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A Tale of 2 Apples

One boy has an Apple. The other has an apple. One is exploring the world through a screen, while the other is enjoying what the world has given him to eat

One more Time

Have you ever sailed so far into the Arabian Sea that the Indian coastline disappears behind you? No land in sight, no familiar shore to return to, just an endless stretch of water and the sound of the wind filling your sails.

Eyes on the Ball, Sir

“Keep your head down, sir!” My caddie has shouted this so often that I suspect he's no longer trying to improve my swing. He's simply trying to spare me the horror of watching where the ball goes. I've even decided on a fitting inscription for my golf bag:

When in doubt, snook it out.

Every snooker table has its own crew of characters, but our gang takes the cake.

Life in the Binary

I remember a time when we understood each other through simple, human moments. A lingering glance felt like a quiet promise. A gentle tilt of the head quietly conveyed, “I see you, I really see you.” In those moments, distance dissolved without a single word being spoken.

I am dumb

Picture this: We’ve got smartphones smarter than half the people I know, self-driving cars that promise to whisk us away without a hitch, and AI chatbots that can write poetry or solve math problems faster than I can remember my wive’s birthday. Yet, for all their silicon-brained glory, these things can’t even turn themselves on. No, really, try it. Unplug your laptop, set it on the table, and command it to boot up with the sheer force of your will.

How was that?

Let us face it, cricket is not just a sport for us, it is more like a religion. Whether you are a fourteen year old teenager who thinks he is a pro bowler or a fifty year old uncle playing with a bad knee, everyone forgets their age the moment the game starts.

The art of Disappointment

Being a nice person sounds great until you realize it mostly involves agreeing to help someone move a sofa on a rainy Sunday morning. If you never say no, congratulations, you have achieved the peak human form of a door mat.

Love at first sight

I was 14 when I first laid eyes on her. It was a chance encounter; I’d wandered into the club’s billiards room searching for my swimming buddy. There she stood, draped in flawless green, her elegant curves illuminated under the hazy glow of cigarette smoke.

Building Small AI Tools That Actually Help

A narrow task, a clear source, and a quick review can be more useful than an ambitious assistant.

Documentation That Survives a Migration

How short decision records help the next person understand what changed and why.

Lessons From Reading Unfamiliar Code

A few habits for finding the important behavior before trying to improve the implementation.

How I Think About Technical Debt

Moving beyond a list of disliked code toward a conversation about cost and timing.

Using Local Models for Everyday Work

Finding repeatable tasks that fit the limits of a laptop and a human review step.

Testing Retrieval Before Tuning Prompts

A support notebook returned convincing answers from outdated installation notes. Version labels and a small relevance review made the results easier to trust.

What Makes a Good Modernization Plan

A practical plan connects technical milestones to evidence that the business can use.

What AI Changes for Business Analysts

Faster drafts make context, evidence, and careful questions more valuable.

Building Internal Tools People Keep Using

Why small workflow details matter as much as the feature that motivated the project.

Learning From Projects That Did Not Work

Looking for useful lessons without turning hindsight into a story of inevitable failure.

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A Tale of 2 ApplesOne more TimeEyes on the Ball, SirWhen in doubt, snook it out.Life in the Binary

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A Tale of 2 ApplesOne more TimeEyes on the Ball, SirWhen in doubt, snook it out.Life in the Binary