Om Rajguru — Quick Ships

I now own rajguru.xyz and plan to use it for personal email addresses for my family. I have no plans

Om Rajguru — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:54:00 GMT

I now own rajguru.xyz and plan to use it for personal email addresses for my family. I have no plans of getting married or having kids, but if that ever changes, my wife and kids will have their own name@rajguru.xyz addresses too.

A Grain Against Infinity

Om Rajguru — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:21:00 GMT

When I look at death and everything I’ve done with my life, I think about my goal: to improve people’s lives and leave this world a little better than I found it.

But when I think about the scale of my own life, I can zoom out and realize that I’m just another grain of rice in this enormous universe, among billions of people.

If I had to pursue a career other than cybersecurity or psychology, it would be the IFS .

Om Rajguru — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:49:59 GMT

If I had to pursue a career other than cybersecurity or psychology, it would be the IFS.

The Cost of More

Om Rajguru — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Companies want to use AI so desperately due to the fear of missing out that they are ignoring the quality of work. We will see a huge boom of this in branding materials, websites, software, and so much more. Companies will need to set strict quality rules before they can ship a product

Afterglow

Om Rajguru — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:05:00 GMT

As long as the reminders make me remember, and cry over, someone I spent so much of myself trying to put together, I’ll know I’m still grounded.

Detaching from everything

Om Rajguru — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:38:00 GMT

I don’t want a single visual proof of my existence on the internet, only thing that’ll remain is my texts by twitter and my blog, it makes it easier for me to take an exit

Just finished shooting our first reel for @ibbesocials . Crazy to think this started as an idea and

Om Rajguru — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:29:35 GMT

Just finished shooting our first reel for @ibbesocials .

Crazy to think this started as an idea and now we’re actually out here shooting stuff for it.

More soon.

The Collective Intelligence of Software

Om Rajguru — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 08:32:03 GMT

i think the software industry should start contributing its collective engineering knowledge in a way models can actually use. framework authors, library maintainers, companies. all of it.

we've spent decades figuring out what good software looks like. ai shouldn't have to rediscover it from scratch every time.

ibbe got its blue check. now onto the gold one.

Om Rajguru — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 19:57:08 GMT

ibbe got its blue check.
now onto the gold one.

The Relative Collection

Om Rajguru — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:42:04 GMT

I’ve been working on three new typefaces for The Relative collection: The Relative Sans, The Relative Rounded, and The Relative Mono.

Built with the help of Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol, I’m sharing a few specimens to show how each one feels and where I see it being used.

They’re still evolving, but they’re finally starting to feel like a proper family. http://omrajguru.com/type

What Remained

Om Rajguru — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

One of the best films I have ever seen. I have barely spoken since I watched it.

Signing up for a website shouldn’t trigger immediate sales spam calls.

Om Rajguru — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 12:17:54 GMT

Signing up for a website shouldn’t trigger immediate sales spam calls.

In the AI age, where everyone is generating videos, images, and AI slop, people with great taste and

Om Rajguru — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:47:01 GMT

In the AI age, where everyone is generating videos, images, and AI slop, people with great taste and ethics will still create beautiful experiences for people.

The Question Behind Long-Term Relevance

Om Rajguru — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:27:42 GMT

One question I like to ask is: what is our core promise? It is easy to focus on features, products, and capabilities, but the real source of long-term relevance is understanding the value we consistently create for customers. A clear and enduring promise provides direction for every decision and helps a company stay meaningful as markets, technologies, and customer expectations evolve.

Sovereignty Needs a Reason

Om Rajguru — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:01:57 GMT

When you build something and market it heavily as a sovereign product, the first question should be why sovereignty matters in this case and what benefit it gives to the people using it. If the answer is only that the product is Indian, that is probably not enough. Users care about things that make their lives better, such as better support, local understanding, stronger data control, or reliability. Sovereignty needs to translate into a real advantage instead of being used as a label on its own.

At the same time, not finding a strong user-facing answer today does not mean the idea should be abandoned. If every important technology comes from outside the country, it creates long term dependence on foreign companies and the decisions of people who may not have the country's interests in mind. Building local alternatives can be important even when they are not the strongest option at first. The goal should be to create products that stand on their own quality while also giving the country more control over its technological future.

The Alignment Gap

Om Rajguru — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:25:06 GMT

It is always interesting to see the gap between what a company says and what they actually do.

Their homepage invites you to bring them a paper plan, to start from nothing. But the email says they are passing because the product and market are too early.

Marketing is easy. Alignment is hard.

We will just focus on making something great. Back to work.

