to show me “Log In” button because I am logged in. BHIM refuses to open unless I login to google play service but google won’t let me because I am also logged in and not-logged in at same time! A bit like Schrodinger cat. I am almost sure that these small small bugs are due to AI slop and compounding now. I hope this all ends badly soon enough so we can move on.
- Skill rot due to AI use is real (at least for me). I am finding it very hard to write code manually now. The struggle to type by hand is mostly psychological. Like trying to wash dish by hands when you’ve gotten used to dishwasher and it working well, or driving manual after driving automatic. These analogies are from people on podcasts, and somewhat true. AI is mostly convenience driven programming.
- This week I didn’t read anything carefully.
Weekly Notes 2026/21
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