The Pranshul Papers

The Journal

Essays, build notes, and marginalia from the workbench of Pranshul.

Engineering

The Case for Boring Migrations

A schema is a promise you make to every future version of yourself. The most professional thing a migration can be is dull.

Pranshul · 15 July 2026 · 7 min read

Engineering · 2 August 2026

This site is plain HTML on shared hosting, yet it takes comments, tickets, and enquiries. Notes on the static-plus-services architecture.

Pranshul · 2 August 2026 · 8 min read

Engineering · 27 July 2026

Fractional indexing lets a kanban drag write exactly one row. A short appreciation of an elegant, underused trick.

Pranshul · 27 July 2026 · 5 min read

Design · 22 July 2026

Dark mode is not an inverted stylesheet. Notes on building a night palette that still feels like paper and ink.

Pranshul · 22 July 2026 · 6 min read

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The Dispatch

New entries, fresh case files, and the odd margin note — posted only when there is something worth reading.