Mohnish Thallavajhula

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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  • Greece Trip

    In May 2026, I got the opportunity to visit Greece. It was quite an experience. Got to shop around, explore and learn about the Greek mythology.

  • Dedupe Tabs Pro

    I created a Google Chrome extension to dedupe tabs using a customizable keyboard shortcut.

  • Bringing down my ZSH load times from ~3.1s to ~230ms

    I noticed how slow my ZSH had. gotten and decided to fix it. Timed, profiled, and fixed it.

  • STEALTHFACTORY.COM

    I now own the domain name – stealthfactory.com. My patience paid off.

  • What’s going on with the web?

    It seems like the general web app quality has gone down over the past few months. WTF is up with that?

  • 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.