# Posts

Building with AI, shipping small things, and figuring it out as I go.

*241 posts · Newest first*

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## 6 November 2026

- [Asking the bot to price an Amazon India car kit](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-06-asking-the-bot-to-price-an-amazon-india-car-kit/) (6 November 2026 · Grok, AI agents): A request for reputable Amazon India options, individual prices, and a total for a twelve-item car and boot list.
- [A monitoring tool caused most of the monthly requests](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-06-a-monitoring-tool-caused-most-of-the-monthly-requests/) (6 November 2026 · Infrastructure): Out of 839k monthly requests to one platform, 512k came from a sitemap status check running every few minutes.
- [A full infrastructure audit is underway](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-06-a-full-infrastructure-audit-is-underway/) (6 November 2026 · Infrastructure): An infrastructure audit has started, with more writing planned on the findings.

## 5 November 2026

- [The bot submitted a Grok Bot ambassador application](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-05-the-bot-submitted-a-grok-bot-ambassador-application/) (5 November 2026 · Grok, AI agents): After a Cursor ambassador received a Grok Bot dad cap, the bot found the application, drafted the answers, and submitted the form.
- [Asking the bot to get a Grok Bot dad cap](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-05-asking-the-bot-to-get-a-grok-bot-dad-cap/) (5 November 2026 · Grok, AI agents): A request for the bot to obtain merch like a mailed Grok Bot dad cap, including by writing emails.
- [Saw an F1 car up close at a Ferrari exhibition](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-05-saw-an-f1-car-up-close-at-a-ferrari-exhibition/) (5 November 2026 · Formula 1): A Ferrari F1 display car in Delhi shows both 16 and 44, mixing Leclerc and Hamilton markings.
- [Good recovery from HIIT with a few protocol additions](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-05-good-recovery-from-hiit-with-a-few-protocol-additions/) (5 November 2026 · Fitness): HRV recovers to 71ms after HIIT, with EVOO, ground coffee, dark chocolate and no sugary snacks added to the daily protocol.
- [IG posts succeed while systems report failure](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-05-ig-posts-succeed-while-systems-report-failure/) (5 November 2026 · Product development): Postiz keeps emailing Instagram posting errors for Times of AI even though the posts went through.
- [First project that scores topnotch on agentic approaches](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-05-first-project-that-scores-topnotch-on-agentic-approaches/) (5 November 2026 · AI agents, MCP, Product development): Artboar scores 100 on an agent-ready scan as an MCP and API first design tool for social headers and App Store screenshots.
- [Two day review says scripting bot work is futile](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-05-two-day-review-says-scripting-bot-work-is-futile/) (5 November 2026 · Grok, AI agents): A two day benchmark finds only 8-9 percent of Grok Bot work can move to scripts, so the usage tip is not worth it.

## 4 November 2026

- [Watch Node.js and Bun vulnerability reports for the bot](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-04-watch-nodejs-and-bun-vulnerability-reports-for-the-bot/) (4 November 2026 · Grok, Bun, AI agents): Ask the bot to watch The Hacker News for Node.js and Bun vulnerabilities and notify a dedicated bot when patches are due.
- [Frontier model forgot to reread the AGENTS markdown file](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-04-frontier-model-forgot-to-reread-the-agents-markdown-file/) (4 November 2026 · Grok, AI agents): Grok Bot admits it memorised AGENTS.md and skipped rereading it during a site import, then promises to check it every time.
- [Du du du du](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-04-du-du-du-du/) (4 November 2026 · Formula 1): Rain chances for the Sunday race rise from 50 to 70 percent.
- [Back to HIIT on a stair-stepper](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-04-back-to-hiit-on-a-stair-stepper/) (4 November 2026 · Fitness): Three rounds of 4 minutes push and 4 minutes rest on a stair-stepper after a 10 minute warmup, at a 145 BPM average.
- [Token spend for the day stands at 1.54 billion](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-04-token-spend-for-the-day-stands-at-1-54-billion/) (4 November 2026 · AI agents, Productivity): Daily token spend reaches 1.54 billion, all of it base-level work that should pay off in the near future.
- [Ask your agent to repass its work at day end](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-04-ask-your-agent-to-repass-its-work-at-day-end/) (4 November 2026 · AI agents, Productivity): A day end reminder to ask your agent for a second pass over its work, because it will find gaps and edge cases.
- [Passing an SEO blog design playbook to the marketing bot](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-04-passing-an-seo-blog-design-playbook-to-the-marketing-bot/) (4 November 2026 · Grok, AI agents, Product development): Ask the bot to have the marketing bot review current practice against an SEO blog design playbook, with its own independent research.
- [Do agents check headers for llms.txt and API catalogs](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-04-do-agents-check-headers-for-llms-txt-and-api-catalogs/) (4 November 2026 · AI agents): Asking whether agents look for llms.txt, docs, openapi.yaml and .well-known/api-catalog via headers or still parse HTML text.

## 2 November 2026

- [Asking the bot to benchmark a usage tip on my cron jobs](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-02-asking-the-bot-to-benchmark-a-usage-tip-on-my-cron-jobs/) (2 November 2026 · Grok, AI agents): Before acting on a Grok Bot tip to script repeated tasks, ask the bot to benchmark all my cron jobs for two days and report the outcome.
- [Keep your phone in a different room](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-02-keep-your-phone-in-a-different-room/) (2 November 2026 · Productivity): One hack for a productive day is to keep your phone in a different room from the one you are working in.

## 1 November 2026

- [Agents pick one issue for me every day at noon](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-01-agents-pick-one-issue-for-me-every-day-at-noon/) (1 November 2026 · AI agents, Productivity): Every day at noon, agents review my sites and each picks one issue ranked by business impact, so I have to fix things before noon.
- [Giving luck somewhere to find me](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-01-giving-luck-somewhere-to-find-me/) (1 November 2026 · Product development): A new Luck Razor piece on keeping my writing, interests and projects visible so future connections have somewhere to begin.
- [Reverse Uno on Hyrox with a fixed time and heart rate](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-01-reverse-uno-on-hyrox-fixed-time-heart-rate/) (1 November 2026 · Fitness): An idea to flip Hyrox training: lock every event to 90 minutes and track average heart rate, so successive events should average better.
- [Version your agents instead of one-shotting work](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-01-version-agents-instead-of-one-shotting-work/) (1 November 2026 · AI agents, Grok, Product development): A design critic bot versions and judges Instagram carousel images, and a case to gamify agents, version them and iterate on work.
- [How to make Grok bot and OpenAI Dot talk](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-01-make-grok-bot-and-openai-dot-talk/) (1 November 2026 · Grok, OpenAI, AI agents, Image editing): Asking how to get Grok bot to ping OpenAI Dot with context for image generation and get base64 back, keeping the best of both services.
- [Going alone to the Ferrari exhibition in Delhi](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-01-going-alone-to-the-ferrari-exhibition-in-delhi/) (1 November 2026 · Formula 1): Friends were busy, so I went alone to the Ferrari exhibition in Delhi, and how small decisions like this change your luck.
- [Who needs 50MB query results from D1](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-01-who-needs-50mb-query-results-from-d1/) (1 November 2026 · Cloudflare, SQLite, Performance): Questions on who queries 50MB results from a database capped at 10GB, how they deliver it, and why, after D1 announced a result size limit.
- [Mad Max IV](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-11-01-mad-max-iv/) (1 November 2026 · Formula 1): A Max Verstappen portrait in dress military uniform, quoting the news of Liam Lawson disqualified from Mexico City GP Qualifying.

## 31 October 2026

- [Bot is wonky, possible outage](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-31-bot-is-wonky-possible-outage/) (31 October 2026 · AI agents): A quick check-in after the bot starts acting up, wondering whether an outage is behind it.
- [Most of my issue tracker is slow API responses](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-31-most-of-my-issue-tracker-is-slow-api-responses/) (31 October 2026 · Performance, Product development, AI agents): A full issue tracker turns out to be mostly slow API response timings, likely from over-engineered queries, useless joins and unneeded data.
- [Zero strikes on my X Under the Hood report](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-31-zero-strikes-on-my-x-under-the-hood-report/) (31 October 2026 · Productivity): The X Under the Hood report shows no post or account labels limiting visibility, and a case for X as the most transparent platform.

## 30 October 2026

- [Upgrading Bitcoin Core from 27.0 to 32.1](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-30-upgrading-bitcoin-core-from-27-to-32/) (30 October 2026 · Finance, Infrastructure, Performance): What changed between Bitcoin Core 27.0 and 32.1: AssumeUTXO on mainnet, a 1GB default dbcache, and parallel block input fetching for faster initial sync.
- [Glad the Codex usage resets will stop](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-30-glad-the-codex-usage-resets-will-stop/) (30 October 2026 · Codex, OpenAI, Subscriptions): Doubled Pro usage limits make a Pro 500 upgrade unnecessary for now, and the real usage picture will show once the resets settle.

## 29 October 2026

- [A projects page that logs daily progress](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-29-a-projects-page-that-logs-daily-progress/) (29 October 2026 · Product development, Productivity, AI agents): A new projects page tracks progress at a glance, with Dot summarising git history at the end of each day and publishing the update.
- [All 100 .ai domains are taken](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-29-all-100-ai-domains-are-taken/) (29 October 2026 · AI agents): The bot checked all 100 words and every single-word .ai domain is taken, so on to another 100.
- [Checking 100 words for free .ai domains](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-29-checking-100-words-for-free-ai-domains/) (29 October 2026 · AI agents, Productivity): Handing the bot 100 words to check .ai domain availability, the kind of menial work AI now sorts out.

## 28 October 2026

- [This has made me rethink life](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-28-this-has-made-me-rethink-life/) (28 October 2026 · Fitness): Reacting to how Michael Phelps went six years without missing a single day of training.
- [Airtel India still lacks RCS on iOS](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-28-airtel-india-still-lacks-rcs-on-ios/) (28 October 2026 · Apple, iOS, Networking): Twenty-five months after Apple enabled RCS on iOS, Airtel India still does not support it.
- [McLarens did not even try](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-28-mclarens-did-not-even-try/) (28 October 2026 · Formula 1): A one-line reaction to the list of F1 drivers who defended their maiden world title.
- [22 months on and markets are still red](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-28-22-months-on-and-markets-are-still-red/) (28 October 2026 · Finance): Revisiting a buy-signal post 22 months later with the NIFTY 50 still down, and a 75 percent debt, 25 percent equity split.
- [Is Codex having an outage?](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-28-is-codex-having-an-outage/) (28 October 2026 · Codex, OpenAI): Codex sits in the background for minutes with a working status while no work gets done.
- [Asking the bot to watch for Codex resets](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-28-asking-the-bot-to-watch-for-codex-resets/) (28 October 2026 · Codex, AI agents): Asking the bot to monitor Tibo for Codex reset signals and send an alert with the time converted to IST.

## 27 October 2026

- [Walk for 2 hours at a steady 140 bpm](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-27-walk-for-2-hours-at-a-steady-140-bpm/) (27 October 2026 · Fitness): A treadmill plan for fat loss: walk 2 hours on an incline at a steady 140 beats per minute instead of running.
- [Litmus an early access playbook against my products](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-27-litmus-an-early-access-playbook-against-my-products/) (27 October 2026 · AI agents, Product development): Asking the bot to summarise a 20-year early access playbook, test it against every product in flight, and list the gaps with a how-to.
- [Apple Music halftime and the snapback jacket look](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-27-apple-music-halftime-and-the-snapback-jacket-look/) (27 October 2026 · Apple, Streaming): The Apple Music halftime announcement is cool, but a snapback and an oversized jacket always reads as album cover art.
- [300M free GLM tokens a day on ZCode](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-27-300m-free-glm-tokens-a-day-on-zcode/) (27 October 2026 · AI agents): ZCode gives 300M free GLM 5.3 Flash tokens a day in a 10 hour window, which is 20:30 to 06:30 IST for devs in India.

## 26 October 2026

- [82k rupees for an iPad Mini is bonkers](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-26-82k-for-an-ipad-mini-is-bonkers/) (26 October 2026 · Apple): Reacting to the Rs 82k price of the iPad Mini in India.
- [Almost a billion OpenAI tokens in a day](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-26-almost-a-billion-openai-tokens-in-a-day/) (26 October 2026 · OpenAI, Grok, AI agents): 26 million short of burning a billion OpenAI tokens in one day at 80 percent of the weekly quota, and past a billion with Grok and Cursor usage added.
- [17 agents and 4 coffees before noon](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-26-17-agents-and-4-coffees-before-noon/) (26 October 2026 · AI agents, Fitness): A Monday snapshot: 17 agents across 6 projects, 4 coffees before noon, 40 minutes of zone training, and a heart rate in the high 50s.
- [Was there a Codex reset?](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-26-was-there-a-codex-reset/) (26 October 2026 · Codex, OpenAI): Asking whether the Codex usage quota was reset early.
- [Upgraded my Grok subscription](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-26-upgraded-my-grok-subscription/) (26 October 2026 · Grok, Subscriptions): Upgrading the Grok plan after getting stuck on quota limits every third day.

## 25 October 2026

- [Dots needs a secret vault](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-25-dots-needs-a-secret-vault/) (25 October 2026 · OpenAI, AI agents): Asking OpenAI to give Dots a secure secret vault instead of leaning on GitHub secrets, with an inline secret input as the ideal DX.
- [Without Fear or Favour by Justice Kaul](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-25-without-fear-or-favour-by-justice-kaul/) (25 October 2026 · Books): Wondering how excerpts are circulating from the unpublished memoir of former Supreme Court judge Sanjay Kishan Kaul, and planning to preorder it.
- [Raymond moves into engineering, aerospace and defence](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-25-raymond-moves-into-engineering-aerospace-and-defence/) (25 October 2026 · Finance): Raymond Limited plans to rename itself Raymond Aerospace, Defence and Engineering Limited, a surprise for 2026.
- [Handing my tweets export to a Dot](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-25-handing-my-tweets-export-to-a-dot/) (25 October 2026 · AI agents, OpenAI): Out of agent quota, the X export workflow moves to a Dot named Nothing, which has unlimited quota for now.
- [Bitwarden restricts a premium account again](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-25-bitwarden-restricts-a-premium-account-again/) (25 October 2026 · Subscriptions, Apple): Bitwarden restrictions return after an earlier fix, but periodic exports to Apple Passwords keep a working failsafe.
- [Codex reset has landed](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-25-codex-reset-has-landed/) (25 October 2026 · Codex, OpenAI): The weekly Codex quota reset arrives, so it is time to push hard and exhaust it again.
- [Half the Codex quota in a single day](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-25-half-the-codex-quota-in-a-single-day/) (25 October 2026 · Codex, OpenAI, Subscriptions): Burned through about half of the weekly Codex usage in one day, only for the quota reset to arrive before the rest could be used.

## 24 October 2026

- [Hotstar on Apple TV breaks vertical scrolling](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-24-hotstar-on-apple-tv-breaks-vertical-scrolling/) (24 October 2026 · Apple, Streaming): The latest Hotstar app release for Apple TV stops vertical scrolling after the first row.
- [Annual reminder to watch Dark](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-24-annual-reminder-to-watch-dark/) (24 October 2026 · Streaming): Quoting Netflix on the yearly ritual of rewatching the mind-bending German series Dark.
- [Non-profits and the Internet](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-24-non-profits-and-the-internet/) (24 October 2026 · Infrastructure): Signal and Let's Encrypt stand out for their contributions to the Internet.
- [AI-assisted coding as consultation](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-24-ai-assisted-coding-as-consultation/) (24 October 2026 · AI agents, Product development): Understanding the stack and challenging AI makes LLM-assisted development a form of consultation.
- [Shadowing someone who uses the full Codex quota](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-24-shadowing-someone-who-uses-the-full-codex-quota/) (24 October 2026 · Codex, Product development): Looking to learn from someone who uses an entire day of Codex quota to build something meaningful.

## 22 October 2026

- [Tell me you AI without saying you AI](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-22-tell-me-you-ai-without-saying-you-ai/) (22 October 2026 · AI agents, iOS): A home screen pared down to a Codex quota widget, ChatGPT, Grok Bot, and Grok says it all.

## 21 October 2026

- [Final Cover adds a 6-contract Operation mode](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-21-final-cover-adds-a-6-contract-operation-mode/) (21 October 2026 · iOS, Product development): Final Cover gains upgrades between missions, varied enemy encounters, a friendlier opening, and a reload button beside fire.
- [Final Cover has 9 gaming rounds](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-21-final-cover-has-9-gaming-rounds/) (21 October 2026 · iOS, Product development): The Sniper prototype becomes Final Cover with nine basic rounds, a TestFlight link, and a call for ideas to make it sticky.
- [Extending Blupp ecom to Dubai](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-21-extending-blupp-ecom-to-dubai/) (21 October 2026 · Product development): The Blupp ecom service map grows from Delhi pincodes to 222 outlined Dubai community areas.

## 20 October 2026

- [Planning an ecom service around Delhi pincodes](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-20-planning-an-ecom-service-around-delhi-pincodes/) (20 October 2026 · Product development): An ecom rollout plan starts with 95 outlined Delhi pincode areas that support search, selection, and zoom.
- [Sniper v0.1.0, a native iOS sniper game](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-20-sniper-v0-1-0-a-native-ios-sniper-game/) (20 October 2026 · iOS, Product development): A first playable Swift and RealityKit sniper prototype with a procedural dusk city, 4x scope, limited ammo, and recoil.
- [Hello, World!](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-20-hello-world/) (20 October 2026 · iOS, Product development): A minimal Hello, World! render as the starting point for the Sniper iOS game.
- [OpenAI will acquire Cloudflare](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-20-openai-will-acquire-cloudflare/) (20 October 2026 · OpenAI, Cloudflare): A riff on a SpaceX-buys-Vercel joke, predicting that OpenAI will acquire Cloudflare.

## 19 October 2026

- [Bitwarden asks a premium user to upgrade](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-19-bitwarden-asks-a-premium-user-to-upgrade/) (19 October 2026 · Subscriptions): Bitwarden apps keep asking for an upgrade even though the account is already on premium.

## 17 October 2026

- [Grok Bot is too expensive to run daily](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-17-grok-bot-is-too-expensive-to-run-daily/) (17 October 2026 · Grok, AI agents, Subscriptions, Codex): Premium+ quota and a $20 top-up run out within days, while Codex and Dot handle the same work without overage.

## 16 October 2026

- [Exhausted 53 percent of the Codex weekly quota](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-16-exhausted-53-percent-of-the-codex-weekly-quota/) (16 October 2026 · Codex, OpenAI, Subscriptions): Over half of the weekly Codex quota is gone by Friday evening, with an open invitation to ask anything.

## 14 October 2026

- [Asking the bot to summarise a backlink strategy](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-14-asking-the-bot-to-summarise-a-backlink-strategy/) (14 October 2026 · Grok, AI agents): Ask the bot to summarise a competitor-alternatives backlink strategy, email a copy, keep Markdown, and apply it to current projects.

## 13 October 2026

- [Bun fmt formats 320x faster than Prettier](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-13-bun-fmt-formats-320x-faster-than-prettier/) (13 October 2026 · Performance, Bun): Bun ships a formatter benchmarked 320x faster than Prettier and 2x faster than the nearest rival, a farewell to Prettier.

## 9 October 2026

- [Engineering is about impact](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-09-engineering-is-about-impact/) (9 October 2026 · Productivity, Product development): Lines of code, PR counts, and tokens burnt matter less than getting better than yesterday.

## 8 October 2026

- [Never trust a computer you cannot throw out a window](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-08-never-trust-a-computer-you-cant-throw-out-a-window/) (8 October 2026 · AI agents, Grok): A Steve Wozniak line about trusting computers, posted beside a nightly X export agent that failed to start.
- [Grok Bot now reads X natively](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-08-grok-bot-now-reads-x-natively/) (8 October 2026 · Grok, AI agents): Grok Bot can now search and monitor X, removing the step of exporting posts from the Grok app into the bot.

## 7 October 2026

- [Applying for the Claude Startups program](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-07-applying-for-the-claude-startups-program/) (7 October 2026 · AI agents, Subscriptions): A nudge to the bot to apply for the expanded Claude Startups program with Team seats and API credits.
- [GitHub is throwing 500s](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-07-github-is-throwing-500s/) (7 October 2026 · Infrastructure): GitHub returns server errors, so the evening turns into a forced break.
- [Asking the bot for a Grok Bot email address](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-07-asking-the-bot-for-a-grokbot-email-address/) (7 October 2026 · Grok, AI agents): A question to the bot about how to get an address on mail.grokbot.com.
- [Asking Grok about the most expensive F1 crash](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-07-asking-grok-about-the-most-expensive-f1-crash/) (7 October 2026 · Grok, AI agents): A question to Grok about when the most expensive Formula 1 crash happened, damage estimates, and the podium.
- [Two Codex issues with skills and network permission](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-07-two-codex-issues-with-skills-and-network-permission/) (7 October 2026 · Codex, macOS): Codex fails to find dollar skills in a session and hits a fatal revoked network permission error on Mac.

