> what i'm doing this month, in plain language. updates whenever life shifts.
Tutoring still pays the bills. It's the ground everything else stands on, so it stays.
The marathon on October 16 went better than I had any right to expect: 4:58, my first under five hours, 32 minutes off my best. Since then the body has asked for a break, and I'm trying to actually give it one. The Comilla 50K on November 6 gets decided the day before, against a list I wrote while calm. Two November races were postponed by their organisers, which made the month quieter than planned.
What's left: Satkania half (December), Dhaka (December), Coastal Ultra (December), Dhaka 25K (January). The one that matters is the Coastal Ultra on December 18 — the 100K, if I'm selected. Full calendar's on the running page.
Module two: networking, from the wire up. About halfway — TCP and TLS right now. It closes by the end of November, and the test is an HTTP server written on a raw socket, without AI. Chess: my first tournament was on October 24 — eight games, 29th of 212. Now it's puzzles or one game a day.
is finished and out in the world: eight articles, in Bangla and English. The board-exam rankings site was updated for the HSC 2026 results on October 31. The registration portal I built for Triathlon Bangladesh runs two events. ArcZero is still live.
Doing less, on purpose. One focused task at a time. The phone goes away after the last tuition. Fewer races, more reading.