Nikhil DeshpandeNikhil Deshpande, Mumbai. CTO three times, product owner, founder. Twenty-one years across manufacturing, auto aftermarket, marketing, healthcare and applied AI.https://nikhilrdeshpande.com/enCan Jev Pass AI 101?https://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/jev-ai-101/https://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/jev-ai-101/Seven problems from the standard AI syllabus. Judgment is cheap now. Planning still is not.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTaievaluationbenchmarksjevI Tried to Break My Own Demohttps://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/connectome-controls/https://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/connectome-controls/A fly connectome webcam demo, a degree-preserving shuffle, and a frozen connectome that never clearly beats raw pixels.Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTaievaluationcontrolsneuroscienceAn AI Blessing Booth at Home for Ganpatihttps://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/ganpati-blessing-booth/https://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/ganpati-blessing-booth/Three days, one laptop, an ESP32 camera, and the decision that mattered was what to show while the AI was thinking.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTaihardwarelocal-inferenceganpatibuildingHe Can Name More Things Than He Can Buildhttps://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/he-can-name-more-things/https://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/he-can-name-more-things/A weekend vibe coding with an eight year old, and the shape of the new learning.Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTailearningchildrenbuildingTaste: The Part You Cannot Prompt Forhttps://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/taste/https://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/taste/The council passed the chapter. Every agent approved it. And the chapter was dead.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTtastemarathiaiwritingJudgement Is the Thing You Cannot Automatehttps://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/judgement/https://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/judgement/Choosing is not a skill that improves because your tools improved. If anything it gets worse.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTjudgementbuildingaiFifteen Years of the Same Problemhttps://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/why-marathi-fiction/https://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/why-marathi-fiction/Distribution, then publishing, then a benchmark, now the writing itself. Four attempts, one language.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTmarathiindicaipublishingThe Maharashtra FDA Shipped Something Goodhttps://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/maharashtra-fda/https://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/maharashtra-fda/Three days between the domain existing and the Commissioner announcing it. I read the source.Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTpublic-sectoraiindiamarathiThe Em Dash With a Standards Bodyhttps://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/watermarking/https://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/watermarking/An unreliable signal with institutional backing is worse than no signal at all.Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTaiprovenancewatermarkingmarathiThe Danger Was Never Accesshttps://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/the-danger-was-never-access/https://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/the-danger-was-never-access/An eight year old asks why a detergent brand is advertising to him, and the parental controls turn out to answer the wrong question.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTaichildrenlearningjudgementThe Gate Never Holdshttps://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/the-gate-never-holds/https://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/the-gate-never-holds/A frontier model was withdrawn from foreign users overnight. Access is becoming a weapon, and every gate in history has leaked.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTaiindiaaccessjudgementIdeas No Longer Need Permissionhttps://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/ideas-no-longer-need-permission/https://nikhilrdeshpande.com/writing/ideas-no-longer-need-permission/Ideas used to compete on how much effort they could survive. Now the cost of trying is a few tokens, and choosing is the hard part.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTideasbuildingaijudgement