Prakash SureshCurious mind. Finds happiness in building things and writing.https://spraka.sh/Understanding LLMs: The Maphttps://spraka.sh/blog/how-llms-work/https://spraka.sh/blog/how-llms-work/From raw text to streaming response - every step of how large language models are built and how they process your prompts.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow Programming Languages Actually Workhttps://spraka.sh/blog/how-programming-languages-work/https://spraka.sh/blog/how-programming-languages-work/From the text you type to the binary that runs - the full compiler pipeline, type safety ladder, and patterns every developer should know.Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTNaval on Health: The Priority That Orders Everything Elsehttps://spraka.sh/blog/health-naval-ravikant/https://spraka.sh/blog/health-naval-ravikant/Naval's framework for making health non-negotiable - from concentric circles to daily practiceFri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTA Third Path, Paathuklamhttps://spraka.sh/blog/a-third-path-paathuklam/https://spraka.sh/blog/a-third-path-paathuklam/Sridhar Vembu says programmers should consider alternative livelihoods. He's right about the disruption - but how you sit with this moment matters more than what the moment is.Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTNaval on Happiness: A Practical Philosophyhttps://spraka.sh/blog/happiness-naval-ravikant/https://spraka.sh/blog/happiness-naval-ravikant/Naval's framework for training happiness - from desire as a contract to peace as the goalSun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Jevons Paradox of AIhttps://spraka.sh/blog/jevons-paradox/https://spraka.sh/blog/jevons-paradox/A documentation project that grew into an MCP server, a competitive landscape analysis, and a realization about what AI actually does to software demand.Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Hidden R&D Giants of Tamil Naduhttps://spraka.sh/blog/hidden-rnd-giants-of-tamil-nadu/https://spraka.sh/blog/hidden-rnd-giants-of-tamil-nadu/A fan buying experience led me to discover local companies doing world-class engineering that most of us don't know about.Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe River That Came Backhttps://spraka.sh/blog/the-river-that-came-back/https://spraka.sh/blog/the-river-that-came-back/A city forgot its river was a river. Then it remembered.Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Leader Makes the Differencehttps://spraka.sh/blog/the-leader-makes-the-difference/https://spraka.sh/blog/the-leader-makes-the-difference/Two stories from different worlds - a startup ecosystem and a Christmas carol competition - that reveal the same truth about leadership.Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTTwo Tales of Marketing: A Tourist Trap on the Way to Mysore Zoo and a Sweet Surprise in Maduraihttps://spraka.sh/blog/two-tales-of-marketing/https://spraka.sh/blog/two-tales-of-marketing/What a Diwali trip taught me about the extremes of marketing - from deception to delight.Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT590x More Test Code Than Production: Is SQLite Insane or Genius?https://spraka.sh/blog/sqlite-testing-590x/https://spraka.sh/blog/sqlite-testing-590x/SQLite has 92 million lines of tests for 155K lines of code. A Twitter debate made me rethink what balanced testing really means.Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTHello Worldhttps://spraka.sh/blog/hello-world/https://spraka.sh/blog/hello-world/Welcome to my blog! This is where I'll share my thoughts, learnings, and things I'm building.Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT