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Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #12

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A Friday dinner at Bao To Me with a surprise visit from the chef, and a week shaped by Dorian Yates’ philosophy on high-intensity training.

Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #11

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Mona’s birthday weekend with bowling and VR at Loco Bear, a surprise tied game with Ibhan, and a strong week of Ashtanga and a deadlift PR.

Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #8

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A deep RL workshop weekend, school exploration for Ibhan, and a February wrap-up with strong step count, heavy sessions, and fresh PRs.

Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #6

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Set up OpenClaw on a Hetzner VPS, wrapped up GPL with a third-place finish, and dialed workouts down just enough to stay match-ready.

Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #5

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A deep dive into Agent Skills, Mona’s baking workshop day, GPL group-stage matches, and a fully locked-in training week.

Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #4

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Playing more with OpenAI Codex, Ibhan’s first inter-school chess tournament, and a week balancing gym, yoga, and GPL practice.

Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #3

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Mona’s first mixed-doubles tournament, a comforting stop at The Madras Cafe, and a strong week of steps, yoga, and resistance training.

Weekly Notes 2026 - Week #2

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Revisited 2025 through five core themes, started the 2026 focus pillars, GPL practice sessions with Mona, and a week of paani-puri indulgence.

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #42

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Exploring Claude Agent SDK, managing Ibhan’s morning routine solo, and maintaining workout consistency with Ashtanga Yoga sessions.

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #36

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Direct database connections for AskPrisma, attended RL Salon and coding agents mixer, started Ashtanga Yoga 🧘‍♂️ journey with Mona, and cherishing walks with parents 🚶‍♂️.

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #34

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Explored online directory monetization and AI-first solutions for traditional industries, celebrated Mona’s career break as mom and dad join us for festive season, and love being consistent with resistance training.

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #33

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Added SQL wrapper support for AskPrisma, explored Shopify ecosystem for deeper vertical focus, solo weekend with tic-tac-toe mastery and Netflix, back to beast mode.

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #31

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Presented at AI Bootcamp on multi-agent systems, hosted Mona’s colleagues for a house party, and hit 5x/week gym

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #26

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Shipped AskPrisma v0 🎯, fixed UX quirks & kicked off ICP discovery, solo-parented while Mona was in the US (phulka mastery unlocked 🫓), and hit near-PRs again with 6x/week resistance training.

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #23

Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Building a multi-agent POC with Autogen (100x boost, mild anxiety included), Ibhan started Grade 1 🎒, kicked off a morning routine reset, and added swimming 4-5x/week to the fitness stack.

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #14

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Reframed MCP as a plugin layer for agentic apps, kicked off Ibhan’s summer break with cricket & touch typing, filed Schengen visa for Poland + Italy, and held steady at 15K daily steps with lighter resistance work.

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #12

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bengaluru’s “Cherry Blossom” season in full bloom 🌸, Ibhan graduated from Kindergarten 🎓, pushing for <20% body fat with 15K+ steps & incline walks, dialing resistance training to 4x/week.

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #11

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Built an AI Tarot Card reader with Bolt - good for quick apps, though Cursor offers better dev control. Big week for Ibhan: lost two milk teeth and had his first space sci-fi experience with Armageddon. Got Mona an early birthday gift (Whoop band). Training: 6 days/week resistance with high volume, planning to add runs for extra calorie burn

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #10

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

18 years since my first job—caught up with old friends, built Ibhan an Orange Truck for school, pizza heaven at 4P’s, fitness grind continues, and INDIA WON THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY! 🏆🇮🇳🔥

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #8

Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #6

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Applied for LossFunk residency with a past project. Traveled to Delhi for family wedding, reconnected with Ankur and Pascal after 15+ years. Cricket weekend: tough quarter-final loss in GPL, but great to have family cheering from the stands

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #5

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Deep dive into Deepseek’s chain of thought and MoE models this week. Family’s in Delhi, binged Love is Blind (surprisingly good watch for couples). Keeping up with resistance training, prepping for GPL tournament.

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #4

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Built an Ekadashi fasting reminder app on Bolt. Had a cafe date day at Lazy Suzy and Araku - Turkish latte was a standout. Unexpected fun: Ibhan did a testimonial shoot for his school shoes. Prepping for GPL cricket tournament.

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #3

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Playing with Bolt.new and NativeScript, joined Jhana Collective’s meditation chat. Long Friday night out with Mona’s colleagues, Onam celebrations at the apartment. Good 5-hour catch-up with Ankur at MTR. Started experimenting with 30+ hour fasts.

Weekly Notes 2025 - Week #2

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Post-Beijing trip recovery mode. Sunday at Claytopia with friends for pottery painting. Getting back to routine with morning cold water swims and starting practice for upcoming box cricket tournament.

Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #50

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Built a full-stack app with Bolt+Supabase. Big week: Ibhan turned 6 despite being under the weather, celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. Swimming progress: alternating 25m freestyle lengths now.

Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #48

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Local training runs with GPT-2 detector using RoBERTa. Spent time at hospital with dad (bowel obstruction) - really puts health and quality of life in perspective. Kept up with walks and basic workouts between hospital visits.

Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #47

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Testing Bolt.new vs v0.dev for POCs - interesting times in Dev Gen-AI. Hosted Mona’s army-retired uncle and aunt, showed them around Bangalore. Training focus: aiming to get below 20% body fat while maintaining muscle.

Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #46

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Comparing GPT-4o and Claude Sonnet 3.5: found distinct use cases for each. Planning Ibhan’s upcoming birthday. Progress with freestyle swimming drills, focusing on fundamentals this time around.

Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #45

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Deep dive into AI coding workflows via Claude and Cursor. Discovered great Indian-Chinese at You Mee. Learned about trigger points for back pain management, starting fresh with freestyle swimming basics.

Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #44

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Read Siddhartha by Herman Hesse - lots of quotable wisdom. Celebrated Diwali with traditional Abhyanga Snan and faral - Ibhan’s first time. Found a gem in Pizza 4P’s Indiranagar, especially their cheese platter. Balanced festivities with workouts, including a 10K run.

Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #43

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Attended 1-day Vipassana course at Dhamma Paphulla - first since 2004’s 10-day course. Hitting 40K kg weekly volume in resistance training, up from 30K. Bengaluru rains gave Ibhan his first taste of online classes.

Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #42

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Finished The Freedom Manifesto audiobook and os.me creative writing course. Completed first open water swim. Ibhan wrote daily logs during Dussehra vacation, making progress with cursive writing.

Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #41

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Started Naval’s Almanack and 18 Maha Puranas. Masinagudi trip: spotted wild elephants, bears, gaur. Ibhan’s show-and-tell as Jambavan (though teacher thought he was Jatayu). Managed 13K daily steps even during vacation

Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #40

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Deep dive into Docker multi-stage builds and Kamal 2.1.0. Lunch date at Lupa, family visit to Art of Living International Center. Training: added 4% incline to walks, completed 1K swim.

Weekly Notes 2024 - Week #39

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Testing ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode for language learning, setting up Hugo blog. Hit PRs: 150kg+ deadlift, 90kg+ back squats. Family front: Mona returned from US trip, Ibhan enjoying Movie Nights and Game Days with grandparents.