Hi, I’m Mayank. Curious about almost everything, competitive about a few things, and permanently one tab away from a new rabbit hole.
I like computers for the same reason I like a good strategy game: there is always another layer underneath. I enjoy coding, tinkering, figuring out how things work, trying things just to see what happens, and occasionally spending far too long making something unnecessarily polished.
Music is a big part of the background noise. So are Formula 1 weekends, Real Madrid matches, tennis, strategy games, travelling somewhere new, and stopping for food because a place looked interesting. I’m especially drawn to people and ideas with a certain mindset , the kind of persistence you see in Novak Djokovic and Cristiano Ronaldo: keep improving, stay stubborn when it matters, and somehow find another gear when everyone else thinks the job is done.
And yes, despite having an entire career around modern technology, I still open The Verge and XDA Developers basically every day like it is 2014 and I’m waiting to discover the next piece of tech that will completely change my life. It usually does not. I still check tomorrow.
Travel keeps the rest of it moving. Give me a new city, a mountain road, an unfamiliar menu or a completely unplanned afternoon and I’m interested. I like collecting experiences more than souvenirs , good songs, ridiculous sports moments, strange little discoveries, great meals and stories that start with “we probably shouldn’t have gone there” are generally enough.