https://hrushikesh.dev/tags/personal/Recent content in Personal on Hrushikesh DokalaHugoen-usSun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://hrushikesh.dev/notes/2025-wrapped/Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://hrushikesh.dev/notes/2025-wrapped/<div class="image-carousel-wrapper" id="carousel-1780953545885612894"> <div class="image-carousel-container"> <div class="image-carousel-track"> <div class="image-carousel-slide active" data-index="0"> <img src="https://hrushikesh.dev/images/atlan.png" alt="atlan" width="50%" height="50%" /> </div> <div class="image-carousel-slide " data-index="1"> <img src="https://hrushikesh.dev/images/agentic_summit.jpg" alt="agentic summit" width="50%" height="50%" /> </div> <div class="image-carousel-slide " data-index="2"> <img src="https://hrushikesh.dev/images/dhs1.png" alt="data hack summit" width="50%" height="50%" /> </div> <div class="image-carousel-slide " data-index="3"> <img src="https://hrushikesh.dev/images/intern-bootcamp.png" alt="intern bootcamp" width="50%" height="50%" /> </div> <div class="image-carousel-slide " data-index="4"> <img src="https://hrushikesh.dev/images/football.png" alt="football championship" width="45%" height="45%" /> </div> </div> <button class="image-carousel-btn image-carousel-prev" aria-label="Previous image"> <svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"> <path d="M15 18l-6-6 6-6"/> </svg> </button> <button class="image-carousel-btn image-carousel-next" aria-label="Next image"> <svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"> <path d="M9 18l6-6-6-6"/> </svg> </button> </div> <div class="image-carousel-dots"> <button class="image-carousel-dot active" data-index="0" aria-label="Go to image 1"></button> <button class="image-carousel-dot " data-index="1" aria-label="Go to image 2"></button> <button class="image-carousel-dot " data-index="2" aria-label="Go to image 3"></button> <button class="image-carousel-dot " data-index="3" aria-label="Go to image 4"></button> <button class="image-carousel-dot " data-index="4" aria-label="Go to image 5"></button> </div> </div> <script> (function() { const carousel = document.getElementById('carousel-1780953545885612894'); 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} else if (e.key === 'ArrowRight') { showSlide(currentIndex + 1); } }); carousel.setAttribute('tabindex', '0'); })(); </script> <ul> <li>joined <a href="https://atlan.com">atlan</a> as intern in jan</li> <li>started working on ai search</li> <li>taught AI for 30 days at <a href="https://mgit.ac.in/">mahatma gandhi university hyderabad</a></li> <li>got converted to full time (swe) in march</li> <li>gifted myself a costly watch</li> <li>bought my first iphone 16 pro</li> <li>led 2 agentic sessions in our intern bootcamp in June</li> <li>speaker at <a href="https://hrushikesh.dev/talks/agentic-summit/">agentic summit by magicball</a>, talking about how we build ai search</li> <li>won final football championship</li> <li>speaker at <a href="https://hrushikesh.dev/talks/ag2-datahack/">data hack summit by analyticsvidhya</a>, full day workshop on building agents with <a href="https://ag2.ai">ag2</a></li> <li>got promoted to swe 2 in sept</li> <li>started investing early in my career</li> <li>built <a href="https://github.com/Hk669/snaildb">snaildb</a>, a kv store which showed better numbers compared to rocksDB (wip)</li> <li>wrote more than 10 tech posts</li> <li>grew from 50 to ~150 followers on <a href="https://x.com/Hrushikeshhhh">X</a></li> <li>mainly, made my parents proud</li> </ul> <p>excited for 2026, thank you!</p>https://hrushikesh.dev/notes/grateful/Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://hrushikesh.dev/notes/grateful/<p>i lately feel, i need to pause for a moment and feel grateful for what i have. what im able to do. this feeling hit me when i spent last 2 days with my grandma at a hospital. i saw so many people paying not for luxuries, but for being healthy, able to eat, and to be happy.</p> <p>ive always been a person wanting more, and i still believe we should be striving for more but i also realize how important it is to appreciate the health, the ability, the knowledge, and the support systems that make that striving even possible.</p>https://hrushikesh.dev/notes/dopamine-talk/Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://hrushikesh.dev/notes/dopamine-talk/<p>i always felt, talking about my goals and the future plans was making me less motivated, and i was not able to focus on doing the actual work. ive been thinking lately why is this happening.</p> <p>ive come across few articles on the reward chemical <strong>dopamine</strong>.</p> <blockquote> <p>dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is responsible for the feeling of pleasure and reward. it is also responsible for the feeling of motivation and focus.</p>