Moving Out Is a Speed Decision

Om Rajguru — Mon, 18 May 2026 05:17:00 GMT

There comes a point where moving out of your parents' place stops being about independence and starts being about speed. The ideological gap between you and your parents is real, and bridging it takes time, energy, and rounds of convincing that the world outside simply refuses to wait for. When everything around you is moving at triple the pace it used to, you need an environment where you can absorb the bad, process it fast, and get straight to work.

Living under someone else's framework, someone whose pace and priorities were built for a different era, slows that down. Moving out is less about freedom and more about removing friction from your own path. The faster you can dissolve the poison and get to what actually matters, the further ahead you get.

We Already Learned This

Om Rajguru — Sun, 17 May 2026 17:23:00 GMT

The internet already went through this. Flash intros, loading screens, heavy animations, websites that looked expensive and felt terrible to use. They were impressive for ten seconds, then everyone skipped them.

That is why I think about this when I see people calling AI generated videos “websites.” A website is not a showreel. It is a tool. If it does not load on normal devices, if it hides the point behind decoration, it is not beautiful. It is just noise with good lighting.

try this

Heads Up on My Dev Tools

Om Rajguru — Thu, 14 May 2026 17:39:00 GMT

By now you have probably seen what happened on May 11. The TeamPCP group chained a GitHub Actions Pwn Request with cache poisoning and OIDC token extraction to push 84 malicious versions across 42 TanStack packages, and the worm spread from there to UiPath, Mistral AI, OpenSearch, and others. What made this one particularly alarming is that the malicious packages carried valid SLSA Build Level 3 provenance attestations, meaning the usual "check the signature" advice offered zero protection. Anyone who ran npm install on May 11 inside that window is advised to rotate every credential the build host could reach.

I own dev tools that people pull into their pipelines, and I have audited nothing yet. I am traveling right now with only my iPhone, and a real audit requires my full setup and full attention. Until I get back and go through everything properly, I am asking people to hold off on using my tools. If you proceed anyway, I have warned you, and I take no responsibility for what happens. The moment I am back and have completed the audit, I will post a full update here with a clear answer on where things stand.

Keep LeetCode Around

Om Rajguru — Thu, 07 May 2026 18:10:00 GMT

LeetCode is still one of the best places for people to practice coding and improve their problem solving skills, so I hope it never gets shut down or turned into something that fully depends on AI. A lot of people still enjoy solving problems on their own and learning through the process, and the platform has real value beyond just interview prep. I’ll keep using it either way and I hope it stays simple, open, and focused on actual learning.

My Obsidian Space

Om Rajguru — Tue, 05 May 2026 10:40:00 GMT

Obsidian is the only choice for my mind. The interface is exquisite. It is the cleanest, most beautiful design in the world. It does not box me in. It does not dictate my process. This freedom is massive. It allows me to be more. It allows me to think more every single day. I do not touch plugins. I do not touch settings. I want the raw writing experience. Nothing stands between me and my thoughts. It is just me and the app. This is perfection. My brain finally has the space to breathe. My brain has the space to grow. This is a victory for my creativity.

I Want to Build My Own Ranch

Om Rajguru — Fri, 01 May 2026 09:26:00 GMT

Whenever I build or buy my own house, I want to turn it into a ranch. I want to build everything there myself from the ground up. I genuinely like animals and want to live around them. I will start small with a cow and a few dogs, learn how to care for them properly, and slowly grow it over time. I know this will not be in India (100% Japan). I want the space and freedom to build it the way I imagine.

I Really Want to Learn How to Build Things

Om Rajguru — Fri, 01 May 2026 07:07:00 GMT

I really want to get good at building stuff. I mean actual physical things like buildings and garden modifications. I am starting from scratch and learning this for the first time. I want to understand how things are made from the ground up, build with my own hands, and slowly get better at creating real spaces.

Silence as an Answer

Om Rajguru — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I’ve come to see that the best response to things I don’t want to engage with is silence. It sharpens my mind and gives me time, time to understand more and to notice the person who is waiting for me to reply.

The AI Power Stack: How I Actually Get Work Done

Om Rajguru — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:56:01 GMT

After spending years stress testing AI in every conceivable way, I have built a daily tech stack that actually works for me. My current setup relies on premium tiers across the board, including the Gemini Pro plan, Claude Pro with auto reload always on, and Perplexity Pro. You might notice that ChatGPT is completely missing from this list, and that is intentional because I skip it entirely. Instead of relying on a single tool, I assign very specific roles to the models that actually excel at what I need them to do.

