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Trying to collect all my writings into one place.

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  • Nov 5, 2025

    Output over craft

  • Feb 16, 2025

    Subverting Ramachandra Myths Ii

  • Jun 23, 2024

    Subverting Ramachandra Myths

  • Jun 2, 2023

    Prompts and humanity

  • Nov 24, 2022

    Sam Bankman-Fried, the FTX collapse, and the limits of effective altruism

  • Oct 22, 2022

    The boat woman of Ponniyin Selvan

  • Aug 9, 2022

    The Aragalaya: a sceptic’s notes

  • Sep 21, 2021

    How to kill a rat

  • Mar 21, 2020

    Beer With Namo

  • Dec 6, 2019

    The subtle art of haircut and head massage

  • Nov 10, 2019

    How (not) to vote: a letter to the dejected progressive

  • Apr 8, 2018

    Sri Lankan youth and their new discontents

  • Mar 4, 2018

    Splintering Tamil vote: a post-mortem Report

  • Jan 5, 2016

    Crisis in Oluvil

  • Jun 10, 2015

    The enduring relevance of Puthiyathor Ulagam

  • May 15, 2013

    The murder of doctor brains

  • Mar 26, 2013

    The state of the free education system in Sri Lanka: confessions of a disgruntled student

  • Jan 17, 2012

    The life and times of Herbert Sundarampillai

  • Nov 25, 2011

    The multitude man

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reflections of an accidental programmer on software and life