Pareen Lathia

I make software and occasionally step back to write about it. This is my corner of the web — a notebook I keep in public. Some of it is finished, most of it is in progress, all of it is mine.

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• PodcastsEvery podcast and interview I've joined as a guest — latest first.PAGE ↗/podcasts
• Robotics: The End GameJim Fan's Sequoia AI Ascent 2026 roadmap as a Polytopia tech tree — four tiers to Physical Auto-Research by 2040, graveyard included.PAGE ↗/robotics-endgame

• This notebookThe site you're reading. A file-based personal notebook built with Astro — no database, no CMS, no server.PROJECTJul 2, 2026
• Keeping a notebook in publicWhy I finally built my own corner of the web, and what I plan to put in it.ESSAYJul 1, 2026
• Small tools, sharp edgesIn praise of software that does one thing, assumes you're paying attention, and gets out of the way.ESSAYMay 18, 2026
• Gwern's websiteThe gold standard for a personal site that treats writing as a long-term project.ENTRYApr 10, 2026
• On shipping before you're readyA short note to myself, mostly. You are never ready. Ship anyway.ESSAYFeb 9, 2026
• AstroThe framework this site is built on. The best tool I've found for content-first websites.ENTRYJan 20, 2026

• ledger — a tiny plain-text finance CLIA command-line tool for tracking money in a text file you can actually read. An experiment in owning your own data.PROJECTNov 14, 2025
• Oblique StrategiesA deck of cards for getting unstuck. I reach for it when a problem has me cornered.ENTRYSep 3, 2025
• Margin — annotate anything on the webA browser extension for scribbling private notes in the margin of any page. Archived, but I still miss it.PROJECTMar 22, 2025

• This notebookThe site you're reading. A file-based personal notebook built with Astro — no database, no CMS, no server.Jul 2, 2026
• ledger — a tiny plain-text finance CLIA command-line tool for tracking money in a text file you can actually read. An experiment in owning your own data.Nov 14, 2025
• Margin — annotate anything on the webA browser extension for scribbling private notes in the margin of any page. Archived, but I still miss it.Mar 22, 2025