The Room Where the Bet Was Made
Engineered by Gaurang
A library for curious builders.
Essays, field notes, practical guides, and visual stories on AI, software, systems, creativity, and a life built with intention.
From the desk · Jul 11, 2026 · 14 min read
Somebody Chose the Butterflies
A field study of how two AI companies engineered a feeling, and what a builder can learn from it.
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The Story of ChatGPT · illustrated series, 3 chapters
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How Should Your Product Feel?
A practical worksheet for turning a handful of honest adjectives into coherent decisions across voice, visuals, motion, naming, and product behaviour.
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From Tokens to Chips
A software engineer's on-ramp to Reiner Pope's Dwarkesh lectures and the compute stack behind AI coding tools.
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