Aarav
Mehta

Chapter 1

About

Locations 1 — 87

I am Aarav, a Pune-based engineer and writer. I have been making things on computers since the autumn of 2019, and writing about it, in long sentences, for almost as long.

I am interested in software that you can live with; in typography that knows when to stop; and in the small daily craft of building both. I am less interested in shipping fast for its own sake, in decorative animation,¹ or in being rushed.

My published catalogue contains eleven shipped artifacts and fourteen essays. The next chapter walks through the four I would most want a reader to see; the chapter after that lists the writing in the order it was made.

When the work is over for the day I read, walk, and occasionally cook something complicated for one person. I reply to mail in roughly thirty-six hours,² honestly, and at my own pace.

Chapter 2

Works

Locations 88 — 214

Four entries follow, in reverse order of recency. Each is described as it stands today; not as I plan it next.

Chapter 3

Writing

Locations 215 — 358

Listed below in reverse chronological order. Each title links to the full piece on the writing site. Five most recent; the remaining nine on request.

1. 17 May 2026On knowing when a piece of writing is finished12 pp.
2. 2 April 2026The website as a small private museum of the self8 pp.
3. 28 January 2026Notes on building software you have to live with17 pp.
4. 14 October 2025In praise of the long maintenance period9 pp.
5. 2 August 2025What I learned writing a tool for myself6 pp.

Chapter 4

Reach

Locations 359 — 412

If you would like to write to me — about a project, an essay, or just to say hello — my address is below. I reply slowly, in long sentences, from a desk in Pune.

Mail

hello@aarav.me

Writing

read.aarav.me

Code

github.com/aarav

Letters

twice a quarter, by post

— end of book. thank you for reading.