sid's blog
thoughts on design, building, scraping, and everything in between. pinned up here as i write them.
From Art to Interfaces — My Design Journey
How I went from painting on canvas to obsessing over 2px shadows. The skills transferred more than I expected.
May 2026How I Built IndiaCorpus — 3M Companies, Zero VC
The full story of indexing millions of Indian companies, the scraping nightmares, and why I didn't raise a single rupee.
Apr 2026Web Scraping at Scale Without Getting Blocked
Proxies, browser fingerprinting, rate limits, and building scrapers that survive in production for months.
Apr 2026Why Design Always Comes Before Code
Every product I've shipped started in Figma. Here's why that order matters.
Mar 2026The Real Cost of Building a SaaS Solo
Time, money, sanity. The honest breakdown of what it actually takes.
Mar 2026Building PinSuite: From Frustration to Product
Pinterest wouldn't let me export my saves. So I built an entire product around it.
Feb 2026Proxy Infrastructure 101 for Serious Scrapers
Everything you need to know about residential proxies, rotation, and anti-detection.
Feb 2026How I Redesigned My Home Interior
The living room was bothering me. So I treated it like a design project.
Jan 2026Two Brothers, One Agency — The Upscrape Story
No grand business plan. Just two brothers who got really good at getting data out of places.
Jan 2026Da Nang — First International Trip Ever
Nomading for the first time. Working from cafes with ocean views. The timezone is the hard part.
Dec 2025Making AI Video Generation Feel Simple
The UX challenge behind Adsclaw: making complex workflows feel like nothing.
Dec 2025The Tools I Actually Use Every Day
It's all AI now. Here's what stuck and what I dropped.
Nov 2025Disney Dining Alerts — A Weirdly Specific Problem
PixieDining: because booking a restaurant at Disney World shouldn't require a PhD.
Nov 2025What I Learned From Shipping 6 Products Solo
The patterns that emerge after product number four. Most of them are about saying no.
Oct 2025