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    <subtitle>My personal blog where I share things I wish I had known earlier. I document my musings, writings, and experiences.</subtitle>
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        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Xcode 27 ships with Apple-native agent skills]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/xcode-27-agent-skills</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/xcode-27-agent-skills"/>
        <updated>2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Apple now ships seven Xcode agent skills that can be exported and used with other agents.]]></summary>
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        <category label="SwiftUI" term="SwiftUI"/>
        <category label="Agents" term="Agents"/>
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        <category label="Developer Tools" term="Developer Tools"/>
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        <title type="html"><![CDATA[I Animated My Paper Sketch With Gemini Omni]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/i-animated-my-paper-sketch-with-gemini-omni</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/i-animated-my-paper-sketch-with-gemini-omni"/>
        <updated>2026-05-23T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A small paper sketch turned into a short Gemini Omni video.]]></summary>
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        <category label="Gemini Omni" term="Gemini Omni"/>
        <category label="Remotion" term="Remotion"/>
        <category label="Lyria" term="Lyria"/>
        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
        <category label="Creative Workflow" term="Creative Workflow"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Notes on harness engineering]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/notes-from-harness-engineering</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/notes-from-harness-engineering"/>
        <updated>2026-04-24T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Some notes from the field. Been obsessed with this for the last few weeks.]]></summary>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Agents" term="Agents"/>
        <category label="Harness" term="Harness"/>
        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
        <category label="Claude" term="Claude"/>
        <category label="Tooling" term="Tooling"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Codex Is a Harness. Swap the Tools, Get a Video Editor.]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/codex-is-a-harness-video-tools</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/codex-is-a-harness-video-tools"/>
        <updated>2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A meta video about how a coding agent becomes a video editor: model + harness + swappable tools. Recorded on green screen, edited end-to-end with Codex.]]></summary>
        <category label="Video" term="Video"/>
        <category label="Remotion" term="Remotion"/>
        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
        <category label="Agents" term="Agents"/>
        <category label="Tooling" term="Tooling"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[I Brought Claude Into Codex]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/bring-claude-into-codex</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/bring-claude-into-codex"/>
        <updated>2026-03-31T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I spend most of my time in Codex and I do not want to leave it. But I still miss Claude for writing and creative work. So I brought Claude in as a sub-agent instead of switching tools.]]></summary>
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        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
        <category label="Agents" term="Agents"/>
        <category label="Subagents" term="Subagents"/>
        <category label="OpenAI" term="OpenAI"/>
        <category label="Anthropic" term="Anthropic"/>
        <category label="Model Providers" term="Model Providers"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Codex works under the hood]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/codex-under-the-hood-visual-guide</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/codex-under-the-hood-visual-guide"/>
        <updated>2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A visual guide to Codex App Server, local and remote setup, streamed updates, and thread-turn-item.]]></summary>
        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
        <category label="OpenAI" term="OpenAI"/>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Agents" term="Agents"/>
        <category label="App Server" term="App Server"/>
        <category label="JSON-RPC" term="JSON-RPC"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Codex plugins, visually explained]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/codex-plugins-visual-explainer</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/codex-plugins-visual-explainer"/>
        <updated>2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A seven-panel visual guide to what Codex plugins are, what can go inside them, and how they get installed.]]></summary>
        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
        <category label="Plugins" term="Plugins"/>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Agents" term="Agents"/>
        <category label="MCP" term="MCP"/>
        <category label="OpenAI" term="OpenAI"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Diary Day 6 to 8: Behind the scenes of building my personal agent from scratch]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/building-dobby-health</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/building-dobby-health"/>
        <updated>2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I wired my health context into Dobby so one voice-first assistant can answer questions that used to require multiple apps.]]></summary>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Agents" term="Agents"/>
