Short-form thoughts and updateshttps://manparvesh.com/https://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2025-11-10T09:45:00.000Zhttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2025-11-10T09:45:00.000ZI used to have 2 sites - manparvesh.com (a resume-style one page site) and blog.manparvesh.com (for my blog), both using a hugo template. I have heard a lot about [astro](https://astro.build/) being useful for blogging sites, so I used an [astro template](https://dante-astro-theme.netlify.app/) to build my new site! (the one you're reading)Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:45:00 GMThttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2024-12-03T09:45:00.000Zhttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2024-12-03T09:45:00.000ZSwitched from 3 monitors to a single screen. Counterintuitive, but the reduction in peripheral distractions has been worth it. Virtual desktops + keyboard shortcuts are underrated.Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:45:00 GMThttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2024-09-11T09:45:00.000Zhttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2024-09-11T09:45:00.000ZThinking of rewriting [Yoda](https://yoda.manparvesh.com/) and integrating LLMs into it. When I wrote it initially, I tried a few ways to extract intent and data from a user input but failed. LLMs should help with that.Wed, 11 Sep 2024 09:45:00 GMThttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2022-09-03T09:45:00.000Zhttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2022-09-03T09:45:00.000ZJoining Yahoo as a Backend Software Engineer! Excited to work at a place with a rich history.Sat, 03 Sep 2022 09:45:00 GMThttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2021-06-21T09:45:00.000Zhttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2021-06-21T09:45:00.000ZI've graduated and starting work as a Member of Technical Staff at VMWare!Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:45:00 GMThttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2019-08-25T19:00:00.000Zhttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2019-08-25T19:00:00.000ZRealized I was optimizing for portfolio projects instead of learning. Building 10 half-understood projects is worse than deeply understanding one. Quality over quantity in education.Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:00:00 GMThttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2019-08-22T11:00:00.000Zhttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2019-08-22T11:00:00.000ZOnline courses teach you tools but not fundamentals. Great for breadth but not enough for depth. A structured curriculum and time to struggle with hard problems is essential.Thu, 22 Aug 2019 11:00:00 GMThttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2017-08-10T16:00:00.000Zhttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2017-08-10T16:00:00.000ZUsing Windows Subsystem for Linux with ZSH is just amazing! Slower than that on Ubuntu, but amazing!Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:00:00 GMThttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2016-09-29T16:00:00.000Zhttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2016-09-29T16:00:00.000ZI think that if I ever started to love travelling, it would be solely because of the thought that I would get to have good food in new places.Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:00:00 GMThttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2016-09-27T16:00:00.000Zhttps://manparvesh.com/thoughts#2016-09-27T16:00:00.000ZToday I left my home, where I stayed for around 4.5 months after graduation, to join Works Applications as an R&D Software Engineer. But ultimately, those days had to end. I am glad that I got such a chance to spend time with my family.Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:00:00 GMT