Digital Garden
Grand Rapids, MI • --:--

Sanjeev.

Hey there, 👋 welcome to my digital garden 🌱 where I build, learn, share, and explore new ideas and creative projects.

I spend my free time with my golden doodle 🐕, grilling 🔥, wandering through museums and art 🏛️, and hiking when I can ⛰️.

In the summer, I’m probably on a boat or at the beach 🚤. In the winter, I embrace the cold and hit the slopes ⛷️.

I read and write as well, albeit not as consistently, but I’m working on being better at that 📚✍️

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sanjeev@local ~$ tree ./mind
./mind ├── philosophy/ │ ├── plato_the_republic.txt │ └── nietzsche_morality.md ├── lore/ │ ├── better_call_saul.srt ├── life/ │ ├── fantasy_football.csv │ └── lfc_fixtures.json │ ├── brisket_smoke_times.log ├── art/ │ ├── baroque_shadows.raw │ └── neoclassicism_forms.fig └── tech/ . ├── optimize_queries.sql . ├── training_data.ipynb . └── tcp_server.go 5 directories, 11 files
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Irises by Vincent van Gogh
Irises Vincent van Gogh
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Philosophy

Unpacking the Fine-Tuning Argument

Is the universe's breathtaking precision a statistical anomaly, a multiverse lotery, or evidence of a Grand Designer? Or are we simply the consicous entities that evolved to ask these questions at all?

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Tsunami by Katsushika Hokusai
Wave off Kanagawa Katsushika Hokusai
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Sociology

The Death of the Third Place

How the rise of remote work and digital connection is reshaping our social landscapes and what we lose when we lose our "third places."

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Brutalism
Architecture

Brutalism & Geometry

Finding elegance in raw concrete and uncompromising structural forms. Some of my thoughts on why this style resonates so deeply with me.

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Philosophy

Is Individualism Bad?

Wrestling with the tension between celebrating individual uniqueness and fostering a sense of community and shared responsibility. Can we find a balance that honors both?

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[ Case File #1 ]

Better Call Saul.

Watching Jimmy McGill's descent fundamentally changed how I view ambition. It taught me that moral decay isn't a sudden, dramatic drop; it is a series of tiny, perfectly justifiable compromises. It's a haunting reminder of how easily "the ends justify the means" can corrupt the foundation of who you are.

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Goldendoodle

Tucker

My 6-year-old companion. Always around when I'm writing, building, or grilling in the yard. The ultimate reset.

Philosophy

Reconciling the Problem of Evil

An exploration of the most persistent hurdle in theology, examining free will, natural suffering, and the soul-making theodicy.

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Economics & History

The Economic Ripples of the Silk Road

How ancient trade routes established the foundation for modern global economics, supply chain fragility, and geopolitical power.

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Grand Teton National Park
Travel

Grand Teton National Park

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The Wire.

Sociological Masterpiece

A televised, modern-day Dickens novel that shattered my perspective on society. It exposes the gray areas of morality and the decay of institutions, proving the game is rigged from the streets to City Hall. It doesn't just entertain; it demands that you pay attention.

"All in the game, yo."

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[ SPORT ]

Tennis

NTRP 3.5

Currently locked in at a solid 3.5 rating. For me, tennis is this obsessive combination of physical endurance and chess-like geometry. It's just me, the racket, and the mental game.

[ Philosophy ]

Albert
Camus.

1957 Nobel Laureate

Discovering Camus was a fundamental paradigm shift. The Stranger stripped away the comforting illusions of societal expectation, while The Myth of Sisyphus handed me the tools to build something resilient in the aftermath.

He taught me that staring into the indifferent void of the universe isn't a reason to despair, it is the ultimate invitation to live freely, passionately, and in absolute rebellion. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart.

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Political Thought

The Architecture of Identity: Foucault, the Panopticon, and the Modern Self

How institutions, algorithms, and power structures shape who we are—and why building a digital garden is an act of resistance. In a world optimized for speed, metrics, and control, tending your own corner of the internet becomes a quiet assertion of autonomy.

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[ Case File #3 ]

Chernobyl.

This series terrified me far more than any horror fiction could. It cemented my belief in the absolute necessity of truth, whether in engineering, code, or governance. It is a stark, brutal lesson that when a system prioritizes its own reputation over reality, the ultimate cost is always paid in human lives.

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The Craft.

ASTRO TAILWIND CSS HTML/JS

Building this digital space layer by layer. There is a deep satisfaction in writing clean code, agonizing over pixel perfect layouts, and having a quiet corner of the internet.

The Bloom.

The Chaos.

The Decay.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. - Albert Camus   — The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. - Albert Camus   —
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Writing.

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01 / The Archives

Essays on philosophy, life, and the pursuit of a better digital garden. This is where I dump 2 AM rabbit holes, theology, and thoughts on human nature.

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Arts.

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02 / Visuals & Forms

I spend a lot of time wandering through art museums. This space is really just a dump of pieces that make me stop and think. It’s mostly a mix of impressionism, dark baroque shadows, and neoclassicism. I'm no critic, I just like collecting cool visuals that stand out to me.

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Influences.

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03 / Brain Rewiring

A collection of the films, TV shows, architecture, and music that actually stuck with me. From concrete buildings and Clint Eastwood westerns to Better Call Saul and my daily Spotify rotation. Just a log of the media and design that shapes my headspace.

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Hobbies.

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04 / Offline

What I actually do when I finally close my laptop. Mostly it's hanging out with my girlfriend Jillian and our golden doodle, Tucker. I play tennis, stress way too much over my fantasy football lineup, and yeah, I still log on to Clash of Clans. Summer is for grilling and getting out on a boat, and winter is for hitting the slopes.

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Structure.

Tension.

Release.

We are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it - Seneca   — We are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it - Seneca   —