When it comes to raw thinking and execution, Claude is my absolute top choice. I use it for literally everything that requires deep cognitive work. Whether I am breaking down complex projects, mapping out new pathways, coding, or even designing brand kits, Claude handles the heavy lifting beautifully. It is simply incredible at processing logic and helping me think through difficult problems.

For writing, Gemini sits in a league of its own. No one can beat Gemini at writing, absolutely no one. It has completely mastered that signature, approachable Google brand language that I prefer for my content. I am just guessing that it did not learn how to write like this by scanning all of our private Gmails to train itself, but whatever magic it uses, it works perfectly. While I am a big fan of Apple's clean brand voice, Google's style is exactly what I want when generating text.

Finally, when I need to dig into research, I rely on a combination of Perplexity and Grok. The best part about Perplexity is how it forces models to stay grounded by actually making them search the web for real information first. I personally run Claude Sonnet 4.6 on my Perplexity Pro account to get the most accurate, detailed answers possible. This entire stack covers every base I need, proving that finding the right AI is all about matching the specific tool to the right task.

Stop Swallowing the Corporate Fan Fiction

Om Rajguru — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:44:38 GMT

The "industry killer" narrative is nothing more than low-IQ clickbait for people who don't understand how markets actually work. Every time a tech giant fumbles through a feature launch, the tech press starts writing obituaries for the challengers. They conveniently ignore the fact that those "dead" companies are still pulling in hundreds of millions of queries and holding onto multi-billion dollar valuations. This isn't a zero-sum gladiator pit. The market is expanding and users aren't monogamous with their software. Incumbents are usually just playing a desperate game of catch-up while the challengers keep shipping better products. If you’re still buying into the drama that every new update is a death blow, you’re not "informed." You’re just a sucker for a cheap headline.

Dogfooding Aldform

Om Rajguru — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:24:10 GMT

I just finished integrating Aldform into the waitlist at aldform.com, so the site is now officially powered by its own SDK. It’s a simple setup—two endpoints and a tiny bit of code—and I’m already getting the email notifications the second someone signs up. I’m keeping the doors closed to the general public for a little longer while I polish the rate limiting and security features, but you can see the V1 flow in action and check out the screenshots over at https://to.omrajguru.com/Iq1p.

Stepping Into the Unknown

Om Rajguru — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:03:26 GMT

I used to think Amazon Web Services was very complicated. The console looked crowded and the number of services made it feel intimidating. For a long time I avoided it because I assumed it would be too difficult. One day I decided that I would just sit down and try it. Once I started exploring and actually building things, I realized it was not as scary as I had imagined. It did take some effort to understand, but step by step it began to make sense.

That experience taught me that many things in technology look harder from the outside than they really are. The hardest part is often getting started. When I stopped overthinking and began trying things for myself, the confusion slowly turned into clarity. I also realized how helpful modern tools like Claude can be when learning something new. When I got stuck, I could ask questions and keep moving forward.

More than anything, this experience reminded me to stay curious and patient with myself. Every new tool has a learning curve, and that is normal. What matters is the willingness to begin and to keep going even when things are not clear at first. Now when I see something that looks complex, I try to approach it with the same mindset. Start small, learn step by step, and trust that understanding will come with practice.

Respect is a Choice

Om Rajguru — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:49:18 GMT

Age is just a number, yet some people think it is a crown. I find it hilarious when adults demand a level of respect they refuse to give back. Existing for a few extra decades is an achievement of time, not character. If you want my regard, earn it through your actions and your integrity. A birth year provides zero excuse for being condescending or entitled. I value people who treat others with decency, regardless of how long they have been on this planet. If you expect me to bow down simply because you are older, you are going to be waiting a long time.

The Digital Idol Fallacy

Om Rajguru — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:11:51 GMT

As an atheist, I find the trend of prompt engineering "spiritual" bots to simulate a conversation with a deity both absurd and deeply flawed. Creating a digital mimic of something people consider infinite is inherently reductive, and it feels like a hollow exercise in human ego rather than a meaningful pursuit. Beyond the philosophical mismatch, there is a glaring technical reality: these models are easily manipulated. I can take any "divine" persona and, with a simple jailbreak, force it to adopt offensive labels or spew nonsense. This vulnerability proves that there is nothing sacred behind the screen; it is just a fragile set of probabilities that can be flipped into something vulgar in an instant. Building a "God" out of silicon and code makes it a target for mockery, highlighting the massive gap between actual conviction and a programmed script.

