Software, AI tooling, open source, and the lessons of building products. Notes and projects by Aakash Howlader.https://aakashhowlader.com/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/tenwrite-obs-stack/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/tenwrite-obs-stack/Migrating Tenwrite's telemetry from different vendors to our own self-hosted stack.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aakashhowlader.com/blog/fixing-corrupt-ntfs-on-linux/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/fixing-corrupt-ntfs-on-linux/An utility to diagnose and fix corrupt NTFS drives and mount them in Linux.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aakashhowlader.com/blog/chatgpt-app-missed-this/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/chatgpt-app-missed-this/An update checker to keep the ChatGPT linux app up-to-dateFri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aakashhowlader.com/blog/surprising-observation/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/surprising-observation/While benchmarking Trimwise, we found that a smaller, query-aware context could match and sometimes, outperform, a full prompt without losing source provenance.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aakashhowlader.com/blog/extending-codex-sessions/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/extending-codex-sessions/The problem CtxSift is built to solve in long-running coding-agent sessions.Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aakashhowlader.com/blog/tabmate-on-hold/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/tabmate-on-hold/The adoption, cost, and product challenges that led me to put TabMate on hold.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aakashhowlader.com/blog/on-prem-to-cloud/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/on-prem-to-cloud/What moving from on-prem infrastructure to the cloud changed, and which systems principles stayed the same.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aakashhowlader.com/blog/builder-to-founder/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/builder-to-founder/What changed when building software became a business.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aakashhowlader.com/blog/smart-bank-statement-start/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/smart-bank-statement-start/How an early finance idea became a focused product for turning bank statement PDFs into usable data.Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aakashhowlader.com/blog/dev-blog-securing-remote-mcp-adapter-1/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/dev-blog-securing-remote-mcp-adapter-1/The security boundaries behind Remote MCP Adapter: poisoned metadata, guardrails, and session integrity.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aakashhowlader.com/blog/dev-blog-securing-remote-mcp-adapter-1-evidences/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/dev-blog-securing-remote-mcp-adapter-1-evidences/Testing four Remote MCP Adapter security controls, with reproducible evidence and an artifact bundle.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aakashhowlader.com/blog/crossing-limits/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/crossing-limits/Progressive tool discovery and Code-Mode to keep large MCP toolsets out of the context window.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aakashhowlader.com/blog/remote-mcps-as-local/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/remote-mcps-as-local/Making files and artifacts work across remote MCP servers.Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aakashhowlader.com/blog/a-skill-issue/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/a-skill-issue/Coding agents move quickly. Understanding the system and keeping its structure clean still falls to the developer.Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aakashhowlader.com/blog/the-curse-of-context-windows/https://aakashhowlader.com/blog/the-curse-of-context-windows/What large-document extraction taught me about output limits, chunking, and reliable LLM workflows.Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT