This corner is for narrative experiments—micro fiction, character sketches,
and speculative notes that sneak in between the technical essays.
Expect drafts that explore:
- People building improbable systems
- Quiet science-fiction moments grounded in reality
- Observations that do not fit a traditional blog post
For the analytical side of my brain, hop over to the writing section.
The Age of Directives
by Srinidhi Ramanujam
The Academy of Applied Directives was less a university than a cathedral. It was the highest temple of knowledge in the Federated Metropolis.
It did not train students to work, because work was unnecessary.
The Engines had made sure of that. These were not machines in any familiar sense. They were planetary-scale minds: distributed networks of computation and knowledge models built up over centuries, refined generation after generation until they could do anything asked of them. They fueled everything.
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A tiny hello-world vignette