Bucket list
Things I want to do at least once
A living list — some professional, some not. Ticked items stay on the list so the progress means something. Hover a row for the story behind it.
25%Ticked off
5 of 20
Some of these have a date against them. Most are waiting for the right week, and that is fine.
Career
3 doneNot done yet: Ship a product used by 10,000 people on my own
Jssconnect got a campus; the internet is next.Done: Land a software engineering role at a product company
Done - Samsung R&D, 2023.Not done yet: Earn the LeetCode Knight badge
750+ solved — mostly C++, DP & hash tables. The badge is the next step.Done: Earn the LeetCode Tshirt
Got the stars, need to order the shirt.Done: Intern somewhere that ships weekly
Coscholars, 2022.Not done yet: Open-source something people file issues on
Several repos public, zero issues so far.
Not done yet: Write 25 posts on engineering
A handful live, more in drafts.Done: Build a design system from scratch
Tokens, motion spec, the whole thing — this site is the attempt.Not done yet: Learn animation properly
Motion.dev, easing curves, spring physics.Done: Redesign this portfolio end to end
You are looking at it.
Not done yet: Sky diving in Dubai
Still pending.Not done yet: Solo travel to a different city
Starting RishikeshNot done yet: Work a full month from a different city
Remote-first means testing it.Not done yet: Solo travel to a country I've never been to
Not done yet: Bench press 100kg
Long way to go from 50kg, but the bar is moving.Not done yet: Run a half marathon
Currently at 6.5km without stopping.Not done yet: Learn swimming
Got to start somewhere.Not done yet: Read 10 books in a year
Non-fiction mostly. 2 last year.Not done yet: Learn to cook five dishes properly
Three down.Not done yet: Give a talk at a local meetup