Namaste, I'm Pranav Chakkarwar

I was a Marine Navigator (Sailor), but a few years ago I switched "directions" to try and fix our internet. Now, I write code and prompts that make computers beep and crack puns that make humans weep :)

Our web is being ruled by, untrustworthy, power hungry, profit driven platforms that feed us free entertainment to make a circus for themselves.

Join me in this fight to keep our web open and our mind sane. Let's build, fund, and maintain alternative systems that respect us all. Don't forget to bring your fav memes, hehe.

Work with me!

my thoughts, about our world

2026 Why should one care about RSS feeds? open-standards
2025 Single user WKD setup security
2023 Nokia's deceptive designs to collect our data privacy
2022 Crisis proofing my communications
2022 Safing my digial life
2022 Encrypting emails without managing keys
2022 I browse social media without being tracked
2022 Protecting my emails
2022 Building a static site with Jekyll
2021 Crafting a minimal, fast, but a feature-rich blog
2021 Facebook is filtering thoughts, not photos
2021 End-to-end encryption for HTML forms
2021 Towards a private digital life
2021 My browser has a new homepage
2021 3 ways to implement dark mode on websites
2021 Dark patterns are killing the internet
2021 Self-hosted web analytics
2021 We are Literally made of stardust
2021 Smart home without a mess iot
2021 Tenet movie explained
2021 Digital privacy is important privacy
2020 Your are the reason for your sadness life
2020 Node-Red can make your home smart iot

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