How I use AI - LLMs
This documents my setup for using LLM-powered coding agents (specifically OpenCode with Claude) as a day-to-day software engineering tool. The system is built around three ideas:
Chicken Curry (Mustard and Onion)
This is the first proper curry I learned to make, thanks to my friend Sayan (who's a bit of a wizard in the kitchen) and some help from Gemini. It's become my go-to for 750g of chicken. The secret is all in how you handle the curd so it doesn't split and ruin the texture.
I usually get about 3 solid servings out of this. It's great with rice or roti, but honestly, I sometimes just eat it on its own.
escaping the tyranny of the screen
Like many users of the internet I too am a victim of the attention-span-destroying things that live on the Internet. My attention span is the worst it has ever been and I think it will be the highest it will ever be. This is not a very happy thought. This has also started affecting my work and other reading skills.
Last year was an exercise is cutting out the crap when it comes to digital presence etc.
Being easy-going and goofy is hard work :(
These are the two main cornerstones of my personality. Like any other coherent consciousness and too feel a tension between intent vs perception
I did some thinking and figured that the best course of action was to write.
Cooking for friends
For the longest time I wasn't interested in cooking. I only cooked enough to make food edible for myself, and even that felt like a complex project with little return.
After moving to Bangalore and finding my community, I started taking part in shared routines — hanging out, grocery runs, and informal gatherings. I moved to Bangalore to be closer to friends; to have a village you have to be a villager.
First Trail Run
I signed up for a trail run in Coorg called The Coffee Trails 3.0. This is the Instagram Account; please check them out.
I have never participated in a trial run before and I felt that I needed some benchmark just to understand how the entire experience is.
Learning to be Human
Ive spent a LOT of time belong alone; not just in the physical sense but also in the psychological sense.
I have become an extremely independent person as a result. This super-power comes with its own problems.
Anything worth doing, is worth doing badly
For the largest part of my life I have been very very afraid of failing at things.
I have noticed that I do not hold space for myself to fail; even at things that I am just a beginner in.
New Running Shoes - 01
Last week Tanvi went shoe shopping; she wanted a new running shoe. I went along with her and tried a bunch of them.
What happened next can only be described as magical.