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Update Date: 2025-06-27

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
• I visited India recently.

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?

Book Reading Update

• I am currently reading
  • Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet
• Books read in this year
  • 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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