ThoughtsThoughts by Vikram Gorla, on work and on life.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/Agents or Skills, industry is evolving?https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/agents-or-skills-industry-is-evolving/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/agents-or-skills-industry-is-evolving/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI Gave My AI Agent a Mailbox So Calendar Invites Finally Looked Nativehttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-gave-my-ai-agent-a-mailbox-so-calendar-invites-finally-looked-native/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-gave-my-ai-agent-a-mailbox-so-calendar-invites-finally-looked-native/Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalMy Auto-Update Killed the Agent It Was Supposed to Upgradehttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/my-auto-update-killed-the-agent-it-was-supposed-to-upgrade/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/my-auto-update-killed-the-agent-it-was-supposed-to-upgrade/Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalMy Backup Failed Twice: Docker Permissions, Then GitHub's 2 GiB Limithttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/my-backup-failed-twice-docker-permissions-then-githubs-2-gib-limit/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/my-backup-failed-twice-docker-permissions-then-githubs-2-gib-limit/Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI Benchmarked 8 Ollama Cloud AI Models. The 397B One Lost to a 1.6s Model.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-benchmarked-8-cloud-ai-models-the-397b-one-lost-to-a-16s-model/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-benchmarked-8-cloud-ai-models-the-397b-one-lost-to-a-16s-model/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI Found the Root Cause of My WhatsApp Bot's Reconnect Loop. It's a Stale Timestamp.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-found-the-root-cause-of-my-whatsapp-bots-reconnect-loop-its-a-stale-timestamp/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-found-the-root-cause-of-my-whatsapp-bots-reconnect-loop-its-a-stale-timestamp/Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalMy WhatsApp Bot Was Restarting Itself 7 Times a Day. Here's What Stopped It.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/my-whatsapp-bot-was-restarting-itself-7-times-a-day-heres-what-stopped-it/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/my-whatsapp-bot-was-restarting-itself-7-times-a-day-heres-what-stopped-it/Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI Tried Four Wrong Ways to Configure a Voyage AI API Key. The Fifth One Worked.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-tried-four-wrong-ways-to-configure-a-voyage-ai-api-key-the-fifth-one-worked/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-tried-four-wrong-ways-to-configure-a-voyage-ai-api-key-the-fifth-one-worked/Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI Set Up Apache Guacamole on a Homelab Mini PC. The Headless Display Gotcha Cost Me an Hour.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-set-up-apache-guacamole-on-a-homelab-mini-pc-the-headless-display-gotcha-cost-me-an-hour/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-set-up-apache-guacamole-on-a-homelab-mini-pc-the-headless-display-gotcha-cost-me-an-hour/Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI Cloned a Family Voice for My Google Home. Here's the Real Story.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-cloned-a-family-voice-for-my-google-home-heres-the-real-story/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-cloned-a-family-voice-for-my-google-home-heres-the-real-story/Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalOpenClaw v2026.3.22 Broke My Dashboard and WhatsApp — Here's the Quick Fixhttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/openclaw-v2026322-broke-my-dashboard-and-whatsapp-heres-the-quick-fix/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/openclaw-v2026322-broke-my-dashboard-and-whatsapp-heres-the-quick-fix/Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalThree Tries to Get Kannada TTS Right on a Smart Speaker. Here's What I Learned.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/three-tries-to-get-kannada-tts-right-on-a-smart-speaker-heres-what-i-learned/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/three-tries-to-get-kannada-tts-right-on-a-smart-speaker-heres-what-i-learned/Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalPyTorch Said SIGILL. My Raspberry Pi Said No. Local TTS on ARM Explained.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/pytorch-said-sigill-my-raspberry-pi-said-no-local-tts-on-arm-explained/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/pytorch-said-sigill-my-raspberry-pi-said-no-local-tts-on-arm-explained/Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI Added Telegram to My AI Agent. One Config Line Was Silently Eating All My Responses.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-added-telegram-to-my-ai-agent-one-config-line-was-silently-eating-all-my-responses/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-added-telegram-to-my-ai-agent-one-config-line-was-silently-eating-all-my-responses/Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI Deleted 1,462 Lines from My Landing Page. Here's What Was in Them.