        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
        <category label="Health" term="Health"/>
        <category label="Personal Software" term="Personal Software"/>
        <category label="Apple" term="Apple"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why subagents help: a 10-panel visual guide]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/codex-subagents-visual-guide</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/codex-subagents-visual-guide"/>
        <updated>2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Once you get past the basics with agents, context pollution and context rot start showing up. This ten-panel visual guide explains why subagents help.]]></summary>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Agents" term="Agents"/>
        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
        <category label="Subagents" term="Subagents"/>
        <category label="Agent Engineering" term="Agent Engineering"/>
        <category label="OpenAI" term="OpenAI"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Diary Day 2 to 5: Behind the scenes of building my personal agent from scratch]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/building-my-personal-agent-ios-interface</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/building-my-personal-agent-ios-interface"/>
        <updated>2026-03-19T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A build note on designing a very thin, voice-first iOS interface for my personal agent, and why tailored software is becoming more accessible.]]></summary>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Agents" term="Agents"/>
        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
        <category label="iOS" term="iOS"/>
        <category label="Personal Software" term="Personal Software"/>
        <category label="Apple" term="Apple"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Agent Engineering 101: A Visual Guide]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/agent-engineering-101</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/agent-engineering-101"/>
        <updated>2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A practical mental model for AGENTS.md, SKILLS, and MCP: help agents navigate the terrain, load the right know-how, and connect to the live world.]]></summary>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Agents" term="Agents"/>
        <category label="Agent Engineering" term="Agent Engineering"/>
        <category label="AGENTS.md" term="AGENTS.md"/>
        <category label="Skills" term="Skills"/>
        <category label="MCP" term="MCP"/>
        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[GPT 5.4 vs 5.2 SVG test]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/svg-model-comparison</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/svg-model-comparison"/>
        <updated>2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A quick side-by-side animated SVG test using GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.2.]]></summary>
        <category label="OpenAI" term="OpenAI"/>
        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
        <category label="SVG" term="SVG"/>
        <category label="Creative Coding" term="Creative Coding"/>
        <category label="Blog" term="Blog"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[I Converted an Old Game Controller to Control Codex (100% Built by Codex)]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/i-converted-an-old-game-controller-to-control-codex</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/i-converted-an-old-game-controller-to-control-codex"/>
        <updated>2026-02-27T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Builder log on turning a dusty game controller into a Codex control deck for terminal workflows, voice dictation, and multi-agent tabs.]]></summary>
        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
        <category label="Terminal" term="Terminal"/>
        <category label="Workflow" term="Workflow"/>
        <category label="Game Controller" term="Game Controller"/>
        <category label="Swift" term="Swift"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Being More Deliberate]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/being-more-deliberate</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/being-more-deliberate"/>
        <updated>2026-02-20T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Reflections on the all-consuming nature of startup life and resolving to be more intentional this year.]]></summary>
        <category label="entrepreneurship" term="entrepreneurship"/>
        <category label="reflection" term="reflection"/>
        <category label="startups" term="startups"/>
        <category label="personal" term="personal"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[I Edited This Video 100% With Codex ft. SAM3 + MatAnyone + Remotion]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/codex-text-effects-toolchain</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/codex-text-effects-toolchain"/>
        <updated>2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A practical workflow: record first, transcribe with word timings, generate a subject alpha, then compose everything in Remotion. No timeline editor.]]></summary>
        <category label="Video" term="Video"/>
        <category label="Remotion" term="Remotion"/>
        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
        <category label="Agents" term="Agents"/>
        <category label="Tooling" term="Tooling"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Codex Retrospective: One of My Best Decisions This Year]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/codex-retrospective</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/codex-retrospective"/>
        <updated>2026-02-04T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Three months after switching from Cursor to Codex, the migration has exceeded expectations. Terminal-based AI coding is the future.]]></summary>
