Weekly Notes 40/2026

by Thejesh GN · October 2, 2026

It’s been a crazy but good week. It’s also been a fun week. Last Friday was a long class at APU before the midterm holidays, which kind of tired me out, so I spent most of Saturday at home resting.

Sunday, I went to FOSSIndia/2026. I met a bunch of people, did my BoF session on microgrants, and then also got Cardputer Adv (with Mesthstatic) from Kiran. Also met lots of other folks: Tanvi, Adhavan, Vivek, Aman, Rukmini, Arun, Noopur, Padmini, Pranesh etc. I have missed mentioning a bunch of people here. Sorry about that. But I might write different blog posts just covering the people and projects at FOSSIndia/2026.
Tuesday, I left for Goa for a work offsite with Pucar. It was an amazing three days; I learned a lot. It’s fun to be in a room when people are debating. Just to watch, listen, and absorb. This was my first face-to-face meeting with the Pucar team. I really enjoyed hanging out with them.
It was a short trip. I couldn’t do much other than work. I played a bit and went for a walk; that’s all. The tourist season has not started yet, so it was peaceful and fun.
I also met Ajay Shah and Susan Thomas. We had a bunch of fun but enriching conversations. I will have to make plans to go to Bombay now, just to have longer conversations. Given the work I have now, it’s probably only possible in early 2027.
It’s been two weeks of back-to-back travel. I don’t know how people do it.
I played one game of pickleball this week; no runs, but I walked quite a bit and also did one P.T. session.
Everyone is using AI at work. I think it is okay, but the negligence. is NOT OKAY. I found an AI chat prompt in a judgment by a Bangalore District Court. I have been exploring decentralized mesh networks. Meshtastic on LoRa is popular and seems very useful, but it’s limited to messaging. Reticulam Network is a network stack to build decentralized wide-area networks using heterogeneous communication modes. Currently, I am trying an app called Sideband that runs on top of Reticulam Network, which runs on top of the Internet. I will try other interfaces soon.
Happy Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti to all of you. It was a long weekend for all of us. We took a short family trip to Hesaraghatta. It’s a do-nothing holiday. Pathu is enjoying her stay with other dogs; Echo is with us.