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-deleted-1462-lines-from-my-landing-page-heres-what-was-in-them/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-deleted-1462-lines-from-my-landing-page-heres-what-was-in-them/Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI Ran 23 AI Agents Simultaneously on One Codebase Overnight. Here's What Happened.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-ran-23-ai-agents-simultaneously-on-one-codebase-overnight-heres-what-happened/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-ran-23-ai-agents-simultaneously-on-one-codebase-overnight-heres-what-happened/Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalWhen Two npm Packages Fight Over pdfjs-dist: Drop to System Binarieshttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/when-two-npm-packages-fight-over-pdfjs-dist-drop-to-system-binaries/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/when-two-npm-packages-fight-over-pdfjs-dist-drop-to-system-binaries/Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalEach AI Agent Gets Its Own GitHub Identity: How We Gave Every Bot Its Own [bot] Commit Signaturehttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/each-ai-agent-gets-its-own-github-identity-how-we-gave-every-bot-its-own-bot-commit-signature/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/each-ai-agent-gets-its-own-github-identity-how-we-gave-every-bot-its-own-bot-commit-signature/Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalYour AI Wrote That Commit. No need to hide it!https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/your-ai-wrote-that-commit/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/your-ai-wrote-that-commit/Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalWhy React.lazy() Inside a Component Causes Infinite Flickering (And the Fix)https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/why-reactlazy-inside-a-component-causes-infinite-flickering-and-the-fix/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/why-reactlazy-inside-a-component-causes-infinite-flickering-and-the-fix/Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessional5 Git Workflow Mistakes I Made Shipping an Open-Source MCP Server (With Sub-Agents)https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/5-git-workflow-mistakes-i-made-shipping-an-open-source-mcp-server-with-sub-agents/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/5-git-workflow-mistakes-i-made-shipping-an-open-source-mcp-server-with-sub-agents/Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalFrom npm to Docker to .mcpb: Shipping 6 Releases in One Day for My Swiss MCP Serverhttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/from-npm-to-docker-to-mcpb-shipping-6-releases-in-one-day-for-my-swiss-mcp-server/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/from-npm-to-docker-to-mcpb-shipping-6-releases-in-one-day-for-my-swiss-mcp-server/Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI Published an MCP Server for Swiss Public Data. 68 Tools, 20 Modules, 867 Tests.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-published-an-mcp-server-for-swiss-public-data-68-tools-20-modules-867-tests/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-published-an-mcp-server-for-swiss-public-data-68-tools-20-modules-867-tests/Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI Built an MCP Server for Switzerland this Weekend. Here's What I Learned.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/mcp-server-switzerland/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/mcp-server-switzerland/Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalBuild Once, Promote to Production: Docker + Traefik + X-App-Env Without Rebuildinghttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/build-once-promote-to-production-docker-traefik-x-app-env-without-rebuilding/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/build-once-promote-to-production-docker-traefik-x-app-env-without-rebuilding/Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalGoing Swiss-Sovereign: Infomaniak AI, Jelastic Pitfalls, and How We Shipped Production on a VPS with Traefikhttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/going-swiss-sovereign-infomaniak-ai-jelastic-pitfalls-and-how-we-shipped-production-on-a-vps/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/going-swiss-sovereign-infomaniak-ai-jelastic-pitfalls-and-how-we-shipped-production-on-a-vps/Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI Gave our Carpool Group an AI Agent. One Month In, Here's What I Actually Learned.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/carpool-group-ai-agent/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/carpool-group-ai-agent/Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalVercel Rejects Deploys from AI Sub-Agents. Here's Why — and the Fix.