Reflex under the hood: what actually happens when you click?
An illustrated walkthrough of how Reflex compiles Python into React, sends events, synchronizes state, and updates the screen. Explore the diagrams and real captured packets.
Writing & ideas
Notes from the workbench.
Experiments, engineering deep dives, and lessons from building things for the web.
My GSoC 2025 Journey: Bringing Template Partials to Django Core
How I spent my Google Summer of Code 2025 bringing django-template-partials into Django core, featuring architecture mysteries, regex nightmares, and the elegant solution that was hiding in plain sight all along.
From Not Knowing Programming Was a Job to GSoC and Contributing to Django Core
My unlikely journey from a small town where I'd never met a programmer, through discovering coding via a Bollywood hacking movie, to contributing to Django's core framework during Google Summer of Code 2025. A story about community, growth, and finding your path in open source.
Complete Linux Development Environment Setup: Zsh, Oh My Zsh, Powerlevel10k, uv, pnpm, Git SSH, and Custom Functions
Transform your Linux terminal into a powerful development environment with Zsh, Oh My Zsh, Powerlevel10k theme, uv package manager, pnpm, NVM, Git SSH setup, and custom aliases. Complete setup guide for Ubuntu and Arch Linux.
A guide to ETag caching in Django and SvelteKit
Learn how to implement efficient ETag-based client-side caching in Django and SvelteKit applications to reduce bandwidth usage and improve performance for users with slow internet connections.
Vibecoding my personal site
How I built my personal website using SvelteKit, MDSvex, and AI tools like Cursor Agent and Claude 3.7 Sonnet: my development journey, prompt engineering tips, WebGL animation challenges, and generating Svelte 5 code with an LLM.