ankur sethi is alive and well
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writer. independent frontend developer. lowercase enjoyer. computer gremlin.
i don't use social media anymore. this account is just a semi-automated feed of links from my personal blog. if you want to get in touch, please send me an email.
i don't use social media anymore. this account is just a semi-automated feed of links from my personal blog. if you want to get in touch, please send me an email.
can i get "WRITE BAD HAVE FUN" on a t-shirt? maybe this should go on my tombstone.
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Write quickly, edit lightly, prefer rewrites, publish with flaws — Ankur Sethi's Internet Website
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February 6, 2026 at 10:23 AM
can i get "WRITE BAD HAVE FUN" on a t-shirt? maybe this should go on my tombstone.
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wrote this about a question i've been considering lately: now that we have free unlimited digital artifacts on tap thanks to LLMs, will it become harder to get published in literary magazines or contribute to open source?
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Generative AI and the era of increased gatekeeping — Ankur Sethi's Internet Website
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January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
wrote this about a question i've been considering lately: now that we have free unlimited digital artifacts on tap thanks to LLMs, will it become harder to get published in literary magazines or contribute to open source?
ankursethi.com/blog/genai-g...
ankursethi.com/blog/genai-g...
wrote this at IndieWebClub yesterday. i'd have liked to expand on this idea a bit more, but i think i got the point across? i only had 20 minutes lol.
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Pushing the smallest possible change to production — Ankur Sethi's Internet Website
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January 18, 2026 at 6:00 AM
wrote this at IndieWebClub yesterday. i'd have liked to expand on this idea a bit more, but i think i got the point across? i only had 20 minutes lol.
ankursethi.com/blog/smalles...
ankursethi.com/blog/smalles...
i made this list in less than 30 minutes at IndieWebClub, so idk how accurate they'll end up being. but i'm fairly confident about at least three or four items here.
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Tech predictions for 2026, presented without nuance, context, or evidence — Ankur Sethi's Internet Website
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December 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
i made this list in less than 30 minutes at IndieWebClub, so idk how accurate they'll end up being. but i'm fairly confident about at least three or four items here.
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ankursethi.com/blog/tech-pr...
last week i tried to pay for an API key for Google's Gemini 3 Pro. it turned out to be surprisingly difficult.
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Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration — Ankur Sethi's Internet Website
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December 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
last week i tried to pay for an API key for Google's Gemini 3 Pro. it turned out to be surprisingly difficult.
ankursethi.com/blog/gemini-...
ankursethi.com/blog/gemini-...
My first online shopping experience, at the tender age of twelve — Ankur Sethi's Internet Website
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December 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
after last week's doom and gloom, i'm beginning to feel a lot better this week.
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Weeknote 2025-W45: Text message bankruptcy — Ankur Sethi
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November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
after last week's doom and gloom, i'm beginning to feel a lot better this week.
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i like working and i like my work, so i wrote a little thing about it.
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The solace of work — Ankur Sethi
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November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
i like working and i like my work, so i wrote a little thing about it.
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i don't need to be on social media to shitpost. i can shitpost directly on my blog.
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Tech hot takes presented without nuance, context, or evidence — Ankur Sethi
Personal blog and website of Ankur Sethi, reader, writer, and frontend engineer living in Bangalore, India.
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October 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
i don't need to be on social media to shitpost. i can shitpost directly on my blog.
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i wrote about ducks.
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(i wrote this during a meeting of IndieWebClub Bangalore. the prompt was "second person birds", part of this month's IndieWeb Carnival. more about the prompt at toground.link/second-perso...)
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(i wrote this during a meeting of IndieWebClub Bangalore. the prompt was "second person birds", part of this month's IndieWeb Carnival. more about the prompt at toground.link/second-perso...)
The ducks incident — Ankur Sethi
Personal blog and website of Ankur Sethi, reader, writer, and frontend engineer living in Bangalore, India.
