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I make small tools and write to make sense of ideas as they take shape.

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Small AI experiments, prototypes, and tiny tools.

Gentle Reminders

For when your brain is being unkind to you.

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Decision Roulette

Let the universe decide. Or at least, let this cute thing decide.

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Energy Matcher

Match your energy to a task that fits. Stop forcing it.

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My thoughts

Research-backed writing, frameworks, and personal sensemaking.

The Jevons Paradox of AI

When tools get more efficient, we don't do less - we do more.

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The Human Thread

On keeping things human in a world automating everything.

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The Red Queen Tax

You're spending 4 weeks a year just keeping up.

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A bit about me

Hey, I'm Manu

I write essays about invisible problems - the ones you feel but can't quite name. Things like Jevons Paradox in AI adoption, impedance mismatch in team communication, and the hysteresis of burnout.

I build small tools that tell you things you probably already know. And I run a wedding planning business where I coordinate six-figure events with dozens of vendors - trust infrastructure in action.

Origin Story

It all started in Kangra Valley, watching artisans take three buses just to reach a buyer.

Pattern Recognition

I keep seeing things that have names. So I name them.

Visual Sensemaking

If I can't diagram it, I haven't understood it yet.

Small Savage Tools

Things you can use in under 30 seconds.

The full story

Essays that name invisible problems

Pattern recognition for people who think too much. Diagrams included.

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