When a Coffee Lover Meets SerpApi
Met the SerpApi dev advocate at PyCon US and went down a rabbit hole. Here's why every indie hacker should know this API exists.
Today I Learned
A collection of notes, learnings, and thoughts on software engineering, data, and life. By Bhavani Ravi.
Recent Posts
My First PyCon US
From vipassana silence to PyCon US chaos — teaching a sold-out Airflow workshop, fangirling Python educators, managing the PyLadies booth, and finding my identity as a teacher.
On becoming a Yoga Teacher
From gym freak to certified yoga teacher. Not a transformation story, just an honest one.
My Vipaasana Experience
No phone, no dinner, and noble silence, those are the things people warn you about before your Vipassana retreat. But that’s not even the hard part...
Designing a Chatbot System in 2026
How chatbot architecture evolved from training every possible user input to systems that reason, call tools, and coordinate multiple agents.
3 Projects, 3 different tech stacks, 1 month of Claude Code
Claude Code Opens doors to unknown tech stacks
20 Day Ugly Art Challenge - April 2025
I made art without worrying about the outcome
No Screen Challenge - March 2025
I attempted to reduce my screen time to under an hour a day for a month, and discovered the surprising truth about my digital habits
No Coffee Challenge - March 2025
I gave up coffee for 31 days and here's how it went
RAG WTH Is it?
Retrieval Augmented Generation - Yet another acronym the ML researchers have slapped onto something so simple.