Life Logs - Hiran Venugopalan

Sep '26

I'm running a hands-on workshop, The Many Lives of an Aeropress, in Kochi. Finally shipped version one of the coffee brewing notes in time for it, something that's been sitting half-done for a while. Had a great Onam at …

Aug '26

Trying to stay more local these days, visiting nearby places instead of defaulting to a laptop and the internet. If you're around and keen to catch up, my Topmate is open, happy to meet offline over coffee. Picked up …

Jul '26

Spent the first part of July in Singapore. The old 2013 Kindle came along and somehow still works, turns out my assumption that the battery had died was wrong. Got a USB-C to Micro USB adapter and now it holds charge for …

Jun '26

Reading is finally in a good place. Started a habit of reading during the commute, fifteen minutes inside an auto each way. Also borrowing from the local library now. Deadlines make you read faster. Writing code has …

May '26

This month is more about resetting. Removed Instagram and almost every app with feed view. Trying to build more, with AI, and think more, without AI. Three pilot episodes of Ways of Working are over and now it's time to …