## 6 October 2026

- [Grok Bot disk resized to 126 GB](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-06-grok-bot-disk-resized-to-126-gb/) (6 October 2026 · Grok, AI agents, macOS): Grok Bot disk grows from 16 GB to 126 GB, with Disk Saver reporting about 113 GB free.

## 5 October 2026

- [Approve hit counts look unreal](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-05-approve-hit-counts-look-unreal/) (5 October 2026 · Product development, Performance, Infrastructure): Approve.so October traffic jumps well past the prior daily pace, and the spike looks worth debugging.
- [Disk Saver pops up again](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-05-disk-saver-pops-up-again/) (5 October 2026 · Grok, AI agents, macOS): Disk Saver clears bun and Python caches again, and asks how poteto manages disk while shipping production code.

## 4 October 2026

- [Hyrox challenge accepted](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-04-hyrox-challenge-accepted/) (4 October 2026 · Fitness): Sanmeet stacks Cancun and Toronto Hyrox finishes, and the reply accepts the challenge.
- [Respect for Sundar getting things done](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-04-respect-for-sundar-getting-things-done/) (4 October 2026 · Productivity): Sundar Pichai follows up on a week-long Android review and asks what excuse is left for everyone else.
- [Amrinder Gill displaces Raf Saperra](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-04-amrinder-gill-displaces-raf-saperra/) (4 October 2026 · Productivity): Caramel by Amrinder Gill becomes the new favourite song, while Ranjodh Singh Cheema keeps the writing credit.
- [89 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-04-89-days-to-2027/) (4 October 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The daily countdown hits 89 days with a Coca-Cola can at the wheel and the same Dylan Thomas lines.
- [Hinting at bots in another sidebar](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-04-hinting-at-bots-in-another-sidebar/) (4 October 2026 · AI agents, Product development): A question about what belongs in one more sidebar reads as a hint that the answer is bots.
- [Asking Grok about Hamilton's 2026 odds](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-04-asking-grok-about-hamilton-2026-odds/) (4 October 2026 · Grok, AI agents): A question to Grok about the odds of Lewis Hamilton winning the 2026 Formula 1 championship.
- [Groq powering McLaren F1](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-04-groq-powering-mclaren-f1/) (4 October 2026 · Infrastructure): Groq showing up as the compute behind McLaren's Formula 1 effort.
- [Following posts showing up in For You](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-04-following-posts-showing-up-in-for-you/) (4 October 2026 · Product development): Posts from followed accounts are landing in the For You tab, while Following should stay free of the algorithm.
- [A static site can answer agents in Markdown](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-04-a-static-site-can-answer-agents-in-markdown/) (4 October 2026 · AI agents, Cloudflare, Product development): mohit.dev stays HTML for people, and agents can request the same post as Markdown without an API.
- [Replace Ferrari F1 management with AI](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-04-replace-ferrari-f1-management-with-ai/) (4 October 2026 · AI agents): After the soft-tyre start, the claim is that Ferrari's Formula 1 management should be replaced by AI.
- [Ferrari starts on Pirelli soft tyres](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-04-ferrari-starts-on-pirelli-soft-tyres/) (4 October 2026 · Product development): Ferrari's choice of Pirelli soft tyres looks like lap-one drama at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
- [Software glitches at the Malaysian F1 race](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-04-software-glitches-at-the-malaysian-f1-race/) (4 October 2026 · Product development): Verstappen, Hamilton, and Ocon all hit software glitches during the Malaysian Formula 1 race.
- [A Rust target folder at 95 GB](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-04-rust-target-folder-at-95-gb/) (4 October 2026 · Rust, macOS): A Rust target directory has grown to about 96 GB of builds and cache, called the current downside of Rust.

## 3 October 2026

- [An agent checks the Cloudflare incidents JSON](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-03-an-agent-checks-cloudflare-incidents-json/) (3 October 2026 · Cloudflare, AI agents): A coding agent opens cloudflarestatus.com/api/v2/incidents.json while debugging a 524.
- [What's next, Signal?](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-03-whats-next-signal/) (3 October 2026 · iOS): A one-line question about what Signal does next.
- [Disk Saver asks before clearing caches](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-03-disk-saver-asks-before-clearing-caches/) (3 October 2026 · Grok, AI agents): A Disk Saver bot reports low disk space and asks which caches to clear, and whether that chat counts against quota.
- [Indian IT stocks are deeply negative](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-03-indian-it-stocks-are-deeply-negative/) (3 October 2026 · Finance): Year-to-date and five-year returns for Wipro, Infosys, TCS, HCL Tech, and Tech Mahindra are mostly negative.
- [Quoting and dissing is easier than being original](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-03-quoting-and-dissing-is-easier-than-being-original/) (3 October 2026 · Productivity): A short note that quote-posting and criticizing is easy compared with being original.
- [90 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-03-90-days-to-2027/) (3 October 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The daily countdown hits 90 days with a teal espresso cup at the desk and the same Dylan Thomas lines.
- [Asking the bot to add Google Analytics](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-03-asking-the-bot-to-add-google-analytics/) (3 October 2026 · Grok, AI agents): A chat asks the blog bot to paste a Google tag snippet into the site head.

## 2 October 2026

- [Asking the bot to sync blog posts](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-02-asking-the-bot-to-sync-blog-posts/) (2 October 2026 · Grok, AI agents): After a usage-limit reset, a short ask for the bot to sync the blog.
- [Exhausted 25% of the GPT credit quota](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-02-exhausted-25-percent-of-the-gpt-credit-quota/) (2 October 2026 · OpenAI, Subscriptions): Burning through a quarter of the GPT credit pool in half a day after the year-end credits landed.
- [Artboar now supports multiple art boards](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-02-artboar-now-supports-multiple-art-boards/) (2 October 2026 · Product development, Image editing): Artboar picks up multi-artboard editing, with a link to try the update.
- [Updating macOS, Xcode, and Codex at once](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-02-updating-macos-xcode-and-codex-at-once/) (2 October 2026 · macOS, Apple, Codex): A simultaneous macOS, Xcode, and Codex update leaves all three installs stuck.
- [Artboar is live](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-02-artboar-is-live/) (2 October 2026 · Product development, Image editing): Shipping Artboar with a Hello World canvas that jokes about the missing d in artboard.
- [Cloudflare KV Instant pricing and tradeoffs](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-02-cloudflare-kv-instant-pricing-and-tradeoffs/) (2 October 2026 · Cloudflare, Infrastructure, Performance): Notes on KV Instant’s fast reads versus steep per-MB storage and per-operation Class A costs.
- [91 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-02-91-days-to-2027/) (2 October 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The daily countdown hits 91 days with an espresso at the desk and the same Dylan Thomas lines.

