Mohnish Thallavajhula
Mohnish Thallavajhula
@mohnisht@iam.mt

I enjoy working on creative and fun side projects. I love exploring new tech and creating Cool eXperiences.

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  • Slow is smooth, smooth is fast

    I picked up the phrase “slow is smooth, smooth is fast” from the movie F1 and it has changed the way I operate.

  • LLMs integrating Health data

    With LLMs accessing my health data, I hope they show valuable insights.

  • Learning Python

    Learning Python has become an essential aspect of a programmer’s tool belt.

  • Parting ways with my old Mustang

    After 13.5 years of driving my Mustang, I sold it a couple of days ago.

  • Happy New Year 2026

    My customary new year blog post where I summarize what I did the previous year. Happy New Year 2026.

  • Sparking Joy

    I’ve been doing some cleaning and following the KonMari Method to do so. I’ve also borrowed some ideas from Elon’s algorithm.

  • Downgrading my Apple Watch to a fitness tracker

    I’ve decided to downgrade my Apple Watch Ultra 2 to a mere fitness tracker to track my workouts and sleep.

  • TypeScript is dogshit

    Fuck TypeScript, dawg. It does not float my boat.

  • AI is the new UI/UX

    AI is the new UI/UX

  • Japan Trip

    I finally got to visit Japan and it was as expected. Wonderful. I had a fabulous time there and loved learning about the history and culture of Japan.

  • Sabbatical

    I was on sabbatical in June 2025 and I loved it.

  • It’s here!

    Got my Barca membership card in the mail today. Woot Woot!

  • Barca fan, Officially

    I am now an official Barca fan and I am very excited.

  • I’ve figured it out

    I’ve finally figured out what I’m going to do with my 2 domain names – mt.cx and cx.mt

  • Rebuilding my RSS feeds

    After losing all of my RSS feeds, I’ve finally found a good alternative to build back my collection.

  • Photoshop

    Photoshop recently celebrated its 35th anniversary and I reflect on how it has affected me over the years.

  • Kudos, reMarkable Team

    reMarkable listened to the community and shipped the Shapes feature in 47 days.

  • H I J K LLM NOPE

    LLMs are everywhere now. All the tech feeds are filled with LLM news.

  • Ghostty

    After using Terminal.app for over a decade, I recently made the switch to Ghostty, a new terminal emulator, and I love it.

  • Herbal Tea

    I picked up a new habit of drinking herbal tea before going to bed every night. So far, I like it and I’ve been enjoying this routine.

  • Happy New Year 2025

    My yearly roundup for 2024

  • Coding on autopilot

    Over-relying on copilots for programming puts you on autopilot. It creates mental laziness and that is something to be avoided.

  • Tesla’s Optimus

    Tesla just demoed the Optimus and I think it’s dangerous and now is the time for the Government to regulate the manufacturing of such bots.

  • Picking a Text Editor is a big deal

    Now that Sublime Text 4 has asked me to upgrade its license, I am officially in the marked to try out a new text editor since it doesn’t seem to have official support from a few new pieces of tech.

  • reMarkable Paper Pro

    I got the new reMarkable Paper Pro and I like it. It fits well with my use cases.

  • Playtime

    I am planning on switching my playtime to something new. Over the next couple of months, that’s what my quest is going to be.

  • Strange case of user base stagnation

    Chrome web browser now natively supports rearranging tabs without the need for my extension. This is great news. Rearrange Tabs chrome extension will now have a new path forward.

  • Future of handwriting on Tablets

    Apple’s newly announced feature called Math Notes is a game changer and is going to change the way new handwriting tablets look at features.

  • My recent epiphany

    The people who’ve inspired me during the last decade don’t seem to inspire me anymore. Time to find new sources of inspiration.

  • 15 years

    Celebrating 15 years of my blog!