Hacker News: vishkk

New comment by vishkk in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

vishkk — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:45:58 +0000

Since I shared it last time, I have been still working on it — adding more content, tiny improvements and enrichments, and socializing it so that i can get some crowdsourced help with the content and research. I would say I worked more on the CMS/admin panel behind it.

Those of you who are new to this, Qawwali is predominantly south asian genre that is centuries old. My goal with this website is more like wiki, or a gateway for anyone wanting to get introduced to the genre. One of the main, and the complex feature that i worked on was building family trees/lineages. https://www.qavvali.com/

Show HN: Qavvali Wiki

vishkk — Sun, 24 May 2026 04:40:23 +0000

Hey folks — I’ve been working on this pet project for the last few months, and would love some feedback.

Qavvali (or Qawwali) is a South Asian genre that I’ve been passionate about for a while, and I’d love to introduce it to as many folks as I can. There are many aspects of the genre that I love, and I can go into depth if anyone is interested. AMA — happy to reply in the comments.

Meanwhile, my primary reason for sharing this here is that I’d love feedback on the website, as well as to see if anyone would be interested in helping — be it technical, or more so with curation. I’d really appreciate it. One of the core features I’ve worked on extensively is mapping lineages. The goal is to enrich the website with more reliable resources, ideally from available academic or literary sources, and compile and collate them into a one-stop place for anyone interested in the genre.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48254430

Points: 5

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New comment by vishkk in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

vishkk — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:16:31 +0000

sure thing —- feel free to share with anyone else interested. It starts at 1PM EST, and goes on for roughly 8 hours so drop by/tune in anytime you want: https://luma.com/823kzuci?tk=IiDKu2

New comment by vishkk in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

vishkk — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:21:14 +0000

Thank you, and absolutely! I have been trying to get more people to try — my friend and i host a Zoom listening session every 3 months or so where he curates a playlist to introduce new artists.

New comment by vishkk in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

vishkk — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:24:36 +0000

Not sure if it is niche, but focused on one South Asian music genre -- been working on this personal project to compile, and collect resources from reliable sources along with mapping lineages of people. Also, I archive a lot of music for this genre from different sources before it vanishes from internet!

https://www.qavvali.com/

EDIT: I have one more page but that is not in navigation yet for people not familiar with the genre. The site is still work in progress -- if you have any feedback, please do leave it here, on the website if you can. The content curation is the most tedious part! https://www.qavvali.com/tradition/

New comment by vishkk in "Identify a London Underground Line just by listening to it"

vishkk — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:18:44 +0000

Pretty cool —- should do it for NYC subways!

Daydreaming

vishkk — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:49:46 +0000

Article URL: https://astra-mag.com/articles/dreamers-in-broad-daylight-ten-conversations/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47364441

Points: 2

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New comment by vishkk in "How do the pros get someone to leave a cult?"

vishkk — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:31:32 +0000

Thank you for sharing -- that was a great read!

New comment by vishkk in "Structured Procrastination (1995)"

vishkk — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:02:59 +0000

Didn't have vocab for it, but seems like I have been doing something similar. For example, having a JIRA ticket on my board that I don't want to do will make me finish all the other tickets. I will procrastinate till the last minute -- kind of pitting one ticket against all others for myself to get the stuff done.

New comment by vishkk in "Our efforts, in part, define us"

vishkk — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:08:01 +0000

Whatever it was — a lie, the truth, or, most likely, their mixture — that caused me to make such a decision, I am immensely grateful to it for what appears to have been my first free act. It was an instinctive act, a walkout. Reason had very little to do with it. I know that, because I've been walking out ever since, with increasing frequency. And not necessarily on account of boredom or of feeling a trap gaping; I've been walking out of perfect setups no less often than out of dreadful ones. However modest the place you happen to occupy, if it has the slightest mark of decency, you can be sure that someday somebody will walk in and claim it for himself or, what is worse, suggest that you share it. Then you either have to fight for that place or leave it. I happened to prefer the latter. Not at all because I couldn't fight, but rather out of sheer disgust with myself: managing to pick something that attracts others denotes a certain vulgarity in your choice. It doesn't matter at all that you came across the place first. It is even worse to get somewhere first, for those who follow will always have a stronger appetite than your partially satisfied one. - Joseph Brodsky

New comment by vishkk in "Show HN: I made a Zero-config tool to visualize your code"

vishkk — Thu, 29 May 2025 13:30:17 +0000

Quite neat. Reminds of this one that I used to use: https://pythontutor.com/visualize.html#mode=edit

New comment by vishkk in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)"

vishkk — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:09:03 +0000

Surviving.

New comment by vishkk in "The Origin of the Pork Taboo"

vishkk — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:55:15 +0000

To supplement, this is quite a good read: https://longreads.com/2015/10/14/i-would-rather-be-herods-pi...

New comment by vishkk in "20 Years of YC / HN"

vishkk — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:29:28 +0000

I was checking when I created my account, it is March 21, 2014 -- hitting my 11-year anniversary in two days!

New comment by vishkk in "The Dead Planet Theory"

vishkk — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 05:03:03 +0000

I do the reading, but now I have a problem of finding the best reading too, and the whole rabbit hole is reading about what could be the best reading.

I have been actively working on it, and sticking to one thing and just starting, but i am a creature of habit and love hoarding and finding resources.

New comment by vishkk in "Station of despair: What to do if you get stuck at end of Tokyo Chuo Rapid Line"

vishkk — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:45:35 +0000

https://aeon.co/essays/the-life-changing-magic-of-japanese-c...

Virginia Woolf's Idea of Privacy (2014)

vishkk — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 13:20:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/books/joshua-rothman/virginia-woolfs-idea-of-privacy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42327957

Points: 3

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New comment by vishkk in "Nabokov's Recommendations"

vishkk — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:40:00 +0000

I shared this link earlier in one thread, and someone suggested that it deserves its own post. So, let's discuss these strong opinions — agree, or disagree. Share your strong opinions.

Nabokov's Recommendations

vishkk — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:40:00 +0000

Article URL: http://wmjas.wikidot.com/nabokov-s-recommendations

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42236643

Points: 4

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New comment by vishkk in "What made Dostoevsky's work immortal"

vishkk — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:36:16 +0000

Let me do that!