Building Aether: Hosting a Personal Corner of the Internet

It is often told that every serious developer should have their own space on the web. A space to express themselves, share their learning and host all their personal projects. I felt that I was lacking a digital form of expression, so I decided to embark on a journey. I built Aether. This is a framework for hosting my personal website, this blog, an email service and my own API. In order to have maximum control, I decided to build this infrastructure myself. I learned a lot along the way, and this post details the philosophy and high-level implementation details. ...

The Path to a More Flexible Life

After leaving my corporate job to re-centre and decide in which direction to take my life, I travelled around for a few months. I had picked up a freelancing gig, and while I was in the Caribbean, working on the balcony of my villa, surrounded by sun, trees and sea, I thought: Why can't I do this all the time? My office for a few weeks I remembered a dream I had while backpacking across India in 2023. To travel and work at the same time. At first, the idea seemed ludicrous, but as I met more people doing the same, and saw that most of my work as a software engineer didn’t require in-person interactions, the idea became more feasible. ...

The Anatomy of AI Agents

Although the availability of LLMs has made our lives easier, they are still very limited. They only have the ability to take some input text and spit out something that resembles human intelligence. They live in a void and have no power outside of the current and immediate interaction you have with them. But this is changing. AI agents are the next step forward. An agent can be thought of as more alive than a mere LLM. They can remember, create and follow better plans, and act on the world around them. ...