About this digital garden

Welcome to my Digital Garden!

This website is where I document and share pieces of my life—my thoughts, photos, code snippets, and notes collected along the way. It includes everything from long essays to short reflections, all of which will grow and evolve over time.

You might wonder why I don’t just post this on social media. The answer is simple: I love the web and wanted to own a little corner of it. Also, owning my content gives me the freedom to create, experiment, and tinker with this space, and having fun with that.

May be you are thinking, what is digital garden. Here, I’ll explain what a Digital Garden is, how it works, and guide you through navigating this space, explaining the terms and menus you’ll find along the way.

What is digital garden?

As you read here, a digital garden is a living collection of evolving ideas that aren’t strictly organized by publication date. They represent thoughts and notes in progress, often shared as half-formed concepts that grow and change with time. Unlike typical blogs, these notes are interconnected and published for personal reflection, rather than for a broad audience.

Why digital garden?

Hope you understood what is Digital Garden. It serves as a personal space where my ideas, notes, and thoughts can be shared without the pressure of being perfect. The beauty of this approach lies in its flexibility—short notes, essays, and links can be edited, refined, and interconnected over time. Unlike a regular blog, this method provides the freedom to grow, evolve, and learn publicly at my own pace, allowing room for imperfection and continuous learning.

Contents of this digital garden

This website is organized into multiple categories such as Home, Essays, Notes, Desk, and more. The reason for this structure is to keep content separated by type or topic. For example, some visitors may only be interested in technical posts, while others might prefer Malayalam posts. By creating specific categories, it allows users to easily navigate and focus on the content they are most interested in without everything being grouped under a single heading.

So, here are the categories of my website:

• Home
  The main page, showcasing the latest essays, notes, and desk entries.

• Essays
  A collection of in-depth essays and explorations about technology.

• Notes
  Short, focused notes, including code snippets and tech highlights.

• Desk
  Uncategorized reflections on topics like books, philosophy, travel, and life.

• Drawer
  A collection of social media posts, musings, and late night thoughts.

• ML
  My Malayalam poems, short stories, and musings.

• Now
  An infrequently updated log of what I’m reading, exploring, and thinking about.

• Feed
  A reverse chronological list of all posts.

• Library
  A collection of books I’ve read or started reading.

Other links

• About
  Personal bio, photos, and contact information.

• Tags
  A section where you can view the available tags in this website.

• Credits
  Credits of this website.

• Disclaimer
  Disclaimer for this website.

• Changelog
  Website updates and events, listed in reverse chronological order.

• Uses
  A list of products, tools and essentials that I use for work and daily life.

• Blogroll
  Awesome personal websites.

Technology

Built with a JAMstack architecture, the site uses Hugo as the static site generator and is hosted on Netlify. It’s served securely via HTTPS, with a free SSL certificate provided by Let’s Encrypt and automatically managed by Netlify for seamless delivery.

Inspirations

I’ve drawn inspiration from various websites to enhance the uniqueness of mine. This site owes its existence to numerous open-source tools and services, and I’m truly grateful to all the contributors who have generously shared their work with the community. Your efforts have made a significant impact!