Life

For several years, I've been tracking all my life data (health, activity, location, etc.) in near-real time using automated tools and microservices.

All data is also available as a publicly-available JSON API and under permissive licenses on GitHub. In the (near?) future, I will write a blog post on how I set this up.

Yearly themes

Yearly theme that dictates quarterly goals

Year of Relationships

I want to improve my relationships with my work, myself, and my surroundings in my Year of Relationships: I want a healthy relationship with my work. I want to continue to work hard on my company. 2022 was my highest productivity year yet, and I don’t want that to change in 2023, while taking enough time off and maintaining a healthy balance. I also want to plan better and spend time in structured thinking. Secondly, I want a strong relationship with my body & min

Quarterly OKRs

Personal Objectives and Key Results

Make big changes

140%

Successful trip to India

323%

Launch Redacted

97%

Weigh 70 kg by Q3

Stronger health after recharging

Complete one book every month

Go to the gym 20 times after April

Continue therapy after April

Location

Find me where I currently am

Groningen, The Netherlands

It’s 1:27 pm (UTC +01:00)

Travel

Most recently visited new countries

United Arab Emirates

Jan 2023

Turkey

Jun 2022

Czechia

Mar 2022

Switzerland

Sep 2021

United States of America

Sep 2019

Books

Most recently completed books

Sum

Apr 2023

The Psychology of Money

Aug 2022

Indistractable

Jul 2022

Blitzscaling

Jul 2022

Talking to Strangers

Apr 2022

Music

Last week in Spotify listening history

Maisie Peters

85 plays

Sabrina Carpenter

12 plays

Taylor Swift

12 plays

Olivia Rodrigo

5 plays

Tate McRae

5 plays

Calories burned

Tracked every day with Oura

Sleep

Different stages of sleep

Steps

Tracked every day using Oura

Readiness

How ready am I for the day?

Contributions

Last year in GitHub activity

Timeline

Life milestone on January 21, 2023

Got married

Life milestone on June 1, 2022

Got engaged

Life milestone on July 1, 2021

Became a Y Combinator alum

Pabio was part of Y Combinator’s S21 batch, being one of the first Swiss companies to be funded by YC. I was the third ever from my university to be part of YC and we raised a $2.2 million seed round after the batch.

Life milestone on April 5, 2021

Moved to Groningen, the Netherlands

Life milestone on July 4, 2020

Graduated from University of Twente

Earned a BSc degree in Creative Technology, an interdisciplinary engineering and design program from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, with specialization in smart technology and extra credits (Honors program in Science). My bachelor thesis on Email-based Intelligent Virtual Assistants under Dr. J. Zwiers was graded 9/10 and nominated for the Bachelor Award.

Life milestone on July 1, 2020

Co-founded Pabio

Pabio offers rent-to-own furniture with personalized interior design. Carlo Badini and I co-founded Pabio after getting to know each other over a period of a few months remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Life milestone on December 4, 2019

Studied at Santa Clara University

I was the first student in my program to study for a semester at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley as part of the Global Engineering Education Exchange (Global E3). I was a recipient of the Twente Mobility Fund Scholarship and my coursework consisted of computer graphics, venture capital, marketing, and typography.

Life milestone on August 22, 2017

Moved to Enschede, the Netherlands

Life milestone on August 5, 2016

Co-founded Oswald Labs

Oswald Labs is an accessibility technology company that builds products for people with disabilities, like blind-friendly smartphone and dyslexia-friendly reading apps.

Life milestone on March 26, 2016

Finished high school

Graduated from The Mother’s International School while receiving the Dharamveer Gajra Memorial Award for Positive Work in the Field of Information Technology and the Ratan Lal Lahoti Memorial Award for Topper in English (98%, CBSE SSCE). I was also President of MINET (technology Club), and a member of Impulse (physics club), Navchetna (yearbook editorial board), and MISMUN (Model United Nations).

Life milestone on December 29, 2015

Became an adult

Life milestone on February 8, 2014

Co-founded Class Rebels

Class Rebels is an ed-tech startup I co-founded with Kunj Khurana and Sagar Chandna which built a social education platform and collaborative virtual library.

Life milestone on December 29, 2010

Became a vegetarian

On my thirteenth birthday, I became a vegetarian.

Life milestone on December 29, 1997