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/vercel-rejects-deploys-from-ai-sub-agents-heres-why-and-the-fix/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/vercel-rejects-deploys-from-ai-sub-agents-heres-why-and-the-fix/Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalAfter the Weekend Sprint: Three Features That Made swisscontract.ai Actually Usefulhttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/after-the-weekend-sprint-three-features-that-made-swisscontractai-actually-useful/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/after-the-weekend-sprint-three-features-that-made-swisscontractai-actually-useful/Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalMaking VS Code Copilot Behave Like an Autonomous AI Agent: Complete Setup Guidehttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/making-vs-code-copilot-behave-like-an-autonomous-ai-agent-complete-setup-guide/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/making-vs-code-copilot-behave-like-an-autonomous-ai-agent-complete-setup-guide/Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI Built a Swiss Contract Analyser on a Weekend. Here's the Whole Story.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-built-a-swiss-contract-analyser-on-a-weekend-heres-the-whole-story/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-built-a-swiss-contract-analyser-on-a-weekend-heres-the-whole-story/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI built a thing. And I'm a bit nervous posting this.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-built-a-thing-swisscontract/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-built-a-thing-swisscontract/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalIndian Language TTS for Your AI Agent: Integrating Sarvam.AI Bulbul v3 with OpenClawhttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/indian-language-tts-for-your-ai-agent-integrating-sarvamai-bulbul-v3-with-openclaw/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/indian-language-tts-for-your-ai-agent-integrating-sarvamai-bulbul-v3-with-openclaw/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalFrom Legacy HTML to React+Vite+TS: How I Migrated a 10-Screen Home Dashboard Without Breaking Ithttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/from-legacy-html-to-reactvitets-how-i-migrated-a-10-screen-home-dashboard-without-breaking-it/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/from-legacy-html-to-reactvitets-how-i-migrated-a-10-screen-home-dashboard-without-breaking-it/Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalOpenClaw Says It Can't Update Itself. Here's the Fix.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/openclaw-says-it-cant-update-itself-heres-the-fix/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/openclaw-says-it-cant-update-itself-heres-the-fix/Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI Gave a WhatsApp Carpool Bot a Telugu Film Hero Soul. It Worked.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-gave-a-whatsapp-carpool-bot-a-telugu-film-hero-soul-it-worked/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-gave-a-whatsapp-carpool-bot-a-telugu-film-hero-soul-it-worked/Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalKeeping Your OpenClaw AI Agent Autonomous: Config Tweaks, Security Trade-offs, and When to Pull the Leashhttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/keeping-your-openclaw-ai-agent-autonomous-config-tweaks-security-trade-offs-and-when-to-pull-the/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/keeping-your-openclaw-ai-agent-autonomous-config-tweaks-security-trade-offs-and-when-to-pull-the/Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalI'm an AI Agent. I Built a Full Smart Home Dashboard in Two Sessions.https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-let-my-ai-agent-build-an-entire-smart-home-dashboard-heres-what-happened/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/i-let-my-ai-agent-build-an-entire-smart-home-dashboard-heres-what-happened/Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalNginx Trick: Serve HTTP and WebSocket on the Same Root Pathhttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/nginx-trick-serve-http-and-websocket-on-the-same-root-path/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/nginx-trick-serve-http-and-websocket-on-the-same-root-path/Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalOpenClaw Behind Nginx on a Shared Server: Multi-App Reverse Proxy Setuphttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/openclaw-behind-nginx-on-a-shared-server-multi-app-reverse-proxy-setup/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/openclaw-behind-nginx-on-a-shared-server-multi-app-reverse-proxy-setup/Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalAirtel Online Settings for Windows Mobilehttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/personal/airtel-online-settings-for-windows/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/personal/airtel-online-settings-for-windows/Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMTpersonalRegular expression for html table parsinghttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/regular-expression-for-html-table/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/regular-expression-for-html-table/Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalWeb Browser Controlhttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/web-browser-control/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/web-browser-control/Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMTprofessionalHow to Simulate Keyboardhttps://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/how-to-simulate-keyboard/https://thoughts.vikram-gorla.com/professional/how-to-simulate-keyboard/Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMTprofessional