hi, i’m pulkit pareek
i make computers do things
apparently 21-ish years old, forever a student, and still trying to understand computers beyond just making them do things. i spend a lot of time building, breaking, reading, and asking questions that probably could've been answered five tabs ago. mostly interested in how software works, why it works the way it does, and what happens when you push it a little too far. i like learning by making things, getting stuck, taking things apart, and eventually figuring out why they work. the goal isn't really to know everything — just to understand a little more than i did yesterday. somewhere along the way, i've become interested in developer tooling, interfaces, systems, and all the tiny details that make software feel good to use. forever learning. occasionally building. almost always wondering “but why?”
recently written
things i kept thinking about until writing them down became easier than letting them go, mostly to find out whether i understood them at all
Agents - Orchestration, Swarms and much more
Everyone's talking about AI agents. Nobody's explaining the plumbing. Here's what's actually happening under the hood.
Next.js: A Comprehensive Guide
Master advanced Next.js patterns
docker and some questions
my personal learnings from docker.
React Unfolded
A comprehensive guide to React fundamentals, hooks, and patterns.
Why I Ditched Windows and Went Full Linux
Why am I using Linux.
i spend a lot of my time building things for developers, then a little more building things for myself. the two overlap more than that makes it sound. something i learn while working might become a project simply because i want to know whether i can make it work.
attention map
the last 30 days on my computer: 23 days, 6 hours, 33 minutes of tracked time across 92 apps and 12,175 sessions, which explains a few things.
arc
chatgpt
cursor
slack
live
tuple
the map is only a rough record of where the time went. it can't tell the difference between a productive afternoon and several hours spent making the wrong thing work, but the hours count all the same. when i'm not making something, i'm usually reading, listening, or keeping track of things i don't want to lose.
things that stayed
books, records, movies, and stories i remember for the feeling, question, place, or moment i found them in. maybe you'll enjoy them too.
odyssey
2026a film that turned space into a feeling. the docking scene alone rewired how i think about scale.
mad max fury
2015pure kinetic storytelling. every frame moves with purpose, and the silence says more than dialogue ever could.
inception
2010the movie that made me obsessed with systems that nest inside other systems. still thinking about the ending.
the almanack of naval ravikant
2020a book about wealth and happiness that actually made me rethink both. the leverage chapter lives in my head rent-free.
on computable numbers
1936turing's paper that started it all. the concept of a universal machine is the deepest idea in computer science.
bitcoin whitepaper
2008satoshi's nine pages solved the byzantine generals problem with economics instead of math. elegant and understated.
steve jobs notes
varioushis thoughts on simplicity, design, and focus. the intersection of technology and liberal arts is where the magic happens.
on my side of the screen, it is 18:30, and it is 28.4°C in Jaipur, the city I'm from (not necessarily where I am) but it actually feels like a nice 30.2°C ! the air is thick under overcast skies. ☁️
you're roughly 11,250km from Jaipur and reading this at 1920x1080. neither number is especially useful, but here they are. this place has been years in the making and refuses to be finished.
it holds work, experiments, stories, other people's fingerprints, and a few things that don't entirely belong anywhere else. not everything needs to. anyways, i hope you enjoy :)