https://amankumar.ai Projects, apps, and practical AI engineering notes from Aman Kumar. en Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://amankumar.ai/blogs/how-to-register-private-limited-company-india https://amankumar.ai/blogs/how-to-register-private-limited-company-india Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A founder's plain-English guide to registering a Private Limited company in India, plus the auditor and Form 20-A deadlines that catch first-timers. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/setup-new-mac-tools-2026 https://amankumar.ai/blogs/setup-new-mac-tools-2026 Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The current toolkit and the AI coding stack I'd put on a fresh Mac today. A year after my 2025 setup. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/giving-ai-a-job https://amankumar.ai/blogs/giving-ai-a-job Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT On working with an AI coworker. Four humans, one AI, and the math that changed when she joined. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/the-thought-experiment-gilfoyle-mentions-in-silicon-valley https://amankumar.ai/blogs/the-thought-experiment-gilfoyle-mentions-in-silicon-valley Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Roko's Basilisk, the strange philosophical idea from Silicon Valley that suggests a future AI might judge whether you helped create it. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/patience-persistence-consistency https://amankumar.ai/blogs/patience-persistence-consistency Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Most people chase intensity. The real game is quieter. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/15-golden-responses-to-tell-me-about-a-time-you-failed https://amankumar.ai/blogs/15-golden-responses-to-tell-me-about-a-time-you-failed Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Most candidates ruin their chances when asked about failure in interviews. These 15 scripted responses turn mistakes into masterclasses by focusing on recovery, lessons learned, and system changes. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/the-long-flight-test https://amankumar.ai/blogs/the-long-flight-test Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT A simple question that reveals the true weight of our relationships: Would you want to sit next to this person on a long flight? https://amankumar.ai/blogs/you-are-less-in-control-than-you-think https://amankumar.ai/blogs/you-are-less-in-control-than-you-think Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT What neuroscience reveals about choice, behavior, and the illusion of free will. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/complete-guide-to-ui-ux-onboarding-research-backed-best-practices https://amankumar.ai/blogs/complete-guide-to-ui-ux-onboarding-research-backed-best-practices Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT A deep, structured, research-anchored dive into UI/UX onboarding that synthesizes current best practices, psychology insights, expert research, and real product examples. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/embeddings-part-4 https://amankumar.ai/blogs/embeddings-part-4 Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why good retrieval still produces bad answers, and where most systems actually fail https://amankumar.ai/blogs/embeddings-part-3 https://amankumar.ai/blogs/embeddings-part-3 Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Relevance, diversity, reranking, and why most systems return the wrong things for the right reasons https://amankumar.ai/blogs/embeddings-part-2 https://amankumar.ai/blogs/embeddings-part-2 Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Chunking, dimensions, and the knobs that decide whether retrieval works https://amankumar.ai/blogs/embeddings-part-1 https://amankumar.ai/blogs/embeddings-part-1 Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT A practical mental model for understanding embeddings, how they work, and why they matter for AI engineers https://amankumar.ai/blogs/yearly-review https://amankumar.ai/blogs/yearly-review Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT A simple yearly self-review framework that's easy to do, easy to repeat, and easy to look back on later. No journal habit or fancy tracking required. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/year-in-review-2025 https://amankumar.ai/blogs/year-in-review-2025 Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT A candid review of 2025 into 2026. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/wtf-is-tokenization https://amankumar.ai/blogs/wtf-is-tokenization Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Everything you need to know about how LLMs break text into tokens - and why it explains most of their weird behaviors. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/implementing-agent-skills https://amankumar.ai/blogs/implementing-agent-skills Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT How agent skills actually work under the hood - discovery, activation, and execution explained with practical implementation insights. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/same-model-different-results-across-providers-routing-quant-fallbacks https://amankumar.ai/blogs/same-model-different-results-across-providers-routing-quant-fallbacks Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Why the same model name can behave differently across providers, covering routing layers, quantization differences, fallbacks, and hidden wrappers with a practical debugging checklist. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/llm-bit-rates-quantization-32-vs-16-vs-8-vs-4 https://amankumar.ai/blogs/llm-bit-rates-quantization-32-vs-16-vs-8-vs-4 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Understanding how bit-rates and quantization shape LLM deployment, from precision trade-offs to practical quantization methods like GPTQ, AWQ, and SmoothQuant. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/image-optimization-97-percent-reduction https://amankumar.ai/blogs/image-optimization-97-percent-reduction Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT How I reduced image weight from 83.57 MB to 1.89 MB using WebP optimization and simple automation https://amankumar.ai/blogs/hooked-tldr https://amankumar.ai/blogs/hooked-tldr Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT A clean, sharp TL;DR of Hooked by Nir Eyal. The Hook Model explains how products like Instagram, WhatsApp, and TikTok turn casual users into daily users through a 4-step loop. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/vietnam-travel-notes https://amankumar.ai/blogs/vietnam-travel-notes Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT A practical travel guide to Vietnam covering regions, tips, must-visit places, and essential information for travelers. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/wtf-is-frontmatter https://amankumar.ai/blogs/wtf-is-frontmatter Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT A simple, no-nonsense explanation of what frontmatter is and why every modern developer uses it. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/export-your-digital-persona https://amankumar.ai/blogs/export-your-digital-persona Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT How to generate a portable persona memo so any AI—ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini, or your own agents—can understand your working style from day one. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/good-reads https://amankumar.ai/blogs/good-reads Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT A curated collection of essential reads. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/calorie-requirements https://amankumar.ai/blogs/calorie-requirements Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT A guide to calculating your calorie requirements https://amankumar.ai/blogs/professional-email-setup-for-free https://amankumar.ai/blogs/professional-email-setup-for-free Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT A quick 2-minute setup using Cloudflare and Gmail, no paid hosting or tech headaches. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/anatomy-of-a-prompt-the-complete-guide-to-crafting-effective-ai-chatgpt-prompts https://amankumar.ai/blogs/anatomy-of-a-prompt-the-complete-guide-to-crafting-effective-ai-chatgpt-prompts Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT Master prompt engineering with the seven-layer framework: Role, Goal, Format, Guardrails, Context, Examples, and Reasoning. Learn how to craft prompts that boost accuracy and reduce hallucinations. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/1_percent https://amankumar.ai/blogs/1_percent Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT Small daily, weekly, and monthly actions that compound into massive growth—tailored for founders and engineers. https://amankumar.ai/blogs/profilebud https://amankumar.ai/blogs/profilebud Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT Scraper grew to $7K MRR before Instagram shut us down