Hi, my name is Kshitij and welcome to my blog. I like teaching myself new stuff and if I find it interesting, I'll try writing about it.

Ever since I was a little kid, I've loved looking at stars and it is still my favorite thing to do, to this day. There is a certain unspoken joy in being able to recognize stars without referencing a star map. I love maps though, whether they show stars, or cities, or ocean currents or locations in fictional settings. So much that a very anxious me decided to give an embarrassing TedX talk about it once.

I had started growing plants in 2020 and I enjoy it a lot. I feel proud and happy when I wake up in the morning and see a new leaf. Seriously, it's the best thing ever. I also love music. I find happiness in finding new music, sharing it with people I value and having people who value me share it with me. To me, it's the simplest form of affection. I also spend an unhealthy amount of time organizing and curating my playlists. I am also very proud of them.

Most of all I love technology. It's difficult for me to put a finger on when exactly my love for machines began. Probably when I was five and I broke my aunt's sphygmomanometer (the blood pressure machine) and was fascinated with the mercury droplets on the floor because they did not stick to my fingers. Or when I was seven and my parents' Akai CRT broke down and they had to replace the entire circuit board (and the repairman was gracious enough to leave the old circuit board with us and I tried tasting capacitors by breaking them open with my teeth). More recently (and less dangerously) it might have been my computer architecture class in college.

Regardless of when this love affair began, I think machines are fun and ones that go and work in space doubly so. During the day I get to learn and build space machines with an amazing team of engineers and scientists at Pixxel as the company's Founder and CTO. My night time interests are anything space and stars (especially stellar evolution), computer architecture, history, inflation theory, pretty much anything related to terraforming and sleeping. I have a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, but I love reading about all things technology.

Glad to have you here! :)