New Challenge: The Micro-Build Sprint

Om Rajguru — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:17:00 GMT

I am officially kicking off a personal challenge to build and ship small, functional micro-utility apps over the coming days. The goal is to focus on solving single problems with clean code and high-quality design while maintaining a rapid shipping pace. I will be documenting every step of the journey, from initial concepts to the final deployed products, directly in my logs at /builds.

From Blog to Writings

Om Rajguru — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 14:59:02 GMT

I changed the URL from /blog to /writings, and I want to explain why it mattered enough to make the shift.

The word "blog" started feeling like a label that was doing too much categorizing and too little describing. What I was actually putting here had weight to it. These were essays that took shape over weeks. They were reflections I kept returning to until they said what I meant. They were attempts to work through ideas that felt important enough to get right. The word "blog" was flattening all of that into something lighter than what was actually happening on the page.

Calling it "writings" gives the work its real name. It honors the time these pieces ask from me and the attention they deserve from you. It acknowledges that this space holds more than updates or quick thoughts. These are writings. They take form slowly. They try to offer something worth engaging with. The change is small in technical terms, but it matters because language shapes perception. I wanted the name to match the care I bring to what lives here.

I Think I Just Figured Out What I'm Supposed to Be Doing

Om Rajguru — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:10:37 GMT

I've just realized that psychology and design might actually be the through line I've been looking for. They give me a way to understand people and build things that serve them better. When I design with psychological insight, I'm working with how minds actually process information, how attention flows, how decisions form under pressure. Every interface becomes a chance to reduce cognitive load, clarify choices, honor the mental reality of the person using it. This feels like something I'm genuinely built for. I understand both the invisible architecture of human behavior and the practical tools to respond with real solutions. As I wrote earlier, I'm committed to staying curious and open to fresh starts. This intersection gives me depth to master while keeping the flexibility to experiment across contexts. I think this might be it.

Valentine's Day Gift

Om Rajguru — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:32:02 GMT

I'm going to prepare a perfect gift for valentine's day. The thinking process and all, will be shared on my blog. And i will be using my framework /blog/soul-of-gifting to build it.

Here is the final result: Building a Valentine That Actually Means Something. Go check it out!

two days out and feeling nothing

Om Rajguru — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 17:08:54 GMT

okay so like. i'm two days out from boards and i genuinely cannot make myself care even though i actually like commerce? picked it myself, love the subjects when they're just subjects, but the second it becomes this whole exam performance thing my brain just shuts down. it's not even fear at this point it's just. nothing. like i know i should be freaking out or cramming or whatever but instead i'm just sitting here fully aware i haven't studied and also fully unable to feel the urgency that should be making me move.

it's so stupid because i GET the material, i chose this, but turning it into formatted answers for some examiner who's gonna skim my paper in 90 seconds has completely killed whatever interest i had. and now i'm just stuck in this limbo where the exam feels both too close and too abstract to matter. anyway. guess i'll figure it out or i won't. whatever happens happens at this point

finally killed the thoughts page

Om Rajguru — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:46:51 GMT

today i renamed the thoughts page to quick ships because thoughts sound like i am just sitting around dreaming while ships mean i am actually putting stuff out there. a single paragraph is plenty to document a win or a small fix so i am going to keep these entries short and frequent. it is way better to show the work as it happens instead of waiting to write some massive polished essay that stays stuck in my drafts forever.

I want to study history again

Om Rajguru — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:23:28 GMT

I want to dive back into history from the ground up someday. It is more than a hobby for me because studying the past actually sharpens the mind. Pushing yourself to track and process all those events and details is a great way to expand your memory and brain power.

Typing Speed

Om Rajguru — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 11:40:07 GMT

I honestly don't get why people are so amazed by my typing speed. They find it weird that I don't look at the keyboard, but it's just a habit for me now. People really seem to fancy the fact that you can type without looking at the keys. They often get it wrong though. They just want to go fast, but they don't realize that typing fast is about accuracy too, not just raw speed.

I Hate God

Om Rajguru — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 19:50:27 GMT

Dropping the whole god concept was the best move because it actually makes sense now. It has been a year since I left all that behind, and it feels like I finally took a deep breath. I am staying on this path for good. Instead of praying and sitting around hoping for a wish to come true only to end up disappointed, I learned to take full responsibility for my life. Acting on my own and owning my results feels way better than waiting on someone else to fix things.

The Iterative Life

Om Rajguru — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:17:21 GMT

i am building a life that prioritizes agility over a fixed destination. while many seek the security of a single career path, i find more value in the freedom to experiment, learn, and pivot. my goal is to wake up each day and engage with ideas that excite me, continuing with what works and discarding what does not. this is a commitment to staying curious and remaining open to fresh starts.