Apr 14, 2025

Can Guix's G-expressions make for a superior Make-like build tool? Here's a proof-of-concept implementation imagining such a future.

Tags: software, guix, lisp, scheme

Mar 29, 2025

Printable Shavian dictionary of the 1650 most common English words to help you learn the script and start using it in your day-to-day life

Tags: software, shavian

May 21, 2024

Index the body of encrypted emails in notmuch for searching.

Tags: software

Feb 11, 2024

How do you use Guix on HPC when your friendly HPC admins are uncooperative? This is the ultimate solution.

Tags: guix, software

Dec 27, 2023

A dump site in Nagercoil that is a manifestation of the growing solid waste management problem

Tags: nagercoil, waste, environment

Feb 27, 2023

How to live hack a guile web server on the REPL

Tags: lisp, scheme, software

Feb 23, 2023

In the 1999 Thulladha Manamum Thullum Tamil movie, Simran appears in front of SPQR and the Roman eagle.

Tags: cinema, tamilcinema

Jan 2, 2023

Deploy scripts using Guix G-expressions. Why? How?

Tags: lisp, scheme, guix, software

Dec 18, 2022

Finding the right place to rent in London using a Guile script. Who said Guile is not useful for practical stuff!

Tags: London, lisp, scheme, software

Sep 17, 2022

Monospace fonts are not displayed correctly in a Tamil locale. How do you fix this?

Tags: tamil

Jul 10, 2020

I travelled to Amsterdam in November 2019. This was my first and so far the only trip to Europe. I got to meet fellow free software contributors from Europe, and was also deeply impressed by Europe in general. Here is an account.

Tags: travel, amsterdam, europe

Nov 22, 2017

Last Sunday, I went on a trek to Hutridurga – my first with the Bangalore Trekking Club (BTC).

Tags: trekking, travel

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