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About this site

This is my personal corner of the internet. It’s a showcase of my interests, hobbies, and my history.

Technology

This site is built with Astro and deployed on Vercel. Version control is managed with GitHub.

This website uses HTML, CSS and a few bits of JavaScript for customisation.

My blog posts have an RSS feed that you can subscribe to using any feed reader (made possible with SubToMe). All posts support Webmentions. The site also supports a number of h-card microformat properties (see here).

All content is hand-coded by me from the ground up. LLMs are sparingly used to check code.

While this site is fully responsive, it is best viewed on desktop.

Design & Writing (See also: Style, AI)

This is the sixth iteration of my website. My goal with this version was to keep it text-based and clean. There are no analytics, no newsletter pop-ups, no dickovers, no ads, and I’m not trying to sell you anything.

Typography

This site uses the typeface Maiola from the foundry TypeTogether throughout. Code blocks and inline code use the monospace font Cascadia Mono.

Editorial

• Language: British English (colour, programme, metre).
• Oxford Comma: Strictly enforced.
• Dates: DD MMM YYYY (e.g., 12 Feb 2026).
• AI: All writing on this site is 100% human. AI is used for code assistance only, never for prose. Note: I have been using em dashes in my writing long before AI tools were widely available—all em dashes on this website are enthusiastically human-crafted.
• Notebook Entries: Thamara’s Notebook © 2026 by Thamara Kandabada is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Carbon Footprint

This website produces 0.10g of CO2 per visit.

Privacy

Data Collection: This website does not use cookies. If you use the contact form on my /hello page to send me a message, the information you provide (name and email) is used solely to respond to you. I do not share or sell this data to third parties.

Analytics: This website collects anonymised data through Vercel Analytics which helps me understand what parts of the website are being read. This tool does not use cookies and respects the users' privacy. I am also using Vercel Speed Insights to optimise the browsing experience.

External Links: This site links to third-party platforms (Letterboxd, Trakt, etc.). Once you leave this site, their respective privacy policies apply.

The Quote

The phrase in the footer, “Ars longa, vita brevis” (Art is long, life is short), is one of my favourites that serves as a reminder that while our time here is fleeting, the work we create will outlast us. It also means that any craft worth learning requires a lifetime of dedication.