Weekly Notes 46/2026

It’s been a good week. I am recovering well, though I haven’t restarted training yet. The work is also progressing well; it’s picked up speed, and things are moving quickly now. I am happy about it.

• Uma’s 2026, U2026 playlist has been updated. I still have a couple of songs to add to MusicBrainz; otherwise, the list is up to date. I do have a playlists page now that lists all my playlists.
• On Saturday we had lunch at NĀVU. They are bang in the middle of the city but don’t face the traffic, so we could sit outside and enjoy the weather. They have decent paid parking. I liked their cold brew-based cocktails more than the food. Food was also, of course, good. Anju liked it more than I did. This week I went to Nawazish with GL and MK. We ate lots of meat and shaadi ki biryani. We loved their food, and the pricing was good too. I think it was pretty affordable at 1K per person.
• I have updated the associations to include PUCAR now. I have been building and having fun.
• Resting and recovery continue. I think I will do that all month and get back to the Gym in December. I continue to walk to keep myself active and not do anything else. I am looking forward to December.
• This week, someone asked me about my retirement plan. I’m confused about it because I think I’m already retired. If you think people should do only what they like after they retire, then I am retired, or I think I’ll never retire; I just keep working. I would always like to learn, build, write, and have fun. I’ll keep doing these things for as long as possible.
• Uma had gone to my sister’s place for Deepavali. She wanted to be with her cousins. At home, Anju and I were busy taking care of Echo and Pathu. Echo has a UTI; he needed care and a visit to the doctor. Pathu is scared of crackers, so somebody needs to be with her all the time. I think we are never out of parental duties.
• BTW, wishing you a season of light, the light of knowledge, the courage to think for yourself, and the will to question darkness wherever you find it. Happy Deepavali.
• Today I was talking to a bunch of students at APU about some of my projects. One of them asked about the future of jobs, given the AI disruption. My answer was: Judgment, Accountability, and Taste/Craft are what you will get paid for or at least that’s what I believe at this point. Surprisingly, just this week, I spoke to my team @Peppo, about this. So I was ready.
• If you like the web and HTML, then you will like Scrubjay. It’s a scrapbook you can create and use locally. I have been using Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B and google/gemma-4-26B-A4B-it locally with llama.app. Most models I run are from hf/ggml-org; I only search elsewhere when something isn’t available there. Both seem to be performing well on my laptop and are good enough for my regular use. Apocalypse Now and Then is Arundhati Roy’s take on AI and Capitalism. RIP Tim Peters; it’s a good time to reread PEP 20 – The Zen of Python. MEUTE is a marching band that plays electronic music with acoustic instruments.