Saving Private Notes
How I cleaned up a thousand Apple Notes by being honest about what I actually use notes for, building a small folder structure to match, ...
Insight Agents and the End of Dashboard-Driven Analytics
Why Insight Agents signal a shift from dashboard-driven analytics to conversational, agentic systems that prioritize speed, context, and ...
Part 8: Big Decimal Rounding Modes - Why HALF_UP Isn't Always the Answer
Learn why HALF_UP rounding isn't always correct and how to choose a rounding policy in Java (HALF_EVEN, HALF_UP, HALF_DOWN, UP, DOWN, CEI...
Part 7: Kahan Summation - A Better sum() for Java Streams
Learn why naive summation loses digits and how Kahan compensated summation helps. Includes Java Stream integration, test strategies, and ...
Stereotypes Are Lazy Maps
A short essay on why stereotypes feel efficient but fail under scrutiny, and how to talk about groups: Indians, Americans, immigrants, an...
Part 6: Defending Against NaN Without Defensive Programming Hell
Learn how to handle NaN and Infinity in Java without scattering if (isNaN) checks everywhere. Five practical patterns: boundary validatio...
Revisiting India's Post-Harvest Supply Chain (2011 → 2026)
A 2026 revisit of a 2011 note: what has actually changed in India's post-harvest supply chain since 2011, and what still leaks value.
A quiet rebuild: assets, webcmd, and accessibility
Over the last day or so, I made a round of changes to this site that will not look like much from the outside, but that I think materiall...