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Update Date: 2025-08-09
Personal Projects Update
- I am learning Rust Programming Language. As of now, I am just following - The Rust Book. The ultimate goal is to develop my website/blog’s back-end in Rust language.
- I am working on improving my personal blog. This includes being regular in pushing more posts, changes to the overall structure of the blog. Ideally, I want to host my blog in my home old machine.
- Last year, I purchased a domain to host my blog - harsha-kadekar.blog. As of now, it is pointing to my existing github pages blog - harsha-kadekar.github.io
Personal Update
- Its been almost 1.5 years trying to learn the “father” role.
- I have started reading Valmiki Ramayana from Sanskrit source. I do not know Sanskrit yet but hoping to learn somewhat from this journey. I am using these websites - sanskritsahitya - ramayana , valmikiramayana.net . I am using ChatSutra AI tool to teach me with translations.
- I am also going through the Prof. B Mahadevans Bhavadgeeta lectures - Lecture Playlist
Work Update
- I continue to work for Amazon - Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Senior Software Development Engineer.
- The transition is happening from “coding is my life” mental model to “thinking about product and team as a whole”.
- How do I deliver results?
- How do I improve ownership?
- How do I maintain highest standards?
- How do I think big?
- How do I develop others to progress the team and product?
- The transition is happening from “coding is my life” mental model to “thinking about product and team as a whole”.
Book Reading Update
- I am currently reading
- Books read in this year
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What matters in the End by Atul Gawande
- Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet
- Stepping Beyond Khaki: Revelations of a Real-Life Singham by K. Annamalai
- ಕನಕ ಮುಸುಕು - Kanaka Musuku by K. N. Ganeshaiah
- The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
- The Financial Diet by Chelsea Fagan
- ತಿಮ್ಮನ ತಲೆ - Thimmanna Thale by Beechi
- Stories for the Innocent by C. Rajagopalachari
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