A collection of tech notes, personal reflections, and evolving thoughts about whatever’s caught my curiosity.

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Software gardening and death

18 August 2025

I have came across the following article recently.

Software is a bit like this house plant: its wellbeing depends on the folks who constantly tend it. Without us around, it gradually erodes.

I used Google Orkut in the past and I loved it at that time. It was fun to send messages in the scrapbook, cool usernames, and enjoy all the other social media features that felt cool back then. But after the rise of Facebook and other giants, Google shut down Orkut. They sent us an email with a link to download our data archive and said goodbye. I still have those emails from Orkut, and when I read them recently, they gave me a nostalgic happiness.

What I realize now is that everything eventually comes to an end when the gardeners stop tending their gardens. We cannot take it for granted forever. Today we have access to some of the most amazing things in human history. We need to be grateful and enjoy the beauty of it. So keep on gardening, and cherish your fellow gardeners.

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നിലാവ്

18 August 2025

നിലാവ് വരുന്നപോൽ
ഒരു വൈകുന്നേരം
മരണമെന്നേ തേടി വരും.

വിട പറയുന്നതിന് മുൻപ്
ഒന്നുകൂടെ നമുക്ക്
മുറുകെ കെട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കാൻ
കാലം അവസരം തരട്ടെ

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Reborn

10 August 2025

I know I must
endure this suffering,
For there is no other way.
But I don’t know
how to bear the pain
The ache in my heart is real,
And it’s killing me
inch by inch.

I have lost the last shred of courage
Yet, beyond this pain,
I hope to remain,
reborn as Buddha again.

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Me and Music

7 August 2025
On weekend mornings to my evening walks, I am always with music. I have loved music from a very young age. I don’t even know when exactly I fell in love with it. Since my school days, we had a music system at home,..
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Lightbi Version 2

4 August 2025
Last week I released version 2 of Lightbi. I had been planning it for a very long time, but the time didn’t permit me until now.
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macOS and iOS 20 public beta impressions

26 July 2025
I installed macOS and iOS 26 public beta today. The main attraction in this update is the design change called Liquid Glass...
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Useful PL/SQL queries

20 July 2025
In this post, I’m sharing some handy PL/SQL queries that help with monitoring and maintaining Oracle databases...
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കാടെരിയുമ്പോൾ

14 July 2025
കാറ്റ് കാട്ടുതീയാകുമ്പോൾ, കൂട്ടം തെറ്റിപ്പോയവർക്ക് കൂടാകുക. ചിറകെരിഞ്ഞ് വീണവർക്ക് ചാഞ്ഞ് കിടക്കാനൊരു...
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കാലാന്തരം

11 July 2025
തോറ്റ് പോയിട്ടും പോരാട്ടം അവസാനിപ്പിക്കാത്തവർക്കു വേണ്ടി, ആൾക്കൂട്ടത്തിൽ ഒറ്റക്കായിപ്പോയിട്ടും. എല്ലാവരെയും ചേർത്ത് നിർത്തിയവർക്കു വേണ്ടി,...