Accessibility Gets More Important in the Age of Agents
If interfaces become more dynamic, stateful, and autonomous, accessibility stops being cleanup work and becomes core product readiness.
Archive
Writing
A chronological archive of essays, notes published elsewhere, and older posts gathered back into a single stream.
2026
Not Every App Should Become an Agent
Agentic UX is real, but that does not mean every product should turn into a probabilistic co-pilot.
The Prompt Is Not the Product
If agentic software becomes real, the core UX object is not the prompt. It is the supervised run.
When the Chat Rail Becomes the App
The sidebar-chat pattern is a transitional form. Once agents can act, the rail stops being a side feature and starts becoming the main operating surface.
The Interface Is the Harness
What if natural language is a lossy compatibility layer for us, not the model's native coordination medium?
The Org Chart in the Machine
Harnesses and manager layers keep rebuilding hierarchy, delegation, and governance around models because raw interaction is still too unreliable.
The Brilliant Jerk in the Machine
Why long-running coding agents often relapse into the old brilliant-jerk developer archetype, and why that matters more than a few wasted tokens.
The Moo Test: A Simple Way to Know When Your AI Has Forgotten You
A practical trick for detecting when an AI conversation has degraded — plant a nonsensical belief early, then check if it's remembered.
2022
Majorana Modes and how Azure Quantum cracked the code
How Microsoft's Azure Quantum team engineered Majorana zero modes — the Voldemort horcrux strategy for quantum computing.
2021
Creating an innovative FHIR solution for healthcare businesses
A short note on a co-authored IBM blog post about building practical FHIR-based solutions instead of just admiring the standard from a distance.
Safe home for the rising piles of data
A short note on a DQ India feature about data center strategy, edge computing, and why healthcare data growth changes infrastructure decisions.
Interview with IBM Cloud CTO on FHIR and healthcare interoperability
A short note on a 2021 IBM conversation about FHIR adoption, interoperability, and the cloud strategy questions around them.
2020
When manufacturing goes 3D
A short note on a Business Today feature about 3D printing, with a healthcare angle on training, planning, and customized devices.
Healthcare Outlook 2020
A short note on a 2020 outlook interview covering healthcare data, interoperability, analytics, IoT, and the practical mess that comes with all of them.
2019
The new world of cloud computing (Part 1): When it fits and when it doesn't
A short note on a 2019 article about the practical cases where cloud is the right answer, and the less fashionable cases where it is not.
Six considerations for adopting a microservices architecture
A short note on a 2019 article about the architectural trade-offs people tend to rediscover after saying the word microservices too confidently.
CitiusTech CTO on automation, data security and more
A short note on a TechGig interview about automation, healthcare data security, and the engineering skills that were becoming essential in 2019.
Azure Cosmos DB: A competitive advantage for healthcare ISVs
A short note on a Microsoft Azure Blog piece about why globally distributed, multi-model data stores were interesting for healthcare software vendors.
Blockchain's effect on patient to provider data exchange
A short note on a Becker's Hospital Review interview about where blockchain might matter in healthcare interoperability and where the hype was ahead of the implementation.
2018
Why the code never gets old in Indian IT
A short note on an Economic Times interview about technical longevity and why deep engineering work does not age out as quickly as the industry keeps predicting.
Operationalizing Data Science Models in Healthcare
A short note on a 2018 HISTalk webinar about what it takes to move healthcare data science models from notebooks into production.
2017
If it ain't broke, ....
Chesterton's fence, a tractor factory drilling holes for a defunct logo, and the real cost of fixing what isn't broken.
On data literacy
Why the ability to load data into a tool and develop hypotheses will be an essential skill regardless of your role.
2016
Cloud Hosting in Healthcare
A talk at HIMSS Middle East / UAE eHealth Week 2016 on the possibilities and concerns of cloud hosting in healthcare.
Obsolescence
On the paradox of building software that is outdated the moment it is conceived, and why you should refactor that code anyway.
Big Data Analytics Can Be a Game Changer for Healthcare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
A short note on a 2016 article about using analytics to detect fraud, waste, and abuse in healthcare systems where the leakage is both large and persistent.
6 Tech Trends To Watch For At HIMSS16
A short note on a 2016 piece about the healthcare technology themes that looked likely to matter beyond conference-floor enthusiasm.
2015
6 things healthcare CIOs need to know about migrating to Windows 10
A short note on a 2015 article about the operational realities of a Windows 10 migration in healthcare, beyond the usual feature checklist.
2014
Improving care outcomes with Google Glass
A short note on a 2014 piece about where wearable, hands-free interfaces could improve clinical workflows and where the compliance and deployment realities would bite.
Will Apple's new health app bridge the gap between consumer engagement and mobile health?
A short note on an early take on HealthKit, consumer engagement, and the harder interoperability and privacy questions underneath the launch buzz.
2013
Patient engagement, mobile health and meaningful use
A short note on a 2013 mHealthNews piece arguing that patient engagement, mobile health, and meaningful use were reinforcing each other rather than competing.
2008
സിംഗാപ്പൂരില് കാക്ക ഇല്ലാ അത്രേ
Photographic evidence debunking the Malayalam urban legend that there are no crows in Singapore.
Three books, two questions, one unanswered, a flop movie and a dilemma
Three books, a terrible movie, and the realization that the way you visualize a concept determines whether you'll ever understand it.
Now Sir, where may I plug this broadband connection?
A newspaper article about smart homes accidentally connects your gizzard to a 100 Mbit broadband network.
2006
Pearl hunting in Hyderabad
A cab driver's tip leads to an education in Hyderabad's pearl trade — from Basra pearls to Charminar's plastic.
Why did you UUE it?
The UUE attachment trick gets weaponized by a virus, and a Socratic dialogue about the eternal arms race of security.
The day watches forgot to keep time...
Three unrelated timepieces all running slow on the same morning. Coincidence? Still unexplained.
2004
Who UUEd it?
When email servers started deleting zip attachments, an ancient encoding trick from the Unix world offered a workaround.
Re-inventing the Wheel
Discovering the scroll wheel by accident, and tracing the history of the computer mouse from its $195 origins in 1983.
Where art thou, O Hungarian!
The rise and fall of Hungarian notation — from mandatory naming convention to Microsoft's own 'Do not use' guideline.