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Longer things, meant to be read start to finish. 2 so far: a book you can read a chapter at a time, and a short story you can read on the bus.

Interactive web bookAll 8 chapters live · in editorial review

DataFolks

The Hidden Lives of Our Digital Self

A field guide to the invisible systems that quietly assemble a second you.

“These aren't academic questions. They affect 1.4 billion people. They affect you.”From the introduction

Start with chapter 1 → About this book 8 chapters · 1 h 17 min in all

  1. Meeting Your Datafolk9 min
  2. How Datafolk Are Born9 min
  3. Couriers, Packets, and Digital Dabbawalas15 min
  4. The Invisible Bazaar15 min
  5. Mirrors That Predict7 min
  6. When Datafolk Are Copied7 min
  7. Shields, Locks, and Disguises8 min
  8. Living With Our Datafolk7 min

Short storyPublished · India Science Festival 2026

Fossilized Algorithms

An archaeology of the digital age

A thousand years after humanity's collapse, an alien archaeologist thaws our frozen code, and finds not logic, but confession.

“Your code was not truth. It was your last poetry, written in errors and functions.”Fossilized Algorithms

Read the story → About this story

Top 22 Prize · Spin Your Science, India Science Festival 2026 · read it in the published collection

The World Beneath

turn-based roguelike · 8×8 textmode · CRT

Under the site there’s a small world. Click the screen to start: pick a companion, find the ten caches, and see how far down the temple goes.

The ring

water douses fire · fire burns root · root grounds spark · spark shocks water. Lead with what beats what’s in front of you: ×2 one way, ×½ the other.

Walk
arrows, WASD, or click
Act
Enter · Z waits · M menu
Margins
more marks hide in long reads
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