Hi, I’m Vishal. I write about how AI is reshaping society—power, privacy, work, and attention—alongside travel notes, some creative writing, and small, everyday observations.
I don’t have it all figured out; I’m thinking in public and changing my mind. If the human side of technology and other observations interests you, welcome to my Musings.
See more on vishalvshekkar.com.
This article examines how our increasingly intimate relationships with AI create a dangerous asymmetry, where humans trust AI companions that may soon be executing hidden agendas. Vishal, an AI …
End-to-end encryption isn’t enough. Learn how on-device machine learning models can silently profile you—and how to …
This essay explores the years of thought behind my personal manifesto—how the inevitability of entropy isn’t just a …
This article examines how our increasingly intimate relationships with AI create a dangerous …
End-to-end encryption isn’t enough. Learn how on-device machine learning models can silently profile …
I loved the em dash for its messy elegance. Now it just makes my writing look like it was spat out …
A quiet Mysore evening at a café window, an old man with his kulfi, and the fleeting glance we …
Over the past couple months I’ve picked up some truly unique bags of coffee, each with its own …
An unexpectedly deep conversation with Anand on our drive to the airport touching on optimistic …
A practical guide to building scalable map interfaces that render thousands of polygons without …
The blog post examines how Juspay’s auto-checking of HDFC Bank’s anti-phishing ‘Secure Access ID’ …
Introducing my new blog site, Musings. The post discusses how I used to mainating my own blog …
Why do we bend our bodies to furniture instead of bending furniture to our bodies? A simple …
This essay explores the years of thought behind my personal manifesto—how the inevitability of …
In the 080 lounge at Bangalore airport, a pattern of gender bias emerges as Amex salesmen …
Verizy efficiently processes over 1 million complex monthly requests using a dual-service …
I loved the em dash for its messy elegance. Now it just makes my writing look like it was spat out …
Caught between two oblivious leg-jigglers, I endured a movie seat earthquake that turned into an …
The pursuit of Inbox Zero (Iz) demands excessive attention and diminishes overall productivity; …
Some thoughts on how ubiquitious Google has become in our lives on its 18th Birthday.
Why do we bend our bodies to furniture instead of bending furniture to our bodies? A simple proposal: fix the table …
A practical guide to building scalable map interfaces that render thousands of polygons without overwhelming your …
A quiet Mysore evening at a café window, an old man with his kulfi, and the fleeting glance we shared — proof that the …
Over the past couple months I’ve picked up some truly unique bags of coffee, each with its own story, process, and …
This essay explores the years of thought behind my personal manifesto—how the inevitability of entropy isn’t just a …
This article examines how our increasingly intimate relationships with AI create a dangerous asymmetry, where humans …
End-to-end encryption isn’t enough. Learn how on-device machine learning models can silently profile you—and how to …
I loved the em dash for its messy elegance. Now it just makes my writing look like it was spat out by a language model.
An unexpectedly deep conversation with Anand on our drive to the airport touching on optimistic nihilism; and I’m still …
Caught between two oblivious leg-jigglers, I endured a movie seat earthquake that turned into an accidental physics …