## 1 October 2026

- [Exhausted my Grok bot quota](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-01-exhausted-my-grok-bot-quota/) (1 October 2026 · Grok, AI agents, Subscriptions): Grok bot usage hits the weekly limit, so the plan is to ease off for the next five days.
- [Apple should add MCP to its developer portal](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-01-apple-should-add-mcp-to-its-developer-portal/) (1 October 2026 · Apple, MCP): A short ask for Apple to expose MCP in the developer portal.
- [92 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-01-92-days-to-2027/) (1 October 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The daily countdown reaches 92 days with a cold Coke at the desk and the same Dylan Thomas lines.
- [Active followers outnumber average views on X](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-01-active-followers-outnumber-average-views-on-x/) (1 October 2026 · Productivity): X shows hundreds of active followers while average views stay around a hundred.
- [Engineering is easy; spending a day engineering is hard](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-01-engineering-is-easy-spending-a-day-engineering-is-hard/) (1 October 2026 · Productivity): A short contrast between knowing engineering and actually spending the day doing it.
- [Talk doesn't cook rice](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-01-talk-doesnt-cook-rice/) (1 October 2026 · Productivity): A one-line reminder that talk alone does not get the work done.
- [SpaceX is winning the bot DX game](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-01-spacex-is-winning-the-bot-dx-game/) (1 October 2026 · OpenAI, Codex, Grok, AI agents): SpaceX bot DX looks ahead; OpenAI should lean into multi-bot containers instead of Muse.
- [Wrangler tunnels are faster on Cloudflare WARP](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-01-wrangler-tunnels-are-faster-on-cloudflare-warp/) (1 October 2026 · Cloudflare, Networking, Performance): A Wrangler tunnel over WARP shaves about 50 ms versus the direct BOM path.
- [October fired up a late-night work session](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-01-october-fired-up-a-late-night-work-session/) (1 October 2026 · Productivity, Calendar): Seeing October 1st sparked a work stretch that ran until 5 AM.
- [Asking the bot to double a billion-dollar ask](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-01-asking-the-bot-to-double-a-billion-dollar-ask/) (1 October 2026 · Grok, AI agents): A playful reply asking the bot to double someone else’s billion-dollar request.
- [Sudo music player looks killer if downloads work](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-10-01-sudo-music-player-looks-killer-if-downloads-work/) (1 October 2026 · Product development): Sudo’s music player looks great; the open question is how song downloads work.

## 30 September 2026

- [Grok-alike bots limited to 100 November seats](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-30-grok-alike-bots-limited-to-100-november-seats/) (30 September 2026 · Grok, AI agents, Product development): A planned Grok-alike bot launch caps November seats at 100 with a thirty-day timeline.
- [Keen on a Grok bot-alike](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-30-keen-on-a-grok-bot-alike/) (30 September 2026 · Grok, AI agents): Interest in building something with Grok bot-like functionality.
- [93 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-30-93-days-to-2027/) (30 September 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The daily countdown reaches 93 days, with iced coffee at the desk and the same Dylan Thomas lines.
- [Grok bot DX still beats Dots for multi-bot work](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-30-grok-bot-dx-still-beats-dots-for-multi-bot-work/) (30 September 2026 · Grok, OpenAI, AI agents): Grok’s multi-bot sync feels cleaner than a single Dots window, with hope OpenAI ships multiple bots soon.
- [Apple Pay in India needs an Axis card](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-30-apple-pay-in-india-needs-an-axis-card/) (30 September 2026 · Apple, Finance): Early Apple Pay access in India appears limited to Axis Bank cards.
- [OpenAI grants $2,500 in Pro usage credits](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-30-openai-grants-2500-in-pro-usage-credits/) (30 September 2026 · OpenAI, Subscriptions, Codex): A one-time $2,500 credit grant covers heavy Pro usage through year-end before Pro 500 becomes necessary.
- [CDN Accept negotiation returned WebP instead of AVIF](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-30-cdn-accept-negotiation-returned-webp-instead-of-avif/) (30 September 2026 · Cloudflare, Performance, Image editing): An Accept: image/avif request wrongly got WebP until the CDN began sending AVIF first.
- [Apple Pay arrives in India](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-30-apple-pay-arrives-in-india/) (30 September 2026 · Apple, Finance): A short reaction to Apple Pay launching for customers in India.
- [Dot suggests Codex work from the lock screen](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-30-dot-suggests-codex-work-from-the-lock-screen/) (30 September 2026 · OpenAI, AI agents, Codex): OpenAI Dot is available and already proposing completed Codex work as the next task.
- [Waiting for Anthropic to join the personal-agent race](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-30-waiting-for-anthropic-to-join-the-personal-agent-race/) (30 September 2026 · AI agents, OpenAI, Grok, Muse): A wish that Anthropic enter the Muse, Dots, and Grok bot contest for personal agents.

## 29 September 2026

- [OpenAI Pro 500 is available in India at ₹52,900](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-openai-pro-500-available-in-india-at-52900/) (29 September 2026 · OpenAI, Subscriptions, Codex): Pro 500 launches in India with faster inference, while older Pro 200 keeps 20x usage until October 29.
- [Pro Max appears in Dots documentation](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-pro-max-appears-in-dots-documentation/) (29 September 2026 · OpenAI, Subscriptions, Codex): Dots docs mention the $500 Codex Pro Max plan while rolling out outside the EU, UK, and Switzerland.
- [OpenAI Dot unavailable in India for now](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-openai-dot-unavailable-in-india-for-now/) (29 September 2026 · OpenAI, AI agents): A regional Dots modal says the Pro plan does not have access yet in India.
- [6.1 Sol is already here](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-61-sol-is-already-here/) (29 September 2026 · OpenAI): A quick note that the 6.1 Sol model showed up in the Configure list sooner than expected.
- [Long AI, short everything else](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-long-ai-short-everything-else/) (29 September 2026 · Apple, AI agents, Product development): A terse take on Apple’s new-CEO overhaul pushing faster product development.
- [Expecting day-one macOS and iPhone Codex Bots apps](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-expecting-day-one-macos-and-iphone-codex-bots-apps/) (29 September 2026 · Codex, macOS, iOS, OpenAI): Anticipating native macOS and iPhone apps when Codex Bots launch.
- [Codex bots could be the iPhone moment for models](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-codex-bots-could-be-the-iphone-moment-for-models/) (29 September 2026 · Codex, OpenAI, AI agents, Muse): Custom Codex bots with recurring themes could match Muse and Grok bot stickiness.
- [Why the Pro usage change criticism looks excessive](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-why-the-pro-usage-change-criticism-looks-excessive/) (29 September 2026 · OpenAI, Subscriptions, Codex): A defense of OpenAI’s Pro usage recalculation, grandfathered limits, and bot costs.
- [ITC takes full ownership of Yoga Bar](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-itc-takes-full-ownership-of-yoga-bar/) (29 September 2026 · Finance): ITC buys the remaining Sproutlife Foods stake for about ₹645 crore to reach 100%.
- [GitHub and Cloudflare connection looks disrupted](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-github-and-cloudflare-connection-looks-disrupted/) (29 September 2026 · Cloudflare, Networking): A short note that the link between GitHub and Cloudflare appears to be having an outage.
- [Has the Rust server moved into production?](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-has-the-rust-server-moved-into-production/) (29 September 2026 · Rust, Performance, Infrastructure): A question for 37signals after their Basecamp outage, noting reported Rust rewrite gains of over 50x.
- [LoomUp server response timings](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-loomup-server-response-timings/) (29 September 2026 · Performance, Networking, Infrastructure): A breakdown of LoomUp's sub-millisecond stages, with most of the remaining 80 ms blamed on the DEL-BLR trip.
- [LoomUp without the Cloudflare proxy](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-loomup-without-the-cloudflare-proxy/) (29 September 2026 · Cloudflare, Performance, Networking): Removing Cloudflare's proxy cuts LoomUp reused-connection latency under 85 ms, with cold starts still near 300 ms.
- [94 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-94-days-to-2027/) (29 September 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The daily countdown reaches 94 days, with a teal coffee-cup photo and the same Dylan Thomas lines.
- [Approve hits a million requests](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-approve-hits-a-million-requests/) (29 September 2026 · Product development, Infrastructure, Performance): Approve.so crosses one million September hits across assets, push, sockets, and CRUD, with AI next.
- [Linking Grok on X with standalone Grok](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-29-linking-grok-on-x-with-standalone-grok/) (29 September 2026 · Grok, AI agents): A pause over whether syncing Grok chats between X and the standalone app is worth agreeing to.

