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▓▒░ LATEST 2026-07-08 · #opal #zig #media #programs
It's 11 PM and you just want to watch something. So why are there nine tabs open? Opal is my answer — one media player for the next decades of entertainment.
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Local-first long-term memory for AI coding agents — one static binary, sub-millisecond semantic recall, nothing leaves your machine.
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OmniVoice Studio — voice cloning, design, dubbing and dictation as a local desktop app. 600+ languages, self-hosted, yours.
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Two years of hiring posts, one bootcamp with no syllabus, and why I'm building AI products from a city that isn't on the startup map.
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Why every nation needs sovereign AI, what wars will actually be fought with, and why we ship Sarvam's indic models in production at Yupcha.
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First-round interviews are a grind of repeated questions and manual notes. Here's what we built at Yupcha instead — and what building it taught us.
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First post on the new blog. A brief intro about who I am, what I build, and what to expect from this space.
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Speed isn't the opposite of quality. Here's how I think about velocity, iteration, and knowing when good enough is good enough.
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Practical lessons from integrating AI into real products. Not the hype — the craft.
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