        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Developer Tools" term="Developer Tools"/>
        <category label="Claude Code" term="Claude Code"/>
        <category label="Terminal" term="Terminal"/>
        <category label="Agent Coding" term="Agent Coding"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Takeaways From the OpenAI Codex Meetup]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/openai-codex-meetup-takeaways</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/openai-codex-meetup-takeaways"/>
        <updated>2026-01-29T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[My personal observations from attending the OpenAI Codex meetup in Berlin, plus detailed meeting notes summarized by Codex (a bit meta).]]></summary>
        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
        <category label="OpenAI" term="OpenAI"/>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Developer Tools" term="Developer Tools"/>
        <category label="Agents" term="Agents"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[I Let Codex Edit a Video End to End]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/codex-edited-video-demo</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/codex-edited-video-demo"/>
        <updated>2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Builder log: I let Codex edit a video using Remotion, transcription, and active speaker detection. No timeline. Just prompts.]]></summary>
        <category label="Video" term="Video"/>
        <category label="Remotion" term="Remotion"/>
        <category label="Agents" term="Agents"/>
        <category label="Tooling" term="Tooling"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[EPUB + PDF for “Machines of Loving Grace”]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/epub-pdf-machines-of-loving-grace</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/epub-pdf-machines-of-loving-grace"/>
        <updated>2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Kindle-ready EPUB and PDF files for Dario Amodei’s “Machines of Loving Grace.”]]></summary>
        <category label="Reading" term="Reading"/>
        <category label="Kindle" term="Kindle"/>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Essays" term="Essays"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[EPUB + PDF for “The Adolescence of Technology”]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/kindle-ready-adolescence-of-technology</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/kindle-ready-adolescence-of-technology"/>
        <updated>2026-01-26T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I wanted to read Dario Amodei’s essay on my Kindle, so I made clean PDF and EPUB files and shared them here.]]></summary>
        <category label="Reading" term="Reading"/>
        <category label="Kindle" term="Kindle"/>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Essays" term="Essays"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Made a 365-day gratitude journal]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/age-of-personal-software</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/age-of-personal-software"/>
        <updated>2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I prompted a 365-day gratitude journal into existence this morning. What that means for creators, and what it means for companies like mine.]]></summary>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Reflection" term="Reflection"/>
        <category label="Creation" term="Creation"/>
        <category label="Codex" term="Codex"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[50 Food Chains as Adorable Miniature Stores]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/brand-stores-ai</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/brand-stores-ai"/>
        <updated>2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[50 popular food chains reimagined as charming chibi-style concept stores]]></summary>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Image Generation" term="Image Generation"/>
        <category label="Creative Coding" term="Creative Coding"/>
        <category label="Gemini" term="Gemini"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Every Major City as a Tiny Miniature World]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/world-cities-ai</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/world-cities-ai"/>
        <updated>2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[46 world cities reimagined as charming isometric miniatures]]></summary>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Image Generation" term="Image Generation"/>
        <category label="Creative Coding" term="Creative Coding"/>
        <category label="GPT-4o" term="GPT-4o"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Worksheet for Harada Method]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/harada-method-worksheet</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/harada-method-worksheet"/>
        <updated>2025-11-15T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I created a LaTeX worksheet for the Harada Method goal-setting system after coming across a tweet thread about it.]]></summary>
        <category label="productivity" term="productivity"/>
        <category label="goal-setting" term="goal-setting"/>
        <category label="LaTeX" term="LaTeX"/>
        <category label="templates" term="templates"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Which Day Do Top Weekly Podcasts Release?]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/release-timing-weekly</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/release-timing-weekly"/>
        <updated>2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Among elite weekly shows, releases cluster Mon–Wed (Thu follows), and over half hit the same weekday ≥80% of the time.]]></summary>
        <category label="podcasting" term="podcasting"/>
        <category label="data" term="data"/>
