Old Tricks And New Dogs
on grief, puppies, and incompatible training data
Digital native. Analog soul.
I'm Harsha. I spend my days working with AI systems that are simultaneously brilliant and terrifyingly dumb. It's like being a translator between machines that can write poetry but get confused by doorknobs.
My hobby is writing about tech with the enthusiasm of someone who's seen enough to know better, but hopes anyway.
Latest Thoughts
on grief, puppies, and incompatible training data
The technical explanation for your impostor syndrome that actually helps
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extremely quiet, mostly stable, occasionally functional...an unexpected and disappointing experience (so far)
exploring why the deepseek story feels off, the importance of transparency, and how state context matters more than shiny benchmarks
investigating the disturbing reality where you now refer to leisure time as "grinding" and somehow don't see the tragic irony in that terminology.
the internet's most well-read idiot savant in your pocket.
for those who like a simpler list than scouring the forums.
maybe fun was easier to find when your biggest commitment was keeping a Tamagotchi alive.
another year, another rectangle, another reason to question the meaning of life. at least the photos are slightly sharper.