unraveled thoughts

Agentic coding is just autocomplete, grown up

Twenty years ago, writing code meant memorising function names. Then IDEs remembered them for us. Now coding agents write the code itself. It feels like a revolution, but it may…

Kurund Jalmi October 24, 2026

Life etc

My first century, and I barely remember it

In June I scored my first century in amateur cricket, 126 off 142 balls for Exwick 2s. The strange part is how little of it I remember, and maybe that was the whole trick.

Kurund Jalmi August 23, 2026

Technology

AI a force for good?

I think when we ask if AI is a force for good, an important thing to remember is that it's just a tool. It's how we use it that matters…

Kurund Jalmi June 14, 2026

Technology

Building because you can is not a reason to build

Open any feed today, and you will see it: another app, another wrapper, another "I built this in a weekend with AI" post. Some of it is genuinely interesting. A…

Kurund Jalmi May 17, 2026

Open Source Technology

AI is finding more vulnerabilities in open source, and that is a blessing in disguise

If you maintain an open-source project in 2026, you already know the drill. You wake up, check your notifications, and there it is. Another CVE, another dependency update, another urgent…

Kurund Jalmi April 13, 2026

Open Source Technology

Technology mistakes non-profits keep making

I have been working in the social sector for a while now. Long enough to see the same technology mistakes happen again and again, across different organisations, different countries, different…

Kurund Jalmi March 7, 2026

Adventure

Shetland in November, top to bottom

In November 2021 we spent ten days driving Shetland from Unst in the north to Sumburgh in the south. Short days, empty roads and some of the kindest hosts we have met.

Kurund Jalmi December 19, 2021

Adventure

Japan travel itinerary

We visited Japan during the Cherry Blossom season and it was amazing. I highly recommend doing that if you visit Japan for the first time. If you book in advance…

Kurund Jalmi June 7, 2020

Life etc

Thoughts #1 – Problems

We know the solution to 90% of our problems. However, the problem still exists because of our unwillingness to implement the solution.

Kurund Jalmi January 20, 2020

Life etc

Reading Goal for 2020

To be honest 2019 has been really horrible when it came to reading. I was able to finish only a handful of books. I would like to get this right…

Kurund Jalmi January 4, 2020