        <category label="schedule" term="schedule"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Podcast Hosting Market Share: An Analysis of the Top 10,000 Shows]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/who-hosts-top-podcasts</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/who-hosts-top-podcasts"/>
        <updated>2025-11-03T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Analysis of 10,000 top podcasts reveals a clear 'graduation' pattern: shows often start on indie hosts but migrate to enterprise platforms like Megaphone as they grow.]]></summary>
        <category label="podcasting" term="podcasting"/>
        <category label="data" term="data"/>
        <category label="infrastructure" term="infrastructure"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[I Analyzed 1,000 Top Podcasts: Here's How Long Their Episodes Actually Are]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/how-long-top-podcasts-run</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/how-long-top-podcasts-run"/>
        <updated>2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Episode length analysis of the top 1,000 podcasts reveals surprising patterns across different publishing frequencies.]]></summary>
        <category label="podcasting" term="podcasting"/>
        <category label="data" term="data"/>
        <category label="episode length" term="episode length"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[I Analyzed 1,000 Top Podcasts: Here's How Often They Actually Publish]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/top-podcast-cadence</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/top-podcast-cadence"/>
        <updated>2025-10-30T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Publishing frequency analysis of the top 1,000 podcasts shows nearly 1 in 5 publish daily, while weekly still dominates.]]></summary>
        <category label="podcasting" term="podcasting"/>
        <category label="data" term="data"/>
        <category label="cadence" term="cadence"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Goodbye, Cursor]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/goodbye-cursor</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/goodbye-cursor"/>
        <updated>2025-10-22T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[After two years and a recent $500 monthly bill, I'm reluctantly saying goodbye to Cursor. It's not because I want to, but because I have to.]]></summary>
        <category label="Cursor" term="Cursor"/>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Developer Tools" term="Developer Tools"/>
        <category label="Bootstrapping" term="Bootstrapping"/>
        <category label="OpenAI" term="OpenAI"/>
        <category label="LLM" term="LLM"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Known vs Unknown Unfairness]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/known-vs-unknown-unfairness</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/known-vs-unknown-unfairness"/>
        <updated>2025-10-16T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Reflecting on 18 months of bootstrapping: why some people seem to glide through challenges while you stumble. Six things I wish I had known earlier.]]></summary>
        <category label="entrepreneurship" term="entrepreneurship"/>
        <category label="startups" term="startups"/>
        <category label="bootstrapping" term="bootstrapping"/>
        <category label="lessons learned" term="lessons learned"/>
        <category label="AIP" term="AIP"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Latitude59 Reflections]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/latitude59-tallinn-reflections</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/latitude59-tallinn-reflections"/>
        <updated>2025-05-26T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[My experience at Latitude59 in Tallinn - from understanding Estonia startup ecosystem to learning the physics of fundraising as a first-time founder.]]></summary>
        <category label="entrepreneurship" term="entrepreneurship"/>
        <category label="startups" term="startups"/>
        <category label="Estonia" term="Estonia"/>
        <category label="Tallinn" term="Tallinn"/>
        <category label="Latitude59" term="Latitude59"/>
        <category label="fundraising" term="fundraising"/>
        <category label="founder journey" term="founder journey"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Notes on MCP: Standardization Comes From Adoption, Not Technical Superiority]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/notes-on-mcp</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/notes-on-mcp"/>
        <updated>2025-04-24T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Reflecting on how standardization in technology is driven by ecosystem adoption and trusted stewardship, with lessons from video streaming applied to Model-Control-Protocol (MCP).]]></summary>
        <category label="MCP" term="MCP"/>
        <category label="Standardization" term="Standardization"/>
        <category label="Technology" term="Technology"/>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Developer Experience" term="Developer Experience"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Bootstrapper's Parable]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/bootstrappers-parable</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/bootstrappers-parable"/>
        <updated>2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A journey through the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, showcasing the roller coaster of emotions that come with bootstrapping a company.]]></summary>
        <category label="Entrepreneurship" term="Entrepreneurship"/>
        <category label="Bootstrapping" term="Bootstrapping"/>
        <category label="Startups" term="Startups"/>
        <category label="Mindset" term="Mindset"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Design Principles I Learned From Building Real Products]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/design-principles-learned-from-experience</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/design-principles-learned-from-experience"/>