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September 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
i wrote about ducks.
ankursethi.com/blog/the-duc...
(i wrote this during a meeting of IndieWebClub Bangalore. the prompt was "second person birds", part of this month's IndieWeb Carnival. more about the prompt at toground.link/second-perso...)
ankursethi.com/blog/the-duc...
(i wrote this during a meeting of IndieWebClub Bangalore. the prompt was "second person birds", part of this month's IndieWeb Carnival. more about the prompt at toground.link/second-perso...)
i wrote about a limitation of PKM apps that's been bothering me lately.
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(this is a pretty short post, but for some reason it took me a REALLY long time to write. still not sure why. and i'm not particularly happy about how it came out.)
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(this is a pretty short post, but for some reason it took me a REALLY long time to write. still not sure why. and i'm not particularly happy about how it came out.)
PKM apps need to get better at resurfacing information — Ankur Sethi
Modern PKM apps allow me to collect vast quantities of information. The downside is they're not good at resurfacing what I've already captured.
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September 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
i wrote about a limitation of PKM apps that's been bothering me lately.
ankursethi.com/blog/pkm-app...
(this is a pretty short post, but for some reason it took me a REALLY long time to write. still not sure why. and i'm not particularly happy about how it came out.)
ankursethi.com/blog/pkm-app...
(this is a pretty short post, but for some reason it took me a REALLY long time to write. still not sure why. and i'm not particularly happy about how it came out.)
How to avoid writing — Ankur Sethi
Advice on how to defer your most precious dream forever.
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August 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
i have a strong mental association with my external monitor + keyboard desk setup. i'm so used to writing code from this space that i find it difficult to use it for anything else.
i'm trying to break this mental association by trying out different pre-work rituals.
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i'm trying to break this mental association by trying out different pre-work rituals.
ankursethi.com/blog/im-tryi...
I'm trying to change my relationship with my desk — Ankur Sethi
Repurposing my programming workspace for creative writing by changing my pre-work ritual instead of my physical space.
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August 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
i have a strong mental association with my external monitor + keyboard desk setup. i'm so used to writing code from this space that i find it difficult to use it for anything else.
i'm trying to break this mental association by trying out different pre-work rituals.
ankursethi.com/blog/im-tryi...
i'm trying to break this mental association by trying out different pre-work rituals.
ankursethi.com/blog/im-tryi...
wrote a little thing about how i cut down on distractions on my digital devices.
ankursethi.com/blog/how-i-u...
tl;dr turn off all notifications and configure your Focus Modes correctly.
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tl;dr turn off all notifications and configure your Focus Modes correctly.
How I use my computer and phone while minimizing distractions — Ankur Sethi
I have an adversarial relationship with my digital devices and modern technology. Here is how I minimize the harms while reaping the benefits.
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June 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
wrote a little thing about how i cut down on distractions on my digital devices.
ankursethi.com/blog/how-i-u...
tl;dr turn off all notifications and configure your Focus Modes correctly.
ankursethi.com/blog/how-i-u...
tl;dr turn off all notifications and configure your Focus Modes correctly.
i want to be able to choose where i direct my attention, and i want to do it mindfully and intentionally. social media doesn't let me do that, so i quit using it entirely about six months ago.
here's a post about how it affected me and why i quit for good: ankursethi.com/blog/social-...
here's a post about how it affected me and why i quit for good: ankursethi.com/blog/social-...
Social media is a threat to my psychological sovereignty — Ankur Sethi
Social media violates my psychological sovereignty, strips me of my freedom to direct my attention mindfully, and forces me to engage with information I do not want to engage with.
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June 12, 2025 at 4:42 AM
i want to be able to choose where i direct my attention, and i want to do it mindfully and intentionally. social media doesn't let me do that, so i quit using it entirely about six months ago.
here's a post about how it affected me and why i quit for good: ankursethi.com/blog/social-...
here's a post about how it affected me and why i quit for good: ankursethi.com/blog/social-...
lately i've been trying to shift my focus to the process of writing rather than any outcomes. this is a huge change from how i approached creative work when i was in my twenties.
