Why I'm Starting This

A learning log for things I build, things I learn, and things I'm figuring out in life. Writing to gain clarity, and to stay accountable.

This is a learning log.

I am a software engineer and I keep learning things — about technology, about building products, about how to work better. Most of it stays in my head or scattered across notes and then quietly disappears. Writing here is my attempt to make it stick.

What I will write about

There are two broad areas:

Work covers the technical and professional side — things I have built, things I have shipped, engineering decisions I made and what came of them, tools I explored, and lessons from working on real problems. If I spent serious time understanding something, it belongs here.

Life covers everything outside work — reading, running, strength training, trying different kinds of food and coffee, and the kind of personal essays that do not fit neatly into any category.

Some posts will appear in both sections because the line between the two is genuinely blurry. This one does.

Why I am writing

I do not always know what I think about something until I have tried to write it. Writing is where the clarity comes from, not before it.

Publishing it adds accountability. It is harder to skip the learning or gloss over the hard parts when I have committed to writing it down somewhere.

What else you will find here

I write in other places too. When I do, I will reference those pieces here so everything stays in one place.

If something here was useful, or if you think I have got something wrong, write to me at vsumit030201@gmail.com.