Writing

Books I have authored! (available as MIT / Creative Common license)

1. Failing Well : A short book on product management
2. The Book of Pa : A book on fatherhood
3. A Short Guide to Prompting : A pamphlet on prompting
4. If you give a transformer a token: Book on how transformers work
5. Lojong Practice: A book on Lojong Meditation Practice, based on the writings of Pema Chodron

Assorted Essays, Poems, and Ruminations…

• February 21, 2026 Lessons from a month of vibe coding
• February 20, 2026 Intelligence, and Conciousness - A few thoughts
• November 26, 2025 AI: A Poor Name
• November 26, 2025 The Blackbox and the Bazaar
• November 15, 2025 I need a God to believe in: A poem
• November 12, 2025 Singapore Sling
• June 7, 2025 West Sikkim: Trip to Pelling, Yuksom, Ravangla
• May 29, 2025 Gen AI: Giving Old Coders New Life!
• May 2, 2025 Human AI, Machine AI: A letter
• April 27, 2025 Understanding MCP: Op Ed
• April 21, 2025 Useless Fellows: An essay
• October 21, 2021 The Sea of Islands
• November 15, 2018 The Accountant and the Dervish
• February 4, 2018 Blockhead to Blockchain Wizard
• December 22, 2017 2017 -- Kaizala, BillG, and My Mothers
• July 19, 2015 The Freedom API
• March 12, 2014 Marjorie Gluten: A poem
• January 4, 2014 Working Solo
• September 14, 2013 Teach Kids Programming
• August 5, 2013 Dr. at a Public Hospital in India