Exploring the connections between elegant code, compelling storytelling, and breakthrough ideas. Tech stories that make you think differently, wisdom from innovators, and insights that challenge how you build things. <br/><br/><a href="https://engineeredbygaurang.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">engineeredbygaurang.substack.com</a>
Engineered by Gaurang
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Exploring the connections between elegant code, compelling storytelling, and breakthrough ideas. Tech stories that make you think differently, wisdom from innovators, and insights that challenge how you build things. <br/><br/><a href="https://engineeredbygaurang.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">engineeredbygaurang.substack.com</a>
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March 26, 2026
The Weekly Commit #010: "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once"
<p><strong>The Weekly Commit #010 — "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once"</strong> Season One Finale</p><p>This is the tenth and final episode of Season One of The Weekly Commit.</p><p>Over nine weeks, I wrote about a MasterChef contestant who lost both hands and engineered a new way to cook, about watching a Hindi film alone in a London cinema on Republic Day, about Sir Alex Ferguson sitting in a dark room and making the hardest call of his career, about the COVID years and what constant vigilance actually costs, about a request that arrived just as I was leaving, about my daughter and the words "Let's ask AI", about my mum at the edge of a London Underground escalator who said one word — "Wait" — and a terminal scrolling with code I didn't write.</p><p>Then I sat down to write the tenth piece and something unexpected happened. I started reading. And I discovered that every tradition I encountered — Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey, the Bhagavad Gita, Rumi's reed flute, Lao Tzu's wu wei — had already described exactly what I had been circling for nine weeks. Without a map. Without a plan.</p><p>This episode unpacks all of it. What the nine commits look like as a single arc. Why honesty leads everyone to the same place eventually. And what it means to write from instinct long enough that the universe shows you the map you were already drawing.</p><p><strong>What we cover:</strong></p><p>The film Everything, Everywhere, All at Once as a frame for the season</p><p>Joseph Campbell and why the Hero's Journey appears in every culture on earth</p><p>The Bhagavad Gita — the one tradition I knew before I started writing, and what it was doing in my work all along</p><p>Lao Tzu and wu wei — why the escalator moment in #008 is actually a 2,500-year-old teaching</p><p>Rumi and the reed flute — why the wandering before #001 was not wasted time</p><p>The single question underneath all nine commits</p><p><strong>The Commit line:</strong> Write from instinct long enough, and the universe will show you the map you were already drawing.</p><p><strong>Go Deeper — links from this episode:</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi">Rumi — Wikipedia</a> | Search: Rumi The Guest House on YouTube</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journey">The Hero's Journey — Wikipedia</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.pbs.org/show/joseph-campbell-and-the-power-of-myth-with-bill-moyers/">The Power of Myth — PBS</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita">Bhagavad Gita — Wikipedia</a> | Search: Bhagavad Gita explained English on YouTube</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_wei">Wu Wei — Wikipedia</a> | Search: Alan Watts The Principle of Not Forcing on YouTube</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin_framework">Cynefin Framework — Wikipedia</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://hbr.org/2007/11/a-leaders-framework-for-decision-making">HBR: A Leader's Framework for Decision Making</a></p><p><strong>Read the full piece:</strong> <a target="_blank" href="https://engineeredbygaurang.com/writing/the-weekly-commit-010-everything/">https://engineeredbygaurang.com/writing/the-weekly-commit-010-everything/</a></p><p><strong>Subscribe to The Weekly Commit:</strong> <a target="_blank" href="https://engineeredbygaurang.substack.com">https://engineeredbygaurang.substack.com</a></p><p>The Weekly Commit is a weekly essay series by Gaurang Karia — Principal Engineer, writer, and builder based in London. New episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://engineeredbygaurang.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">engineeredbygaurang.substack.com</a>
March 17, 2026
The Weekly Commit #009: "Vibing"
<p><strong>The Weekly Commit #009: "Vibing"</strong> </p><p>Vibe Living to Vibe Coding. Staying curious still matters.</p><p><strong>Episode summary</strong></p><p>Vibe coding is the newest way to build software: describe what you want in plain English, let an AI agent write every line, ship it. No syntax. No debugging. Just intention and a result.</p><p>But this isn't the first time we've abstracted away complexity. From machine code to assembly to high-level languages to frameworks — every rung of the stack involved the same bargain: give up a little control, gain a little speed.</p><p>In this episode, we explore what makes vibe coding different, why we do the same thing in life, and why staying curious inside the abstraction is still the thing that separates someone who shipped from someone who grew.</p><p><strong>What we cover</strong></p><p>What vibe coding actually is and why it matters right now</p><p>The history of abstraction in software and the quiet unease at every rung</p><p>How we build abstractions in life too: the commute, the routine, the groove</p><p>The difference between shipping with an abstraction and growing with one</p><p>Why curiosity is not a beginner's trait, it's a practice</p><p><strong>The Commit</strong></p><p>"The abstraction protects you from complexity. It doesn't protect you from ignorance."</p><p><strong>Read the full article</strong> <a target="_blank" href="http://engineeredbygaurang.com">engineeredbygaurang.com</a></p><p><strong>Subscribe to The Weekly Commit on Substack</strong> substack.com/@gaurangkaria</p><p><strong>Follow Gaurang on X</strong> x.com/GaurangKaria</p><p>The Weekly Commit is a newsletter and podcast at the intersection of engineering, creativity, and the examined life. New issues every week.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://engineeredbygaurang.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">engineeredbygaurang.substack.com</a>
March 9, 2026
The Weekly Commit #008: "One Step at a Time"
<p><strong>Episode Title:</strong> The Weekly Commit #008: "One Step at a Time"</p><p><strong>Subtitle:</strong> The fastest way forward isn't your speed. It's theirs.</p><p><strong>Description:</strong></p><p>A moment at a London underground station. The escalator moving fast — that relentless London pace. My mom frozen at the edge, handbag gripped tight. Me, already half a step on in my head, saying "just step on" without realizing I was asking her to match a rhythm that wasn't hers.</p><p>In this episode, I explore what that pause taught me: about teams, about family, about working with AI — and about the difference between someone hesitating and someone processing.</p><p>Sometimes the universe slows you down on purpose. Not to frustrate you. To remind you that the person beside you is not inside your head.</p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p>The escalator moment — and the one word that changed everything</p><p>Why "just step on" doesn't work (in teams, families, or AI prompts)</p><p>The AI mirror: how prompting taught me patience with humans</p><p>Why handoffs matter more than speed</p><p><strong>Key takeaway:</strong> The fastest way forward isn't your speed. It's theirs. Slow down. Count to three. Step on together.</p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://engineeredbygaurang.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">engineeredbygaurang.substack.com</a>
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