        <updated>2025-04-13T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Two critical lessons I learned about UI design from building front-end applications for clients instead of just reading books.]]></summary>
        <category label="Design" term="Design"/>
        <category label="UI" term="UI"/>
        <category label="UX" term="UX"/>
        <category label="Front-End" term="Front-End"/>
        <category label="Web Development" term="Web Development"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Explaining Richard Sutton's AI Research Slogans]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/richard-sutton-ai-slogans</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/richard-sutton-ai-slogans"/>
        <updated>2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Richard Sutton's AI slogans explained in clear, practical terms for a technical audience.]]></summary>
        <category label="AI" term="AI"/>
        <category label="Machine Learning" term="Machine Learning"/>
        <category label="Reinforcement Learning" term="Reinforcement Learning"/>
        <category label="Research Principles" term="Research Principles"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why You Need a Proxy Server for LLMs]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/why-you-need-proxy-server-llm</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/why-you-need-proxy-server-llm"/>
        <updated>2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[As LLMs evolve rapidly, a proxy server like LiteLLM becomes essential for production applications to manage model switching, fallbacks, and authentication.]]></summary>
        <category label="LLM" term="LLM"/>
        <category label="API" term="API"/>
        <category label="Proxy" term="Proxy"/>
        <category label="LiteLLM" term="LiteLLM"/>
        <category label="Production" term="Production"/>
        <category label="ML Engineering" term="ML Engineering"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Letter to My Early 2024 Self]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/a-letter-early-2024-self</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/a-letter-early-2024-self"/>
        <updated>2024-12-31T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hard-earned startup lessons I wish I had known when starting my entrepreneurial journey.]]></summary>
        <category label="entrepreneurship" term="entrepreneurship"/>
        <category label="startups" term="startups"/>
        <category label="bootstrapping" term="bootstrapping"/>
        <category label="lessons learned" term="lessons learned"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Books to Optimize Your 4000 Hours of Existence]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/books-to-optimize-your-4000-hours-of-existence</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/books-to-optimize-your-4000-hours-of-existence"/>
        <updated>2022-09-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A practical list of four books that helped me improve sleep, breathing, eating, and skin care habits during my 4,000-week life window.]]></summary>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Debt: Understanding and Leveraging It to Build Wealth]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/debt-understanding-and-leveraging-it-to-build-wealth</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/debt-understanding-and-leveraging-it-to-build-wealth"/>
        <updated>2022-09-09T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hi Folks, We are back with another video. In this video, I talk about the concept of Debt. During discussions with my friends, I found that this topic is oft...]]></summary>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[I Am Starting a YouTube Channel]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/i-am-starting-a-youtube-channel</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/i-am-starting-a-youtube-channel"/>
        <updated>2022-09-09T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey Folks! Hope you all are doing well! Just a short message to everyone. I have started a YouTube channel. In my channel, I post stuff that I find interesti...]]></summary>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[6 Years of FI, Hitting 30s: Implications and the Future]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/6-years-of-fi-journey-hitting-30s-implications-and-the-future</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/6-years-of-fi-journey-hitting-30s-implications-and-the-future"/>
        <updated>2022-05-27T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey Ho Folks! Hope you all are safe and well! Welcome to a longish life update post. Introduction This post is going to be primarily of two parts. First, I w...]]></summary>
        <category label="Finance" term="Finance"/>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Two Easy Hacks to Wake Up in the Morning]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/two-easy-methods-to-wake-up-in-the-morning</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/two-easy-methods-to-wake-up-in-the-morning"/>
        <updated>2021-04-03T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey Ho! Hope you all are safe and well! Welcome to a life hack post. Introduction For most of my adult life, I have struggled to wake up in the morning. I wo...]]></summary>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Five Lessons from Five Years of FI]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/five-lessons-from-five-years-of-fi</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/five-lessons-from-five-years-of-fi"/>
        <updated>2021-01-05T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey Ho! Hope you all are safe and well! Welcome to yet another 5-year theme-based post. Introduction Recently, I realized that it’s been five years since I s...]]></summary>
