Thoughts, experiments and tutorials on AI, LLM, software and securityhttps://www.mynkpdr.in/enhttps://www.mynkpdr.in/posts/my-own-music-player-no-ads/https://www.mynkpdr.in/posts/my-own-music-player-no-ads/I wanted YMusic's look and no ads, without paying or installing anything. Claude Code, a phone on a cable and one afternoon later, I have a music site I fully control.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:45:00 GMTExperimentsclaude-codeandroidjavascriptmayankpdr@gmail.com (Mayank Kumar Poddar)https://www.mynkpdr.in/posts/half-life-of-the-best-ai-model/https://www.mynkpdr.in/posts/half-life-of-the-best-ai-model/Last year's best model is this year's cheap one. Two years of OpenAI and Anthropic releases, prices and usage show how fast.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:10:00 GMTAnalysisaillmdata-vizmayankpdr@gmail.com (Mayank Kumar Poddar)https://www.mynkpdr.in/posts/most-of-our-tds-forum-threads-were-not-about-learning/https://www.mynkpdr.in/posts/most-of-our-tds-forum-threads-were-not-about-learning/I read all 281 course-forum threads from the May 2026 term. 88% were about marks, bugs and deadlines, and replies still came within hours.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:28:00 GMTAnalysisdata-vizpythonmayankpdr@gmail.com (Mayank Kumar Poddar)https://www.mynkpdr.in/posts/logged-my-cursor-for-a-month/https://www.mynkpdr.in/posts/logged-my-cursor-for-a-month/82,866,811 cursor samples in 32 days. The pointer sat still 91.9% of the time, then reproduced Fitts's law from 1954.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:49:00 GMTExperimentsdata-vizpythonmayankpdr@gmail.com (Mayank Kumar Poddar)https://www.mynkpdr.in/posts/third-place-in-a-ctf-solo-against-500-teams/https://www.mynkpdr.in/posts/third-place-in-a-ctf-solo-against-500-teams/My teammate dropped out right before a CTF with 500+ teams. I played alone with OSINT skills and an AI coding agent, and finished third.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:10:00 GMTExperiencesctfosintsecurityaimayankpdr@gmail.com (Mayank Kumar Poddar)https://www.mynkpdr.in/posts/hello-world/https://www.mynkpdr.in/posts/hello-world/Why this blog exists, how it is built, and what to expect here.Fri, 31 Dec 1999 18:30:00 GMTThoughtsmetawebmayankpdr@gmail.com (Mayank Kumar Poddar)