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Reflecting on 2024: A Year of Growth and Joy

As 2024 📅 comes to a close, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the highlights of the year. It’s been a year full of new experiences, milestones, and cherished moments. Here’s a glimpse into the journey: First Full Year in Our Home 🏡 This year marked our first full year in the house, andContinue reading “Reflecting on 2024: A Year of Growth and Joy”

Software Engineer’s Guide for ramping up on Deep Learning

ChatGPT, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion have been the buzz in 2022. As a software engineer, with no formal education in the field of machine learning or artificial intelligence, I have been watching the latest progress and buzz from the sidelines, and with awe. This holiday break I decided to develop a basic understanding of thisContinue reading “Software Engineer’s Guide for ramping up on Deep Learning”

Four Keys to Happiness in 2023

Posting this more as a reminder to myself as we enter this new year. Hope you find this useful too! Don’t worry about what others think of you First of all, if they are strangers, they are not even looking at you, thinking about you, judging you, or any such thing. I constantly tell myself,Continue reading “Four Keys to Happiness in 2023”

Top 10 Quotes That Have Inspired Me As A Software Engineer and Manager

As we say goodbye to an amazing 2022 and say hello to 2023, here are top 10 timeless quotes that have inspired me over the years as a software engineer and engineering manager. Namaste Abhi Khune Abhiram Ganesh Khune

Top 10 Theoretical Physics Podcasts on Sean Carroll’s Mindscape

Sean Carroll hosts conversations with the world’s most interesting thinkers on a wide variety of topics including quantum physics, theoretical physics, cosmology, society, philosophy, culture, arts etc. While I enjoy many of his 187, and counting, podcasts, my favorite ones are the ones related to theoretical physics, quantum physics and cosmology. Also I support himContinue reading “Top 10 Theoretical Physics Podcasts on Sean Carroll’s Mindscape”

My Predictions for the 2022 F1 Season

Ferrari will win the Constructors’ championship (but neither of their drivers would win the Drivers’ championship). The longer term investments that Ferrari have made towards the 2022 regulations will prove worthwhile and they will be the one with the strongest package. Leclerc and Sainz will compete hard and eat into each other’s drivers points. HamiltonContinue reading “My Predictions for the 2022 F1 Season”

Visiting Paso Robles: The ‘Other’ Wine Country of California

We recently visited California’s other wine country, Paso Robles. Paso Robles (pronounced as pa·sow row·blz) is fast becoming a go-to destination for wine enthusiasts, especially those wanting to avoid the crowds in Napa and Sonoma, or avoid the unfortunate uncertainty created due to the summer and fall forest fires in northern California. Paso Robles has,Continue reading “Visiting Paso Robles: The ‘Other’ Wine Country of California”

What is Dark Energy?

In my previous blog post, I mentioned a few intriguing questions such as ‘How do we measure the distance to other stars in the Milky Way?’, ‘How do we measure the distances to far away galaxies?’ etc. And in another blog post, I posed several other interesting questions such as ‘What is the Big Bang?’,Continue reading “What is Dark Energy?”

Weekend Getaways near Upstate New York: Northampton MA

My partner and I have taken quite a few weekend trips near upstate New York over the past several months. So this is a new series of blog posts where we document our trips in hopes of helping others get ideas, and also to remember our own great times! Last weekend my partner’s parents invitedContinue reading “Weekend Getaways near Upstate New York: Northampton MA”

Road Trip: Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Boca Chica, The Texas Triangle with a space twist!

I recently flew into Austin and took a road trip visiting several cities in what is known as the Texas Triangle. Technically, the Texas Triangle comprises of Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Dallas but I skipped Dallas to instead head over to the southernmost beach in Texas, Boca Chica area, to see the SpaceX facilities.Continue reading “Road Trip: Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Boca Chica, The Texas Triangle with a space twist!”