Arguing about technology with my friends

Latest — Sep 14, 2026

America, it's time for your middle class to be hollowed out too

I apologize for yet another AI essay. I work in the tech industry; since 2021 I have been responsible for building multiple AI systems for our products and have become familiar with this tech. My last job was at an AI company; I now work at a consumer company'

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Is this thing still on? Political representation in New York

My house is all in for Zohran! Even though only 50% of us can vote (read: I am not a citizen of this country, tho I have many opinions about it) we're 100% supporters of our Ugandan desi nepo baby king! Zohran brings something that no mainstream politician

Your brain on microplastics

This week the Guardian dropped a piece about how microplastics are everywhere. Buckle up.

The purpose of a system is what it does

Summer in New York is moving season, when residents learn how much their rent is going to increase this year!!!

Bad Bunny, Chomsky, Routers

Last night we went to see Bad Bunny at the Barclays Center. Tickets were mad expensive and sold out immediately, but there were still empty spots in the stands. I always wonder if the empty seats are parents who couldn’t find a sitter or resellers who couldn’t find

‘Start with why’, they said

This is either a set of guiding principles for the next few months of writing, or documentation of my failure to follow-through with this project.

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Field notes for arguments with my friends

Technology, big business, and whatever else my tinfoil hat is picking up these days. By Dipro Bhowmik.

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