Pavithra Rajan https://pavithra.dev Blogs and musings by Pavithra Rajan en-us Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:58:50 GMT Detours https://pavithra.dev/musings/5 https://pavithra.dev/musings/5 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Musings symbolism prose thoughts mom My mom has never been the best with directions. She's the kind of person who fumbles with Google Maps when my dad would task her to navigate us to a new location... How I Became an MLH Fellow? https://pavithra.dev/blogs/3 https://pavithra.dev/blogs/3 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Blogs Career Fellowship Interview Personal Growth It was a Tuesday afternoon when I heard the familiar ping of a new email notification. Naturally, I assumed it was another rejection. At that point, I had applied to nearly 400 summer... How can your localhost:8080 grow up and move out? https://pavithra.dev/blogs/2 https://pavithra.dev/blogs/2 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Blogs Hosting Deployment DNS Hosting and deployment sound scary in the same way “filing taxes” and “emotional availability” sound scary. You know they're important, but you'd really like to avoid them for as long as... The traces between the lines https://pavithra.dev/musings/1 https://pavithra.dev/musings/1 Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT Musings symbolism prose thoughts The other day, I was penning down notes from a meeting to ensure that I captured all the details so as to not forget things the way I always do. My colleague stopped by later... Time Zones https://pavithra.dev/musings/2 https://pavithra.dev/musings/2 Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT Musings symbolism prose thoughts Back in middle school, I studied a chapter in Geography called "Latitudes and Longitudes", which covered the different time zones across the world. The text had interesting questions at the end... The Un-Thrown Trash https://pavithra.dev/musings/3 https://pavithra.dev/musings/3 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT Musings symbolism prose thoughts When I was growing up, my mother had a strict rule: throwing out the trash every evening before my parents came home. Forgetting this chore was inexcusable, as she insisted... Cache-ing Memories https://pavithra.dev/musings/4 https://pavithra.dev/musings/4 Mon, 22 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT Musings NITC memories college life Note: While my page has maintained a strict monochromatic theme so far, I am compelled to break away from it as my college memories have infused vibrant colours into my life. They... Beauty lies in the AI of the beholder https://pavithra.dev/blogs/1 https://pavithra.dev/blogs/1 Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT Blogs Machine Learning Deep Learning Python Well, well, well. Looks like we've reached a new level of society's obsession with rating our looks. Now, not only do we have to deal with humans judging us, but machines too!