Why I'm writing this

What is this site? Why does it make sense to maintain such a website?

I have always wanted to maintain a blog with my thoughts and musings. Some place where I can be myself. In the era of chatbots, this is an exercise in keeping the academic writer in me alive.

Why haven’t I done this before?

The truth is, I have. I have tried several times to maintain blog websites but I am never able to keep the habit alive for longer than a few months. I am also partly afraid that in the process of putting out academic content on my own, I would make mistakes and get discredited.

What’s different this time?

I have a simple plan this time. Whenever I consume science stuff, videos, podcasts, articles etc. and come up with questions I will note them down in 1-2 sentences. Then every weekend I will pick a good topic or question and try to deliberate on it for some time, using the scientific write-up format.11 Exploring the motivations and setup, thinking about the relevant solutions, assessing those solutions, and concluding — roughly the shape of a paper. Not every note will need all of it.

I’d rather publish fifty imperfect notes in a year than one essay that never leaves the folder. I am thinking of this website not as a collection of fixed posts but rather an evolving snapshot of my knowledge - to understand means I must be able to explain. I will update notes periodically, so mistakes can be improved.