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Results are a side effect of doing the work with love — Ankur Sethi
When you focus on outcomes, you deprive yourself of the pleasures of doing the work.
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June 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
lately i've been trying to shift my focus to the process of writing rather than any outcomes. this is a huge change from how i approached creative work when i was in my twenties.
ankursethi.com/blog/results...
ankursethi.com/blog/results...
tried to argue against using ChatGPT to look things up online, but i found that i can't in good faith tell people to suffer through the terrible results you find on traditional search engines.
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we really need to fix web search :(
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we really need to fix web search :(
ChatGPT is not a reliable source of information, but also web search sucks — Ankur Sethi
In which I realize how bad web search really is and develop compassion for people who turn to ChatGPT for information.
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June 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
tried to argue against using ChatGPT to look things up online, but i found that i can't in good faith tell people to suffer through the terrible results you find on traditional search engines.
ankursethi.com/blog/chatgpt...
we really need to fix web search :(
ankursethi.com/blog/chatgpt...
we really need to fix web search :(
wrote a little blog post about learning things along with a community of people rather than going it alone all the time.
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(this post has some clumsy ass sentences. not sure why my brain stopped working halfway through writing this.)
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(this post has some clumsy ass sentences. not sure why my brain stopped working halfway through writing this.)
I learn best when I'm part of a community — Ankur Sethi
I spent most of my twenties going it alone. It has taken me half a lifetime to figure out that I do my best when I'm part of a community.
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May 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
wrote a little blog post about learning things along with a community of people rather than going it alone all the time.
ankursethi.com/blog/i-learn...
(this post has some clumsy ass sentences. not sure why my brain stopped working halfway through writing this.)
ankursethi.com/blog/i-learn...
(this post has some clumsy ass sentences. not sure why my brain stopped working halfway through writing this.)
i'm bilingual in English and Hindi. for many years, i struggled with the question of which language i wanted to write in. here's me attempting to answer that question for myself.
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Re: The question of language — Ankur Sethi
As a bilingual writer, which language should I use to express myself on the internet?
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May 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
i'm bilingual in English and Hindi. for many years, i struggled with the question of which language i wanted to write in. here's me attempting to answer that question for myself.
ankursethi.com/blog/re-the-...
ankursethi.com/blog/re-the-...
i've always struggled to explain to people why i make art, even when it actively makes me feel like crap. so i wrote down some thoughts on my new blog.
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There’s no rational explanation for why I want to make art — Ankur Sethi
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May 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
i've always struggled to explain to people why i make art, even when it actively makes me feel like crap. so i wrote down some thoughts on my new blog.
ankursethi.com/blog/theres-...
ankursethi.com/blog/theres-...
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i am looking for work. preferably between india and canada/usa, preferably in open source, preferably leading teams. but i'm good at a few other things, too. :)
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retweets appreciated!
(yeah. let's still just call them tweets.)
www.deobald.ca/essays/2025-...
retweets appreciated!
(yeah. let's still just call them tweets.)
I am looking for work. (Taylor's Version)
After 13 years of entrepreneurship, running businesses like Nilenso (India’s first worker-owned tech company) and Endatabas (earth’s first immutable SQL database), I’m looking for full-time employment...
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January 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
i am looking for work. preferably between india and canada/usa, preferably in open source, preferably leading teams. but i'm good at a few other things, too. :)
www.deobald.ca/essays/2025-...
retweets appreciated!
(yeah. let's still just call them tweets.)
www.deobald.ca/essays/2025-...
retweets appreciated!
(yeah. let's still just call them tweets.)
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Hello. Tell me your Dwarf Fortress stories. I love hearing about Dwarves.
December 3, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Hello. Tell me your Dwarf Fortress stories. I love hearing about Dwarves.