Hi, I'm Manav. I like programming and writing. Here are some things I've written recently.

Last updated: July 2025

Infinity is not a big number — Thinking of -1/12, and TREE(3)

Evolution is blind — like stockfish, and to pain.

The irreconcilable subversion in following one’s inexplicable inner imperative.

Hyperion — anything which deceives is evil.

All the light we cannot see — roses, unnamed.

Humans and wildebeest — an epiphany across decades.

... letters to no one ...

Name

Nostalgia for the present — unbloomed flowers, creative incompetence, incomprehensible noise.

Three poems — feeling good today / live for a while / existence

Everything is possible in software — but nothing is easy.

Your people might not exist

Objects in motion remain in motion — I find that calming.

the nature of the universe is vibration

Levels of truth — I have learnt only one thing in life that I’m sure of so far: That I’m always wrong.

A Mathematician’s insurance — Win-win!

The starships don’t come here anymore — a short sci-fi short story.

A bug is something that was working earlier but now isn’t. Everything else is a feature.

God does not play dice, Einstein, he is dice — Randomness, or as I know him, Shiva.

the flower that blooms late — a poem from another language, imperfectly translated.

Free lunches — exist.

I exist — but can you hear me?

Entropy counts (and why the second law is obvious)

Is my mind in this world, or is the world in my mind?