Essays
15 pieces published2026
12 pieces-
Ekalavya - The Arrow That Never Flew
The Illusion of Infinite Potential
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The Cosmic Dance of Sound and Silence
Listening to Silence
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The Backdoors of the Future
Who Created The Backdoor?
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The Alder
The Life and Legacy of a Backyard Alder Tree
5 min read -
Anatomy of a Prompt: Chapter 3 - The Model Wars
The Current War - The Cup and the Hand
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Anatomy of a Prompt: Part 2 - The Bargain
WALL-E vs. The Demolition Man and The Universal Basic Income
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Anatomy of a Prompt: Part 1 - The Machine
The Hidden Physical and Economic Cost Behind the Ephemeral Token. Who is going to pay for it?
6 min read -
Ghost Stories of a Midwife
What Lucid Dreams, Sleep Paralysis, and Childhood Fears Taught Me About Reality and Perception
6 min read -
A Formation of My Own Making — Part 3: The Exit
"Impressive" is not the same as "Capable": Real autonomy comes from matching ambition with pragmatic, resilient design.
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A Formation of My Own Making — Part 2: The Wall
When Apple's privacy protections met my over-engineered toy car design. The lessons of building with constraints you didn't plan for.
8 min read -
A Formation of My Own Making — Part 1: The Outer Ring
Building an autonomous AI toy car with an old iPhone, a BananaPi PicoW, and a lot of confidence. What could go wrong?
12 min read -
The Tragedy of Intelligence: From the Padma-Vyūha to the Age of AI - Part 3 of 3
The Mirror
5 min read