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Attention is not a muscle
Attention is not a muscle

We keep being told to train our focus. The better question is who built the room we are trying to focus in.

Priya NairPriya Nair
Jul 31, 2026
1 min read
The spreadsheet that ran a village
The spreadsheet that ran a village

How a volunteer accountant's file became the most important piece of software in a valley of four hundred people.

Priya NairPriya Nair
Jul 26, 2026
1 min read
Search engines learned to answer. Then we stopped asking.
Search engines learned to answer. Then we stopped asking.

When the answer arrives before the question is finished, what happens to curiosity?

Priya NairPriya Nair
Jul 22, 2026
1 min read
Repair cafés are the real internet of things
Repair cafés are the real internet of things

A Saturday in a church hall where toasters come back to life.

Priya NairPriya Nair
Jul 16, 2026
1 min read
Notes on a very small server
Notes on a very small server

I moved my family photos to a computer the size of a paperback. Here is what I learned about owning my data.

Priya NairPriya Nair
Jul 12, 2026
1 min read