Ankur Sethi's Internet Website

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Selling to practitioners vs. selling to technical decision makers

Mythos finds a curl vulnerability

Using LLMs to find Python C-extension bugs

A broken 404 template in Django can swallow your backtraces

I'm no longer using coding assistants on personal projects

Waiting is fun

I built a programming language using Claude Code

I used a local LLM to analyze my journal entries

The only correct recipe for making chai

Write quickly, edit lightly, prefer rewrites, publish with flaws

Generative AI and the era of increased gatekeeping

Pushing the smallest possible change to production

I'm not listening to full albums anymore

Tech predictions for 2026, presented without nuance, context, or evidence

Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration

My first online shopping experience, at the tender age of twelve

Using LLMs for web search

Weeknote 2025-W45: Text message bankruptcy

The solace of work

Weeknote 2025-W44: Oklahoma smash

Everything is index cards

Weeknote 2025-W42: Magical and terrifying

Just read

Weeknote 2025-W41: Starfish on the floor

Just one chapter

Tech hot takes presented without nuance, context, or evidence

The ducks incident

PKM apps need to get better at resurfacing information

How to avoid writing

I'm trying to change my relationship with my desk

Writing without a plan

How I use my computer and phone while minimizing distractions

Social media is a threat to my psychological sovereignty

Results are a side effect of doing the work with love

ChatGPT is not a reliable source of information, but also web search sucks

I learn best when I'm part of a community

Re: The question of language

There’s no rational explanation for why I want to make art

The tools I love are made by awful people

It only gets worse from here