## 28 September 2026

- [Linux machine booting in under 10ms](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-28-linux-machine-booting-in-under-10ms/) (28 September 2026 · Infrastructure, CLI): A reaction to boxd's claim of a whole Linux machine that boots in under 10 milliseconds.
- [When the usage meter costs more than usage](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-28-usage-meter-costs-more-than-usage/) (28 September 2026 · Cloudflare, Infrastructure, Finance): A Cloudflare cost comparison shows how chatty Durable Object writes can dwarf the underlying usage.
- [95 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-28-95-days-to-2027/) (28 September 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The daily countdown reaches 95 days, with a Coca-Cola photo and the same Dylan Thomas lines.
- [Muse invents a fictional name](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-28-muse-invents-arjun/) (28 September 2026 · Muse, AI agents): Muse’s invented name Arjun raises questions about model assumptions and the need for personal agents to avoid them.
- [Agents need guardrails around user data](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-28-agents-need-data-guardrails/) (28 September 2026 · AI agents, Muse): A Muse privacy incident highlights the responsibility of companies and users to protect information from overconfident agents.

## 27 September 2026

- [96 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-27-96-days-to-2027/) (27 September 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The daily countdown reaches 96 days, paired with a Coca-Cola photo and the same Dylan Thomas lines.
- [Sunday reminder to upgrade Homebrew packages](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-27-sunday-homebrew-upgrade/) (27 September 2026 · macOS, CLI): A Sunday Homebrew upgrade updates formulae and surfaces deprecated or disabled packages.

## 26 September 2026

- [Questions about using OpenClaw](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-26-questions-about-openclaw/) (26 September 2026 · AI agents, Productivity): Asks whether OpenClaw produces concrete results, becomes a lasting routine, and deserves a recommendation.
- [Three blog tasks completed on a walk](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-26-three-blog-tasks-during-a-walk/) (26 September 2026 · Productivity, AI agents): A walk became time to finish OG images, RSS, and blog submission work with a Grok bot.
- [Upgrading to OpenAI Pro Max on day one](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-26-upgrading-to-openai-pro-max-on-day-one/) (26 September 2026 · OpenAI, Subscriptions): Planning to upgrade to OpenAI’s rumored Pro Max plan as soon as it launches.
- [OpenAI Pro Max at $500 a month](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-26-openai-pro-max-at-500-a-month/) (26 September 2026 · OpenAI, Subscriptions): A look at the rumored Pro Max tier priced at $500 exclusive of tax, or ₹52,900 inclusive in India.
- [Cloudflare preview builds wiping secrets](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-26-cloudflare-preview-builds-wiping-secrets/) (26 September 2026 · Cloudflare): Frustration that Workers preview builds wipe secrets, with a GitHub issue documenting the silent loss.
- [97 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-26-97-days-to-2027/) (26 September 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The daily countdown reaches 97 days, quoting the same call to make the remaining time count.

## 25 September 2026

- [Signal adds on-device backups](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-25-signal-adds-on-device-backups/) (25 September 2026 · iOS, Productivity): Signal now supports on-device backups, shown on the Backups settings screen.
- [Preview builds drop Cloudflare secrets](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-25-preview-builds-drop-cloudflare-secrets/) (25 September 2026 · Cloudflare): Workers preview builds are not holding secrets even when keep vars is set correctly.

## 24 September 2026

- [Why Meta spends and SpaceX does not blink](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-24-why-meta-spends-and-spacex-does-not-blink/) (24 September 2026 · Grok, Muse, AI agents): A reply on Grok bot versus Muse ranking: Meta subsidizes adoption while SpaceX stays the course.
- [99 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-24-99-days-to-2027/) (24 September 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The daily countdown hits 99 days, with the same call to rage against wasted time.

## 23 September 2026

- [Cutting API response time by over a second](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-23-cutting-api-response-time-by-over-a-second/) (23 September 2026 · Cloudflare, Performance, Infrastructure): WaitUntil accounting, fewer D1 round trips, and Smart Placement reclaim more than a second per request.
- [100 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-23-100-days-to-2027/) (23 September 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The daily countdown hits 100 days, with the same call to make the remaining time count.
- [Node.js rewrites in Rust to outdo Bun](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-23-nodejs-rewrites-in-rust-to-outdo-bun/) (23 September 2026 · Rust, npm, Performance): A short take that Node.js can rewrite itself in Rust and still beat Bun.
- [Tweeting the government about GPU access](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-23-tweeting-the-government-about-gpu-access/) (23 September 2026 · AI agents, Finance): Wondering whether daily tweets to officials could open GPU purchases the way crypto asks once did.
- [Asking Grok for an X chat number](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-23-asking-grok-for-an-x-chat-number/) (23 September 2026 · Grok): A quick ask for help finding the new X chat number feature.

## 22 September 2026

- [Project TC image quality and D1 row counts](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-22-project-tc-image-quality-and-d1-row-counts/) (22 September 2026 · Cloudflare, Image editing, Performance): Image delivery now accepts quality 10–100, and D1 row reads will ship as a response header.
- [Project L cuts monitoring check frequency](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-22-project-l-cuts-monitoring-check-frequency/) (22 September 2026 · Infrastructure, Networking, Cloudflare): SSL, DNS, Lighthouse, and related checks across 23 projects are paced down to ease server load.
- [101 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-22-101-days-to-2027/) (22 September 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The daily countdown reaches 101 days, quoting the same call to rage against wasted time.
- [Cloudflare 525s and Caddy peer retransmits](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-22-cloudflare-525s-and-caddy-peer-retransmits/) (22 September 2026 · Cloudflare, Networking, Infrastructure): Project A returns 525s while project L stays fast, and some Caddy–Cloudflare peers show heavy retransmits.
- [Still on Grok 4.6, looking for 4.7](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-22-still-on-grok-4-6-looking-for-4-7/) (22 September 2026 · Grok): Both the X and Grok apps still show Grok 4.6 with no sign of 4.7 yet.