        <category label="Finance" term="Finance"/>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Go Get Some Cookies for 2021]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/go-get-some-cookies-for-2021</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/go-get-some-cookies-for-2021"/>
        <updated>2021-01-02T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey Ho! Hope this post finds you enjoying the new year! Introduction I started the new year by baking a big metaphorical “cookie”. It is a concept that I lea...]]></summary>
        <category label="General" term="General"/>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[5 Years of FI Journey: An Update in Numbers]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/5-year-of-fi-journey-an-update-in-numbers</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/5-year-of-fi-journey-an-update-in-numbers"/>
        <updated>2020-12-12T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey Ho! Hope you all are well and safe, in these unprecedented times. Introduction Yesterday, I realized that it’s been exactly five years since I started wa...]]></summary>
        <category label="Finance" term="Finance"/>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Food and Frugality]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/food-and-frugality</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/food-and-frugality"/>
        <updated>2020-06-14T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Introduction “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf Food is an integral part of our lives. Significant t...]]></summary>
        <category label="General" term="General"/>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Best Is the Enemy of the Good]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/the-best-is-the-enemy-of-the-good</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/the-best-is-the-enemy-of-the-good"/>
        <updated>2020-06-07T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I am reading a book and I recently come across this quote : “The best is the enemy of the good”. It was in the context of building new productive habits. At...]]></summary>
        <category label="General" term="General"/>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Case for Meditation: Illustrated Edition]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/a-case-for-meditation-illustrated-edition</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/a-case-for-meditation-illustrated-edition"/>
        <updated>2020-05-31T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Introduction I am 28 years old now. The year between 22 and 27 was a rough patch for me. Although I did portray an air of confidence and positivity to people...]]></summary>
        <category label="General" term="General"/>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Investing in Stocks: To Wait or Not to Wait]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/investing-in-stocks-to-wait-or-not-to-wait</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/investing-in-stocks-to-wait-or-not-to-wait"/>
        <updated>2020-05-24T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Introduction One of the questions that I often get asked is * “Should I start investing right now? Or should I wait until the markets are slightly more favou...]]></summary>
        <category label="Finance" term="Finance"/>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Start Investing: Where, What, and How]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/start-investing-where-what-and-how</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/start-investing-where-what-and-how"/>
        <updated>2019-01-12T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[This is a follow-up to my “Smart financial tips” series. I strongly recommend to start there and come back here. Anyways, * Earlier we looked at what does “S...]]></summary>
        <category label="Finance" term="Finance"/>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Plan for the Year 2019]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/plan-for-the-year-2019</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/plan-for-the-year-2019"/>
        <updated>2019-01-05T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey Fellas, Subject : A quick update on what’s in store for the year 2019. As you might have noticed there has been a long lull in this website in 2018. Ther...]]></summary>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
        <category label="Updates" term="Updates"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[End of Year Update]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/end-of-year-update</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/end-of-year-update"/>
        <updated>2017-12-30T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey Folks! First of all, I am so sorry for not posting anything for so long. It’s been a whirlwind couple of months in my life and a stressful one at that. Ne...]]></summary>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hiking to Brunnsteinspitze (2180m)]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/hiking-to-brunnsteinspitze-2180m</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/hiking-to-brunnsteinspitze-2180m"/>
        <updated>2017-10-18T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey! If you are interested in doing this hiking trail, read the “Details” section. If you are interested in how the path looks like, see the “Video” section....]]></summary>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
        <category label="Travel" term="Travel"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Klettersteig to Alpspitze (2,628 m) and Matheisenkar (Via Ferrata B/C)]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/klettersteig-to-alpspitze-2628-m-and-matheisenkar-via-ferrata-bc</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/klettersteig-to-alpspitze-2628-m-and-matheisenkar-via-ferrata-bc"/>
        <updated>2017-08-15T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey! If you are interested in doing this hiking trail, read the “Details” section. If you are interested in how the path looks like, see the “Video” section....]]></summary>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
        <category label="Travel" term="Travel"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Kind of Investor Are You: Defensive or Enterprising?]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/what-kind-of-investor-are-you-defensive-or-enterprising</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/what-kind-of-investor-are-you-defensive-or-enterprising"/>
        <updated>2017-05-07T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey! This post presents the most important message from the book : “THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR”. This book was proclaimed as “by far, the best book on investin...]]></summary>
        <category label="Finance" term="Finance"/>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Index Funds: The Only Investment Guide You Need to Read]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/the-only-investment-post-you-need-to-read</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/the-only-investment-post-you-need-to-read"/>
        <updated>2017-01-24T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey! My earlier posts urged you to start investing as soon as possible. But now you are wondering on what you should do next. You are thinking – “How do I ge...]]></summary>
        <category label="Finance" term="Finance"/>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hiking to Immenstadter Horn and Gschwenderhorn]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/hiking-immenstadter-horn-gschwenderhorn-horn</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/hiking-immenstadter-horn-gschwenderhorn-horn"/>
        <updated>2017-01-09T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey! Another weekend passed. So another hiking post. If you are interested in doing the same hiking trail, read the “Details” section. If you are interested...]]></summary>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
        <category label="Travel" term="Travel"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Theory of Investing Part 1: Stocks and Bonds]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/theory-investing-part-1-stocks-bonds</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/theory-investing-part-1-stocks-bonds"/>
        <updated>2017-01-05T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey! In finance world, it is a commonplace knowledge that stocks (and bonds) are the best long-term investment vehicles for the “average” citizen [1]. By an...]]></summary>
        <category label="Finance" term="Finance"/>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hiking to Klausenberg and Predigtstuhl]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/hiking-klausenberg-und-predigtstuhl</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/hiking-klausenberg-und-predigtstuhl"/>
        <updated>2017-01-03T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey! For the ones interested in doing the same trail, read the “Details” section. If you are interested in my ramblings about the path, read the “Travel diar...]]></summary>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
        <category label="Travel" term="Travel"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[When Can You Attain Financial Independence?]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/when-can-i-attain-financial-indepdence</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/when-can-i-attain-financial-indepdence"/>
        <updated>2016-12-26T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome! In my earlier post, I talked about why you should start investing? Naturally, the next question is how long should you keep investing. Or in a way I...]]></summary>
        <category label="Finance" term="Finance"/>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Is a Smart Home?]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/what-is-a-smart-home</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/what-is-a-smart-home"/>
        <updated>2016-12-23T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to my blog on smart home! So, what the hell is smart home you ask? To understand that, first let us review how a normal home looks like. A normal bor...]]></summary>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Is "Smart Finance Tips" All About?]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/what-is-this-smart-finance-tips-about</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/what-is-this-smart-finance-tips-about"/>
        <updated>2016-12-23T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Nobody talks about money. Given that a good part of our life revolves around money, it is a surprising fact that we rarely spend time talking or thinking abou...]]></summary>
        <category label="Finance" term="Finance"/>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why You Should Start Investing]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/why-you-should-start-investing</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/why-you-should-start-investing"/>
        <updated>2016-12-23T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hey! Earlier, I talked about how many of us fail to consider our financial life seriously. By doing this, we self-impose financial crutches. By not actively...]]></summary>
        <category label="Finance" term="Finance"/>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Biking from Munich to Regensburg]]></title>
        <id>https://adithyan.io/blog/biking-from-munich-to-regensburg</id>
        <link href="https://adithyan.io/blog/biking-from-munich-to-regensburg"/>
        <updated>2015-09-06T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Note : Actually we did this tour a year back in Summer. Me and my friends did a bike tour from Munich to Regensburg. It was beautiful. You bike along the two...]]></summary>
        <category label="Misc" term="Misc"/>
        <category label="Travel" term="Travel"/>
    </entry>
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