Things I've seen through a lens, gadgets I've tested, new tech I'm curious about, and the stories in between.
Animals, light, places and the road. Click any frame to view it larger. These same photographs drift around my name at the top of the page.
Hands-on reviews of the gadgets, apps and gear I actually use. What's good, what's annoying, and whether it's worth your money.
Sleek, sturdy without a case, and a battery that lasts exactly one day. My verdict after a year.
02 · Review↗Awesome, immersive Atmos sound for movies, gaming and music. Heavy, but worth it.
03 · Review↗Sharp 4K, a perfect curve and vivid HDR for gaming and editing. Just not enough ports.
04 · Review↗A 4K gimbal webcam with AI tracking and great mics. The best webcam I've used.
The entry-level DSLR I learned photography on. Who it's for, and when to move on.
Full-frame mirrorless for portraits and low light.
Notes on new technology: AI, the tools changing how we work and create, and what I learn by trying them myself.
Notes from the very start of my 24-week journey into building and running real machine-learning systems.
How computational photography changed what a "good camera" means, and why my phone often beats my DSLR.
The AI features I actually use, the ones I've switched off, and how I decide.
Conspiracy theories, mysteries and wild ideas. Where they came from, why people believe them, and what the evidence actually says. Curious, not gullible.
The idea that reality might be code, and why some serious people take it seriously.
02 · Theory↗The famous “proof”, the photos, and how the theory holds up when you look closely.
03 · Theory↗Plato's lost city, sunken ruins, and where myth ends and history begins.
04 · Theory↗Why so many of us remember things that never happened.
05 · Theory↗Lost ships, missing planes, and what the numbers say.
06→Send me the rabbit hole you want explored.
Stories from places and people, and thoughts I kept coming back to.
I went there for work, kept going back for work, and somewhere along the way it became a place that knew me.
My wife and I travelled there together. Paragon, Rahmath, Kuttichira biryani, evenings at Mananchira and the beach. Missing those.
When in Bavaria, you order the thing Bavaria is famous for. So I ordered Schweinshaxe.
A road trip, a Fossil watch factory by the road, and a boat across a lake so green it looks unreal.
A small autumn walk through Offenburg, and why I've slowly become a blue hour person.
For the first few weeks I shot everything on auto, because the dial had too many letters on it.
We left before five because someone had read online that the wind gets bad after noon. Nobody checked if that was true.
My best work is of people I love. Most of it will never be on this site, and that's fine.
DevOps engineer by day. Photographer, editor and tech enthusiast the rest of the time. Originally from Kerala, now living in Germany.
By profession I'm a DevOps engineer. I spend my days building and automating the systems that keep software running, and making sure that when something breaks, it breaks loudly and gets fixed quickly. I like the quiet satisfaction of a pipeline that just works.
Outside of work, I'm usually behind a camera or in front of an editing timeline. I started taking photos to remember places and ended up caring about light, timing and the half second where a moment comes together. Lately I've also been vibe coding: building things with AI as a partner, including parts of this very website.
I grew up in Kerala, and a lot of me still lives there: the food, the sea, the evenings. Today I live in Germany, and somewhere between the two I learned to love trains, beer gardens, mountains and long road trips equally.
This site is where all of it lives together. Photographs, honest reviews of the gadgets I use, notes on new tech, a few rabbit holes, and stories I didn't want to forget.
DevOps engineer. Automation, pipelines and systems that stay up. Currently learning MLOps from the ground up.
Photographer and editor. Travel, landscapes, light and small details, shot on whatever I have with me.
Stories, reviews and thoughts. Writing is how I make sense of what I see and what I build.