https://niranta.blog/ A personal blog by Nitin. Writing about AI, quotes, experiments, and life. Analytical and personal, somewhere between Stratechery and Marcus Aurelius. en-us Sun, 10 May 2026 04:21:37 +0000 https://niranta.blog/logo.png https://niranta.blog/ https://niranta.blog/experiments/peptides-101-athlete-sons/ https://niranta.blog/experiments/peptides-101-athlete-sons/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Experiments A personal deep dive into peptides, what they are, why athletes use them, common types like BPC-157 and TB-500, side effects, and my own experience trying them. https://niranta.blog/ai/claude-code-lessons/ https://niranta.blog/ai/claude-code-lessons/ Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 AI After months of building production-grade systems with Claude Code, here are the hard-won practices that have cut token consumption by 60-80% while improving output quality and reliability. https://niranta.blog/curiosities/from-black-holes-to-quantum-computers/ https://niranta.blog/curiosities/from-black-holes-to-quantum-computers/ Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Curiosities For months I've been falling asleep to Brian Cox, Michio Kaku, Susskind, and the YouTube physics crowd. Black holes, Hawking radiation, the LHC, Planck time. Then a friend's startup pulled me into quantum computing, and the late-night curiosity became real homework. https://niranta.blog/experiments/why-19pine-ai-changed-how-i-handle-drudgery/ https://niranta.blog/experiments/why-19pine-ai-changed-how-i-handle-drudgery/ Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Experiments I test most new AI tools. Most disappoint. 19pine.ai was different, it's the first one that genuinely shifted how I spend my days, starting with a two-hour Comcast negotiation I never had to sit through. https://niranta.blog/ai/my-personal-ai-evaluation-framework/ https://niranta.blog/ai/my-personal-ai-evaluation-framework/ Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 AI I've tested more AI products than I care to admit. Most disappoint. Here is the brutally practical eight-dimension framework I use to decide whether any tool is actually worth my time and money. https://niranta.blog/personal/why-some-friendships-leave-me-tired/ https://niranta.blog/personal/why-some-friendships-leave-me-tired/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Personal A personal reflection on energy-draining friendships, the imbalance that defines them, why I keep showing up anyway, and the small ways I've started to protect my energy without losing the kindness that gets me into the trouble in the first place. https://niranta.blog/ai/the-5-gate-rule/ https://niranta.blog/ai/the-5-gate-rule/ Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 AI AI coding assistants are fast. That's the problem. Speed without verification is how you ship shell injection, database corruption, and backwards alerts, all in the same session. https://niranta.blog/ai/improving-existing-apps-with-claude-code-gstack-superpowers/ https://niranta.blog/ai/improving-existing-apps-with-claude-code-gstack-superpowers/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 AI Most AI coding workflows assume you're starting from scratch. Here is the exact flow I use with gstack and Superpowers to safely improve production code I already have. https://niranta.blog/experiments/splitting-ai-models-by-architectural-layer/ https://niranta.blog/experiments/splitting-ai-models-by-architectural-layer/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Experiments Most teams pick one model and hardcode it everywhere. We did too, until we didn't. Here is how splitting by architectural layer changed our cost profile, latency, and reasoning quality. https://niranta.blog/ai/token-anxiety/ https://niranta.blog/ai/token-anxiety/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 AI My entire day-to-day existence is now tethered to tokens. When they run out, I don't just lose productivity. I lose my damn mind. https://niranta.blog/personal/society-of-the-snow/ https://niranta.blog/personal/society-of-the-snow/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Personal A rugby team survives 72 days in the Andes after a plane crash. What their story reveals about teamwork, resilience, and what it really takes to survive when everything falls apart. https://niranta.blog/personal/reading-list-2026/ https://niranta.blog/personal/reading-list-2026/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Personal Twenty-seven books across seven areas I want to get sharper in: AI in medicine, AI and world change, the universe, quantum, peptides, business, and mindset. https://niranta.blog/ai/ai-orchestrated-development/ https://niranta.blog/ai/ai-orchestrated-development/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 AI A spec-driven workflow layering Claude Max, gstack, and Superpowers into a multi-model, multi-defense-layer engineering system that consistently ships clean, production-ready features. https://niranta.blog/quotes/get-comfortable-being-uncomfortable/ https://niranta.blog/quotes/get-comfortable-being-uncomfortable/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Quotes Growth lives on the other side of discomfort. Every single time. https://niranta.blog/quotes/two-ways-to-do-it-right-or-again/ https://niranta.blog/quotes/two-ways-to-do-it-right-or-again/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Quotes There are only two ways to do anything: right the first time, or again. https://niranta.blog/quotes/dont-ruffle-feathers-unless-necessary/ https://niranta.blog/quotes/dont-ruffle-feathers-unless-necessary/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Quotes Social friction is expensive. Being the person who always pushes back, always questions, always challenges, it comes at a cost. And the cost isn't always worth it. https://niranta.blog/quotes/we-miss-100-of-the-shots-we-dont-take/ https://niranta.blog/quotes/we-miss-100-of-the-shots-we-dont-take/ Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Quotes Niranta, 42, our life's answer. Writing about AI, quotes, experiments, and personal reflections. https://niranta.blog/quotes/seek-forgiveness-not-permission/ https://niranta.blog/quotes/seek-forgiveness-not-permission/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Quotes There is a profound difference between asking for permission and asking for forgiveness. https://niranta.blog/quotes/heart-strong-mind-stronger/ https://niranta.blog/quotes/heart-strong-mind-stronger/ Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Quotes There's a hierarchy of strength that most people get wrong. They think it goes: physical > mental > emotional. As if toughness is a progression, and once you're mentally tough, emotional resilience follows naturally. https://niranta.blog/quotes/we-suffer-more-often-in-imagination-than-in-reality/ https://niranta.blog/quotes/we-suffer-more-often-in-imagination-than-in-reality/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Quotes Niranta, 42, our life's answer. Writing about AI, quotes, experiments, and personal reflections.