Thejesh GN

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A container for all my views with excerpts from technology, travel, films, books, kannada, friends and other interests. I am Thejesh GN, friends call me Thej.

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  • Weekly Notes 43/2026

    Earlier this year, in WN-23/2026, I set a goal of doing at least 3 pull-ups by the end of this year. I did that last ...

  • Messaging with Reticulum and LXMF

    The first kind of application you could try after setting up Reticulum, or with it, is messaging. I think Reticulum p...

  • Thejesh Gangaiah Nagarathna

    I have been thinking about writing about my full name for a while, especially after this incident in which an AI hall...

  • Weekly Notes 42/2026

    It was my birthday week. I took the day off and didn’t do much. Anju took me to Mai Mai on MG Road. I loved the food....

  • Getting Started with Reticulum

    I have been looking for a network protocol stack that can be run in addition to the regular TCP/IP network at TVC. Ki...

  • 46

    It feels like a major life turn after 35, even though I thought 35 was like half-life. I haven’t crossed the second h...

  • Weekly Notes 41/2026

    This week was good. I got back to my routine after two weeks of travel and a hectic schedule. Work is progressing wel...

  • Weekly Notes 40/2026

    It’s been a crazy but good week. It’s also been a fun week. Last Friday was a long class at APU before the midterm ho...

  • How Do We Get More Microgrants in India?

    I gathered a group of folks and did the BOF session at IndiaFOSS/2026. The idea behind the BoF session wasn’t to pres...

  • Weekly Notes 39/2026

    In one of my earlier blog posts, I mentioned that I have become more routine, more protective of my time, and indirec...

  • Weekly Notes 38/2026

    It’s been a busy week, but not as busy as last week, mostly because Monday was a holiday and I got some rest. Uma was...

  • Why Garmin Forerunner 965?

    I have been looking for a full-fledged smartwatch for a while now. I have a Pebble and a BangleJS; I use them all the...

  • Weekly Notes 37/2026

    It’s been a hectic week. I had quite a bit of work both at work and at home. I’m still lagging on my home TODO list. ...

  • Loading Indian Maps on a Garmin Forerunner 965

    The primary reason I bought this watch was the ability to display and navigate using proper offline maps. Garmin does...

  • Weekly Notes 36/2026

    It’s been a good week and a busy one too. I have started contributing to Pucar as a technologist. I will blog more on...

  • Weekly Notes 35/2026

    It’s been a good but busy week. Lots of work got done. Though I think I am still lagging according to my TODO list. O...

  • Exploring 1-Bit LLMs

    My interest in LLMs has increasingly shifted towards smaller models, small in terms of size and their ability to run ...

  • Weekly Notes 34/2026

    With the Peppo team here in Bangalore and other commitments, the week was crazy busy. I met at least half of the Pepp...

  • Embedding Workouts using Web Component

    I wanted a way to represent workouts by the muscle groups they activate. Most applications where you log do it. I tho...

  • Weekly Notes 33/2026

    I ended the Netflix subscription. We have not been using it for a long time, and we were just paying; finally, this m...