Now·Updated May 2026

Caught in the act of being a person.

This is the unfiltered tab. What I'm actually up to right now. Three rollouts on the work side, one blog at 11pm on the other side, and a coffee count I refuse to defend.

no filters. mildly chaotic. updated whenever.

status: knee-deepcaffeinatedslightly behind on email

Vibe check

State of Arun, honestly.

- AS

Mood

Locked in

caffeinated optimism

Brain weather

Sunny w/ standups

scattered meeting clouds

Fuel

Coffee #4

the good kind of jitters

BGM

AR Rahman Lofi

11pm rotation

next refresh: around the next coffee refill

This week's mission board.

Three columns. One brain. The Post-its are doing their best.

stuck to the wall

Shippingpinned

Three rollouts. One sprint board.

  • HRSD: onboarding flows getting prettier by the standup
  • CM PRO: wrangling change windows like it's a sport
  • WSD: kiosks, reservations, and a lot of edge cases

controlled chaos. ships anyway.

Studyingpinned

Talking to robots, mostly.

  • Agentic AI on ServiceNow, asking it questions and being mildly impressed
  • Design fundamentals: type, rhythm, restraint
  • How great writers cut 30% of every paragraph

the new fun part of the job.

Side studiopinned

Tinkering at 11pm.

  • This blog, microdetails nobody notices except me
  • A travel scrapbook that keeps growing
  • Notes app full of half-ideas I will absolutely finish

ship it. then refine.

Pinned to the wall.

from the margins
notebook · pg. 14keep this one
  • 01Don't optimize what should just be lived.
  • 02Ship it. Then refine.
  • 03The question your gut is whispering? Ask it.
  • 04Boring tools, sharp taste.

Asking myself lately.

Q · 01

Is this an actual problem, or just a Tuesday?

Q · 02

Am I building, or just rearranging?

Q · 03

Which side of busy am I on: productive or performative?

Q · 04

What would I do with a Wednesday off and zero guilt?

Boarding pass for the next 30 days.

Less a plan. More a quiet suggestion to the universe.

manifest, but politely

01

soft goal

A Friday with zero meetings

02

Asia 2026

One trip with no spreadsheet

03

manifesting

A blog post that writes itself

04

ongoing

Better coffee at home, somehow

What's a /now page?

A small homepage for the version of me that exists right this minute. Not the resume. Not the highlight reel. Just what's loud in my head, what's playing in the background, and what I'm hoping for next. Borrowed from the lovely /now movement.

last filedMay 2026