On my mind 💭

👨‍💻 one man’s AI-generated code is another man’s security exploit. This is your yearly reminder that you should understand and test your AI-gen’d code before shipping it. ✌️Peace.

vpalepu

January 2, 2026
🌇 As the sun starts to rise for a second time this year in many parts of the world, I wonder: what fresh hells does 2026 have in store? But before they reveal themselves (in due time), wishing you a happy new year!

vpalepu

January 1, 2026
🏏 🙈 🇦🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Can the Australian curators put out a cricketing pitch that does not result in a two-day test match? Can we take a test match’s second innings into the tea session of Day 4? I did not realize that the Boxing Day Test in Australia was supposed to be about boxing 🥊…

vpalepu

December 26, 2025
📱📵🏢 Starting to think that I do not need my work email and comms apps on my personal phone. I have always had it on, because it has legit helped me be on top of things. It was a productivity boost. It also worked well when I had more agency around work-life boundaries. At least…

vpalepu

December 22, 2025
🏏 Not a lot you can do when de Kock shows up to the game. 90 out of 46 is mind numbing. Wonderful hitting by South Africa over all! Imagine if this were the T20 World Cup Semi-finals. To India, I will simply repeat: you are only as strong or weak as your bowling is.

vpalepu

December 11, 2025
🏏 Finally a string of resounding wins by Team India. Both wins had in one thing common: the bowlers took 10 wickets in a single innings. In both – the 3rd One Day International and the first T20 International – batters did not have to show heroics because the bowlers did their jobs. Going to…

vpalepu

December 9, 2025
Well played South Africa! Chasing down any score over 300 in 50over cricket is commendable. No matter where you are playing and whom you are playing against. 300+ in 50 overs is a test of skill, focus and effort. Well done. And then we have India. Team India needs some soul searching. For starters ask…

vpalepu

December 3, 2025
It is impressive how bad Indian bowlers are in 50-over cricket. If this team cannot defend 358 runs over the course of 50 overs, what can they defend?

vpalepu

December 3, 2025
The Panels app by MKBHD is shutting down. Interestingly, in their shutdown announcement/letter, they talk about open-sourcing the app’s source code: Once the app shutdown is complete and all user data has been securely deleted, we will open source the Panels app code under the Apache 2.0 license. This will allow anyone to build on…

vpalepu

December 1, 2025
🏏 😬 India won by the skin of their teeth. This is a team that cannot play cricket. And it is run by a cricketing administration that is hellbent on driving away its senior players (who are actually performing). smh. SA might have lost this one. But I expect them to come out strong in…

vpalepu

November 30, 2025