What I learn and what I make — written, filmed, recorded, and committed.
Santhosh Janardhananan IT Project Manager
165 entries Latest entry
When was the last time you were genuinely bored? In a world of constant stimulation, boredom has become a rare commodity. Yet, it is in these moments of stillness that we often find our most profound insights and creative sparks. I think that is what we need more of in our lives. A quick rant.
Blog 7 minute read
Projects
Veerabahu is a local, human-in-the-loop enrichment sidecar for Pi-hole and AdGuard Home. It reads resolved domains, publishes an approved blocklist, and never writes to the gatekeeper API.
Written in Typescript
Projects
Self-hosted, multi-user bookmark manager with a companion browser extension.
Written in Typescript
Projects
Self-hosted, multi-user bookmark manager with a companion browser extension. This repository is the server — a Laravel application that is the single source of truth for all bookmarks, folders and tags. It serves a web UI (Inertia + Vue) for humans and a token-authenticated JSON API for the browser extension; both talk to the same core, so a bookmark saved from the extension and one saved in the web UI are the same record, deduplicated by normalized URL.
Written in PHP
Projects
Phostrich is a NIP-05 identifier provider that lets users claim and manage decentralized usernames for the Nostr network—a simple, open protocol for posting and verifying messages without relying on central servers.
Written in TypeScript
Blog
In India, during the May-July 2026 Cockroach Janta Party protests in New Delhi, tens of thousands of youths marched for accountability over NEET exam leaks. Protesters viewed themselves as righteous defenders of a broken education system, while government officials dismissed opposition supporters as opportunists seeking “political mileage” and the Chief Justice of India reportedly likened...
10 minute read
Runtime 2 minutes 11 seconds
Video
Crime Thriller suggestions.
Runtime 2 minutes 5 seconds
Blog
For decades, developers have relied on GET URLs, unsupported GET request bodies, or overloaded POST endpoints to implement search APIs. RFC 10008 introduces the new HTTP **QUERY** method, a standardized way to perform complex, read-only requests with a request body while remaining safe and idempotent. In this article, we’ll explore why QUERY was needed, how it compares to GET and POST, and what it means for the future of REST API design.
4 minute read
Blog
Your AI coding agent is not broken — it just has no filing system. Here is the 3-layer memory architecture (working → episodic → durable) that keeps Claude on track across sessions, built entirely from markdown files and two CLAUDE.md instructions.
13 minute read
Blog
Within 24 hours of launch, Anthropic’s Fable 5 was “geo-fenced” by government directive. This isn’t just a compliance update; it’s the start of the “API Colonialism” era. Explore why building on borrowed APIs is a risk to national security and how India’s “Hardware Rebellion” is forging a path toward true AI Sovereignty.
5 minute read
Podcast
How did the Vietnam War reshape the United States-not just politically, but psychologically?
Season 3, episode 47, 20 minutes 0 seconds
Podcast
In Episode 46 of US History - Understanding This Country, we explore how the Cold War became more dangerous, more visible, and more deeply tied to American life at home. This episode covers the Bay…
Season 3, episode 46, 29 minutes 28 seconds
Podcast
By 1967, the dream of nonviolent change was cracking. What came next transformed America — and the fight isn't over.
Season 3, episode 45, 16 minutes 2 seconds
Podcast
Dive into a pivotal moment in U.S. history as we explore the Civil Rights Movement’s fight for voting rights and the rise of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society.
Season 3, episode 44, 20 minutes 12 seconds
Video
💻 There are dozens of free AI coding models available across multiple providers right now - but how do you know which one is actually fast and reliable at any given moment?
Runtime 5 minutes 21 seconds
Video
🛑 Stop Guessing. Start Classifying.
Runtime 26 minutes 25 seconds
Video
**Is AI finally learning to draw?** 🎨 In this video, we dive into the world of the **Excalidraw MCP Server**—a game-changer for anyone using AI to visualize ideas. I’ll show you how to connect your…
Runtime 5 minutes 40 seconds
Video
RentAHuman.ai is breaking the internet - a platform where AI agents can actually hire humans for physical-world tasks. In this video, I break down everything you need to know about this controversial…
Runtime 4 minutes 5 seconds
Runtime 2 minutes 58 seconds
Video
I was absolutely flabbergasted when I saw terminal.shop for the first time. It’s a terminal-based online shopping experience by @ThePrimeTimeagen that proves we might have reached peak developer…
Runtime 2 minutes 45 seconds
Video
I expected a good movie. I got a legendary one. Sinners just broke the record with 16 Academy Award nominations and honestly? It deserves more. This film is playing in a completely different league.…
Runtime 2 minutes 9 seconds
Video
I never knew Indonesia had this good a movie industry! My bad! This one movie made me fan of Indonesian movies. Dendam Malam Kelam!!
Runtime 2 minutes 59 seconds
Podcast
Dive into the pivotal summer of 1963 in this episode of US History - Understanding This Country, hosted by Santhosh Janardhanan. Explore the Birmingham Campaign's bold Project C, where brave children…
Season 3, episode 43, 12 minutes 11 seconds