Vishnu Bharathi

I've recently started blogging. Posted one today about my attempt at writing a bracket validator in Go in as few characters as possible :D

thedeliberate.life/posts/2026-0...

Peak SRE is waking up at 5:30 IST to verify if something happened at 00:00 UTC.

Ok, hear me out. CLIs are super important now more than ever!

Sometimes you debug using a trace. But sometimes you end up debugging the trace.

Coding Agents in Feb 2026

I am going to 100% acknowledge and accept that "I am the bottleneck".

If you are interested in learning about what a recent coding agent setup would look like, here is a great post for you: calv.info/agents-feb-2...

Use Claude Code with Chrome (beta) - Claude Code Docs Connect Claude Code to your Chrome browser to test web apps, debug with console logs, automate form filling, and extract data from web pages.

TIL about `/chrome` in Claude Code!

code.claude.com/docs/en/chrome

Release v0.3.1 · scriptnull/rho-reader This release fixes the following bug 🐛 rho_unread_posts property was set to a negative number in certain cases. This was happening when the server returned a 200 with an HTML error page, a CAPTCHA,...

Pushed a small bug fix :)

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Release v0.3.0 · scriptnull/rho-reader A few things that have been bugging me 🐛 for a while. Features OPML Import UI: Added a modal preview showing new feeds vs. already-imported feeds. Contextual status messages: Status bar toolti...

Weekend! That means side-project shipping time.

Here is a quick one for you!🌸🍃

github.com/scriptnull/r...

Shipped v0.2.0 of Rho Reader today 🌸 🎉

It is not perfect, but I don't want perfect to be the enemy of good! So here is a perfectly imperfect update 😅

- Import OPML files
- Sync indicator
- "Copy link" button
- "Mark all as read" button

github.com/scriptnull/r...

This is super-early. But I don't want to shy away from putting it out there.

I aim to publish it in the Obsidian community plugin store after a feature-complete and performant v1.0.0 release.

If you are searching for a RSS reader, please give it a try!

By default, when you click on a post to read it, Rho will mark it as read. If you wish to mark it as unread, you can do it via right-click.

Adding new RSS feeds is as simple as adding a `feed_url` property to any Obsidian note.

Switch to "Unread" view in the Obsidian base to see the list of all the RSS/Atom feeds that you haven't fully read yet.

Rho is built on top of the new Obsidian Bases.

So, browsing the RSS/Atom feeds that you follow is just browsing the Obsidian base managed by Rho.

GitHub - scriptnull/rho-reader: A Reading Companion for Obsidian 🌸📚 A Reading Companion for Obsidian 🌸📚. Contribute to scriptnull/rho-reader development by creating an account on GitHub.

I'm hacking on a new passion project! It is an @obsidian.md plugin to encourage the "blog" reading habit.

Meet: Rho Reader 🌸 🎉

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Made the first-ever (early) release of it last night before going to bed. Here is what is included 👇

2025: Year in review I’ve always wanted to write a “year in review” blog post, and it’s finally happening here! BooksI read 10 books this year. How to Take Smart Notes - The first book I read this year. It helped me form

Always wanted to write a "Year in review" post. Did it this year!

I would recommend anyone to try writing one, and if you have written one, please send it my way.

vishnubharathi.codes/blog/2025-ye...

Been running `git show HEAD` all these years and just learnt `git show` does the same job 🙃

TIL: `HEAD` seems to be the default arg for `git show`

Senior Software Engineer - Front-end Framework - PayFit Join us!

We're hiring a senior frontend eng for my team 🎯

looking for someone who wants to:

- scale FE systems for 100+ engineers
- mentor & grow engineering talent
- drive architectural decisions
- work with typescript, react, vite, monorepos

📍 France or Spain only

careers.payfit.com/jobs/6886605...

one strategy is to keep doing your thing much longer than anyone thought you would

Wrote a small new blog post after a long time ✍️

vishnubharathi.codes/blog/a-blogg...

Does widespread browser implementation of the Sec-Fetch-Site HTTP header mean we can protect against CSRF attacks without needing those hidden form tokens? It looks like the answer may be a cautious "yes"! simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/15/...

Haven't slept yet. I have convinced myself to turn the above session into a plugin dev night! 😅

Really liking bases. Trying to build something on top of it!

I am tinkering with @obsidian.md bases tonight - super interesting!

Music is the real time machine.

Accidentally pressed `w` and `enter` on my shell to discover that it is a valid command line program 🫣

$ man w

Hey we're hiring for in-person engineering roles in SF. I really enjoy my job and you might too. Come hang out and build developer tools!

F.9. citext — a case-insensitive character string type F.9. citext — a case-insensitive character string type # F.9.1. Rationale F.9.2. How to Use It F.9.3. String Comparison Behavior F.9.4. …

TIL about citext in Postgres!

www.postgresql.org/docs/current...

I wrote something up after a long time. This time, it is a piece of career advice that I have personally struggled following - lol 😅

vishnubharathi.codes/blog/first-u...

TIL: `min` and `max` functions were added to Go's built-in (powered by generics)

Nice post! Congrats on the new job 🎉