Notes from building
Essays, teardowns, and builder logs. Mostly about AI, products, voice for Indic languages, and the moments when the work talks back.
The AI Friend Dilemma: Will We Forget How to Be Human?
Companion apps promise comfort. But what happens when the easiest conversation in your life is one with a machine?
All essays
7 postsHow Lunchclub Keeps Its Users Hooked
A teardown of the engagement mechanics behind one of the calmer corners of professional networking.
Voice for the Languages Models Forget
Why frontier TTS still trips on Marathi, and what we did at Praxel to ship a commercial-class Indic voice without commercial training data.
Human–Computer Interaction & Productivity Tools
Lessons from HCI applied to the way modern tools nudge, batch, and interrupt us.
Shipping the First MCP Server at MoEngage
What it took to put MCP on a B2B SaaS platform — political, technical, and a little bit emotional.
Praxy: Building Both Sides of the Marketplace
Most marketplaces pick a side. We picked both — voice-first, in eleven languages. Here's why.
What 10,000 Students Taught Me About Teaching
Five lessons from a thousand hours behind the camera, across six education platforms.
One essay every two-ish weeks.
No marketing, no recap newsletters. Just the things I'm thinking about while building.