## 21 September 2026

- [Meta forks OpenClaw as MetaClaw](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-21-meta-forks-openclaw-as-metaclaw/) (21 September 2026 · Muse, AI agents, OpenAI): Meta’s Muse backend already used MetaClaw naming, and the OpenClaw fork looks like a strong execution move.
- [Reviving the blog with a Grok bot](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-21-reviving-the-blog-with-a-grok-bot/) (21 September 2026 · Grok, AI agents, Cloudflare): A Grok bot stores credentials securely, uploads to R2, and brings mohit.dev back online from X posts.
- [BGBG on TestFlight with a public weblink](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-21-bgbg-on-testflight-with-a-public-weblink/) (21 September 2026 · Image editing, iOS, Product development): A TestFlight build and weblink for BGBG, the iOS app that frames screenshots with backgrounds and blur.
- [When unreliable internet breaks the workflow](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-21-when-unreliable-internet-breaks-the-workflow/) (21 September 2026 · Networking, Productivity): Two hours of internet trouble interrupting the workday.
- [102 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-21-102-days-to-2027/) (21 September 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The daily countdown reaches 102 days: a reminder to make the remaining time count.
- [Grok and Muse now track website issues in a CSV](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-21-grok-and-muse-now-track-website-issues-in-a-csv/) (21 September 2026 · AI agents, Grok, Muse): Two bots audit four websites daily and prioritize the issues they find by business impact.
- [Fixing yesterday’s issues before the bots check again](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-21-fixing-yesterdays-issues-before-the-bots-check-again/) (21 September 2026 · AI agents, Productivity): A daily deadline to resolve flagged issues before the bots review progress at noon.

## 20 September 2026

- [Perplexity and the arrival of Grok, Muse, and GPT](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-20-perplexity-and-the-arrival-of-grok-muse-and-gpt/) (20 September 2026 · AI agents, Grok, Muse): A brief observation on Perplexity as competing AI tools emerge around it.
- [The Grok bot was quiet because I asked for weekends off](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-20-the-grok-bot-was-quiet-because-i-asked-for-weekends-off/) (20 September 2026 · Grok, AI agents): An apparent monitoring glitch turns out to be a bot following its weekday-only notification schedule.
- [Watching iPhone settings mirror on macOS](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-20-watching-iphone-settings-mirror-on-macos/) (20 September 2026 · Apple, iOS, macOS): Device appearance and text-size changes on the phone showing up on the Mac.
- [Unsplash keeps overwriting my Mac settings](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-20-unsplash-keeps-overwriting-my-mac-settings/) (20 September 2026 · macOS, Image editing): Tracking down a macOS settings issue and offering to help fix the Unsplash app.
- [The screenshot editor’s first export](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-20-the-screenshot-editors-first-export/) (20 September 2026 · Image editing, iOS, Product development): A Sunday sprint produces the first image export, with TestFlight planned next.
- [A native calendar with widgets and public schedules](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-20-a-native-calendar-with-widgets-and-public-schedules/) (20 September 2026 · Calendar, iOS, AI agents): The calendar app takes shape with iOS widgets and schedules readable by people, bots, and agents.
- [Building an iOS screenshot background editor](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-20-building-an-ios-screenshot-background-editor/) (20 September 2026 · Image editing, iOS, Product development): Planning an image editor with background blur, padding, rounded corners, and multiple output ratios.
- [Apple TV: the app and the standalone product](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-20-apple-tv-the-app-and-the-standalone-product/) (20 September 2026 · Apple): A note on Apple TV in India and the distinction between its app and standalone product.
- [103 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-20-103-days-to-2027/) (20 September 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The daily countdown reaches 103 days, with another reminder to use the time ahead.
- [A 4.94 GB database copy in 70 seconds](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-20-a-4-94-gb-database-copy-in-70-seconds/) (20 September 2026 · SQLite, Infrastructure, Performance): A schema-change workflow hits a snag while copying and verifying an existing database.
- [Time blocking, an MCP update, and TestFlight builds](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-20-time-blocking-an-mcp-update-and-testflight-builds/) (20 September 2026 · Productivity, MCP, iOS): The first of two daily sprints wraps up with MCP changes and iOS apps sent to TestFlight.

## 19 September 2026

- [Lessons from the gym on grit and patience](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-19-lessons-from-the-gym-on-grit-and-patience/) (19 September 2026 · Fitness, Productivity): Reflections on the gym, stubbornness, moving calmly, and choosing the weight for a set.
- [Who is downloading my npm packages?](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-19-who-is-downloading-my-npm-packages/) (19 September 2026 · npm, CLI): Questioning npm download counts while apparently being the only person testing the CLI packages.
- [Rust catches bugs early—sometimes too early](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-19-rust-catches-bugs-early-sometimes-too-early/) (19 September 2026 · Rust): A small correction on the appeal and frustration of Rust catching bugs early.
- [Saving 100 TB of RAM across a fleet](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-19-saving-100-tb-of-ram-across-a-fleet/) (19 September 2026 · Infrastructure, Performance): A quick appreciation of saving 100 TB of RAM across a fleet.
- [CLI and MCP tools for expenses and calendars](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-19-cli-and-mcp-tools-for-expenses-and-calendars/) (19 September 2026 · MCP, CLI, Calendar, Finance): Two working tools manage personal expenses and calendars, with organizational use planned next.
- [A two-hour sprint to ship an MCP](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-19-a-two-hour-sprint-to-ship-an-mcp/) (19 September 2026 · MCP, Productivity): Setting aside two focused hours to deploy a useful MCP tool.
- [Finding Notification Centre on iOS 27](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-19-finding-notification-centre-on-ios-27/) (19 September 2026 · iOS, Apple): The top-left swipe still opens notifications, but makes one-handed use awkward.
- [Applying AI until you become ungovernable](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-19-applying-ai-until-you-become-ungovernable/) (19 September 2026 · AI agents, Productivity): A thought on using AI extensively and how much it can help a person achieve.
- [Renewing the $200 Codex plan](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-19-renewing-the-200-codex-plan/) (19 September 2026 · Codex, OpenAI, Subscriptions): A welcome surprise: the $200 Codex subscription can be renewed.
- [104 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-19-104-days-to-2027/) (19 September 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The daily countdown reaches 104 days, continuing the reminder to make each day matter.
- [There is no free lunch with frontier models](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-19-there-is-no-free-lunch-with-frontier-models/) (19 September 2026 · OpenAI, Subscriptions): Reflecting on the cost of frontier models and what a $200 subscription should mean.
- [AI agents as both makers and checkers](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-19-ai-agents-as-both-makers-and-checkers/) (19 September 2026 · AI agents, Grok, Muse): Grok and Muse catch overlooked details and review the previous day’s work.
- [Questioning three million requests in a day](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-19-questioning-three-million-requests-in-a-day/) (19 September 2026 · Infrastructure, Performance, Networking): Investigating whether excessive crawling or unoptimized network calls explain a surprising request count.

