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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Entries

  • 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...

  • Weekly Notes 32/2026

    It’s been a hectic but active week. As usual, I continued with my two P.T sessions. I played a game of Pickleball on ...

  • Running Again

    I have not been running. The last time I ran anything serious was a decade back. The max I have been doing is walking...

  • Weekly Notes 31/2026

    This week has been good. It’s been a busy week, but it has been good except today. I typed a wrong Git command and pu...

  • Ride to Gandikota

    Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are the least explored states in the South for me. I have been adding places of interest...

  • Weekly Notes 30/2026

    I have been to and seen many protests. But this one (#cjpprotests) is very different from the rest. I see them not on...

  • Weekly Notes 29/2026

    Overall, a good but hectic week. I spent time planning for the next few months. Planning is my comfort zone. When thi...

  • Linked List : Annotating Photos for Humans and Machines

    Photos taken on a mobile phone can include metadata. I like it for various reasons. My various projects depend on met...