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pratik. rocks.

I lift, I work, I'm high on caffeine, and Claude doesn't let me sleep.

Flutter dev out of Porbandar. This is the personal side of the internet — workouts, market notes, half-baked thoughts, and whatever rabbit hole I fell into this week.

31
years old
6×
lifts a week
6
shots of coffee / day
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I build mobile apps with Flutter by day and chase whatever rabbit hole the internet throws at me by night.

I lift heavy six days a week, watch the Indian markets open like it's a sport, and drink more coffee than any doctor would sign off on.

I'm a forever student — science, tech, finance, even random stuff like why dopamine ruins everything. If I'm not coding, I'm probably re-racking plates or arguing with Claude about a regex at 2am.

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02 — the lift log

iron
doesn't lie.

6 days / week · push · pull · legs
on repeat · logged like a nerd
NEW PR ★
sat · 20 apr '26
PUSH

Bench press, finally 95 kg.

Six months chasing this number. Paused, clean, no ego spotters. Ate rice like a king after.

95 kg
top set
3 × 3
working
RPE 9
effort
thu · 18 apr '26
PULL

Deadlifts + back volume.

Back felt fried by the end. Pull-ups got ugly on the last set. Good. That's the point.

140 kg
deadlift
4 × 6
rows
38'
total
tue · 16 apr '26
LEGS

Squats, hip drive finally clicked.

Paused the top set, watched the tempo, stopped diving forward. Walking weird today. Worth it.

120 kg
top set
5 × 5
working
RPE 8
effort
sun · 14 apr '26
UPPER

OHP day. Humbling as always.

Strict press stalled at 55. Moved to push press, got 65 for a double. I'll take it.

55 kg
strict
65 × 2
push press
RPE 9
effort
fri · 12 apr '26
ARMS

Pump day. Zero ego, max volume.

Zero ego on weight, just chased the burn. Sleeves felt tight on the walk home.

14
sets biceps
12
sets triceps
45'
total
wed · 10 apr '26
LEGS

Front squats — ego check.

Cut two kilos off and focused on the rack position. Elbows up, core tight. Form over everything.

80 kg
top set
4 × 4
working
RPE 7
effort
03 — life updates

thoughts I
wrote down.

mostly at 1am, mostly after
my third coffee of the night
dev · long read 18 apr '26

Why I stopped trusting my own code reviews and started talking to Claude first.

Six months ago I thought pair-programming with an LLM was a meme. Now it's how I catch my dumbest bugs before they ship to the App Store. Not a hype post — just what actually changed in my workflow, the two things it still sucks at, and why my PR comments are weirdly better.

~ 7 min read read it →
random 11 apr '26

The weird satisfaction of Sunday meal prep.

Two hours, 14 containers, one blown fuse. Here's the chicken-and-paneer stack that keeps me sane through a Flutter release week.

~ 3 min read →
personal 02 apr '26

Moving back to Porbandar was the best career decision I didn't plan.

Lower rent, zero commute, a sea I can see from my balcony. What remote work actually does to you when the noise goes away.

~ 5 min read →
04 — currently watching

what's on
the screen.

shows I pretend to multitask with
while code compiles

watching

Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad
netflix · re-watch #4
Every year I go back. The Ozymandias episode still wrecks me. Peak TV, no notes.
s5 · e14
Stranger Things
Stranger Things
netflix · S5 drop pending
Re-running S4 before the finale arc drops. The Hawkins crew got me through a rough Flutter release week in college.
s4 · e6
Scam 2003
Scam 2003: The Telgi Story
sonyliv · 2 eps left
Mind-blowing how one guy ran the biggest stamp paper scam in Indian history. Watching slowly to make it last.
s2 · e8
05 — market notes

notes to
future me.

raw takes · not advice · definitely not
a sebi-registered anything
NIFTY 5022,642▲ 0.42%
SENSEX74,810▲ 0.38%
BANKNIFTY48,210▼ 0.17%
INDIA VIX12.44▼ 2.1%
USD/INR83.51▲ 0.05%
ACCUMULATE19 apr '26
TATAMOTORSNSE
Keep nibbling on every dip till 920. The JLR turnaround is real, not a hope trade. EV rollout in India is slow but the P&L isn't pricing any of it in yet.
cmp · ₹948 ▲ 3.8% w/w
WATCHLIST17 apr '26
HDFCBANKNSE
Everyone hates it, which is usually when I start paying attention. Waiting for the merger overhang to clear. Not buying yet — just watching the order book every morning with my coffee.
cmp · ₹1,524 ▼ 1.2% w/w
ACCUMULATE15 apr '26
VEDLNSE · Vedanta
Dividend yield is stupid-high and the demerger is the real catalyst. Volatile as hell though — sized small, averaging in on red days only.
cmp · ₹446 ▲ 5.1% w/w
WATCHLIST12 apr '26
AZADNSE · Azad Engg.
Small-cap precision parts play — aerospace + energy order book is fat. Waiting for a cooldown before sizing in. Patience over FOMO, always.
cmp · ₹1,680 ▲ 2.3% w/w
not financial advice. these are personal notes from a guy who codes for a living and trades with whatever's left after rent and protein powder. do your own homework.