## 18 September 2026

- [The corrected Muse conversation screenshot](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-18-the-corrected-muse-conversation-screenshot/) (18 September 2026 · Muse, AI agents): The correct Muse conversation image, following the earlier bot-audit update.
- [What network monitoring found in Grok and Muse](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-18-what-network-monitoring-found-in-grok-and-muse/) (18 September 2026 · Grok, Muse, Networking): Observations from monitoring the bots’ connections to API, backend, and telemetry endpoints.
- [Muse meets the in-person RTO requirement](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-18-muse-meets-the-in-person-rto-requirement/) (18 September 2026 · Muse, AI agents): Testing a Delhi vehicle-name change reveals a remaining requirement to submit documents in person.
- [Grok and Muse find their first website issues](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-18-grok-and-muse-find-their-first-website-issues/) (18 September 2026 · Grok, Muse, AI agents): The bots identify a copy error and a faulty link during their first platform review.
- [The missing ChatGPT mute button in CarPlay](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-18-the-missing-chatgpt-mute-button-in-carplay/) (18 September 2026 · iOS, OpenAI, Voice): Reporting that the CarPlay mute button disappeared after the iOS 27 update.
- [An e-commerce framework built for chat](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-18-an-e-commerce-framework-built-for-chat/) (18 September 2026 · Product development, AI agents, MCP, CLI): Developing an e-commerce framework around chat, with MCP and CLI access first.
- [A daily platform review with Grok and Muse](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-18-a-daily-platform-review-with-grok-and-muse/) (18 September 2026 · Grok, Muse, AI agents): Asking both bots to propose one meaningful platform improvement at noon IST.
- [Incoming webhooks for the Grok bot](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-18-incoming-webhooks-for-the-grok-bot/) (18 September 2026 · Grok, Webhooks, AI agents): Using events to let a bot track actions and send summaries through a gist.
- [43 requests per second and a 341 ms p95](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-18-43-requests-per-second-and-a-341-ms-p95/) (18 September 2026 · Infrastructure, Performance): Checking CPU usage, request throughput, and latency as a backend project grows.
- [Where Grok, Muse, and a remote Codex bot might lead](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-18-where-grok-muse-and-a-remote-codex-bot-might-lead/) (18 September 2026 · AI agents, Grok, Muse, Codex): Thoughts on competing bot platforms, containers, and the prospect of a remote Codex bot.
- [Three million daily requests on my Rust server](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-18-three-million-daily-requests-on-my-rust-server/) (18 September 2026 · Rust, Infrastructure, Performance, Cloudflare): Comparing a custom Rust server’s growing request volume with Cloudflare Workers pricing.
- [105 days to 2027](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-18-105-days-to-2027/) (18 September 2026 · 2027 countdown, Productivity): The countdown stands at 105 days, with a reminder to keep moving toward the new year.
- [Monitoring Grok and Muse on my Mac](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-18-monitoring-grok-and-muse-on-my-mac/) (18 September 2026 · Grok, Muse, Networking, macOS): Planning a code and network review after earlier concerns about uploads from the Grok CLI.
- [Bots generating their own bots](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-18-bots-generating-their-own-bots/) (18 September 2026 · AI agents, Infrastructure): Questions about nested bots, account access inside containers, and parent-account monitoring.
- [Muse arrives on macOS](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-18-muse-arrives-on-macos/) (18 September 2026 · Muse, macOS): A quick reaction to Muse becoming available for native use on the Mac.

## 17 September 2026

- [Rethinking products around MCP, CLI, and webhooks](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-rethinking-products-around-mcp-cli-and-webhooks/) (17 September 2026 · Product development, MCP, CLI, Webhooks): A shift in product development toward interfaces that agents can use.
- [Can MCP connect Zoho to a currency-conversion query?](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-can-mcp-connect-zoho-to-a-currency-conversion-query/) (17 September 2026 · MCP, Finance): Exploring whether MCP can help retrieve a precise financial-year conversion amount from Zoho.
- [Testing Muse on a Delhi vehicle registration correction](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-testing-muse-on-a-delhi-vehicle-registration-correction/) (17 September 2026 · Muse, AI agents): Proposing a real-world test of whether Muse can handle a vehicle-registration name correction.
- [Installing Grok Bot on macOS](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-installing-grok-bot-on-macos/) (17 September 2026 · Grok, macOS, Webhooks): Trying the desktop bot to explore incoming webhooks and bot resets unavailable on mobile.
- [When other bots can see a stuck Grok bot](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-when-other-bots-can-see-a-stuck-grok-bot/) (17 September 2026 · Grok, AI agents): Noticing that multiple bots can observe the same bot getting stuck.
- [Cloudflare makes domain searches feel instant](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-cloudflare-makes-domain-searches-feel-instant/) (17 September 2026 · Cloudflare, Performance): Comparing Cloudflare’s fast domain availability results with earlier Namecheap searches.
- [Wishing for Muse on macOS](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-wishing-for-muse-on-macos/) (17 September 2026 · Muse, macOS): Why a mobile-only release limits access, especially where the app is not available.
- [Rethinking the Rust and SQLite service architecture](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-rethinking-the-rust-and-sqlite-service-architecture/) (17 September 2026 · Rust, SQLite, Infrastructure): Weighing the current service against a split between API workers and the database layer.
- [Getting access to Muse](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-getting-access-to-muse/) (17 September 2026 · Muse): A short update after receiving access to Muse.
- [A 24-hour window for the $200 OpenAI subscription](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-a-24-hour-window-for-the-200-openai-subscription/) (17 September 2026 · OpenAI, Subscriptions): Suggesting a short subscription window as a way to gauge demand for the product.
- [Looking for a Muse invite in India](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-looking-for-a-muse-invite-in-india/) (17 September 2026 · Muse): Seeing others use Muse in India and asking for help getting an invitation.
- [When Astra leaves local Git history behind](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-when-astra-leaves-local-git-history-behind/) (17 September 2026 · Codex, Product development): Frustration with temporary-folder edits and branch pushes that leave the local checkout outdated.
- [Is the internet going down, or is it X?](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-is-the-internet-going-down-or-is-it-x/) (17 September 2026 · Networking): A brief question about whether a connection problem is local or on X.
- [When the notification swipe opens Siri instead](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-when-the-notification-swipe-opens-siri-instead/) (17 September 2026 · iOS, Apple): A familiar iPhone gesture unexpectedly opens Siri and disrupts muscle memory.
- [One backend, two very different project outcomes](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-one-backend-two-very-different-project-outcomes/) (17 September 2026 · Infrastructure): Trying to understand why one project works and another fails on the same backend service.
- [How did Homer manage without Wispr Flow?](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-how-did-homer-manage-without-wispr-flow/) (17 September 2026 · Voice): A tongue-in-cheek thought on Homer’s narration and modern voice-dictation tools.
- [Grok bot usage after cancelling Grok Heavy](https://www.mohit.dev/posts/2026-09-17-grok-bot-usage-after-cancelling-grok-heavy/) (17 September 2026 · Grok, Subscriptions): Finding remaining bot usage after cancelling Heavy and wondering if the X subscription explains it.

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