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.
State of Arun, honestly.
Locked in
caffeinated optimism
Sunny w/ standups
scattered meeting clouds
Coffee #4
the good kind of jitters
AR Rahman Lofi
11pm rotation
This week's mission board.
Three columns. One brain. The Post-its are doing their best.
stuck to the wall
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.
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.
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- 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.
Is this an actual problem, or just a Tuesday?
Am I building, or just rearranging?
Which side of busy am I on: productive or performative?
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
A Friday with zero meetings
One trip with no spreadsheet
A blog post that writes itself
Better coffee at home, somehow
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.