The DaybookNo. 4122026.08.21Friday
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The DaybookDhanunjaya Madharapakam · engineer, builder, animator · Andhra Pradesh
Editions published412since 2019.04.11

Writing

Longer pieces, written when a thing had been turned over enough times to be worth setting down. Newest first.

2026.08.045 minOn keeping a ledger instead of a blogA blog rewards having something to say. A ledger only asks what happened.2026.05.218 minStone and software keep different timeOne is finished when it stops changing. The other is finished when someone stops paying.2026.03.027 minForty drawings a secondWhat learning animation actually costs, counted honestly.2025.12.099 minThe rule he cannot write downTrying to extract a proportion system from someone who works by hand and by memory.2025.07.186 minPaying for itHow contract work funds a temple, with the arithmetic.2024.11.306 minWhat I got wrong about the foundationThree decisions I would reverse, and the one I would not.2024.08.157 minReading two tellings of one storyThe churning of the ocean, told twice, contradicting itself.2023.10.044 minSmall tools you throw awayThe best software I write lasts a weekend.2022.06.116 minBeginning again at thirtyStarting something whose finish date is beyond any plan I can make.