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I'm Sajal.
Software Engineer.

I build things, break things, and write about what I learn along the way.

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Latest posts

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Jul 28, 2026

What AI Filmmaking Taught Me About AI Adoption

My research into the unsolved problems of AI filmmaking — and what one industry's messy adoption curve predicts about AI's impact everywhere else.

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Jul 14, 2026

Hello, World: Why I Built This Site

The what, why, and how of my new personal site — and what it costs to run (spoiler: almost nothing).

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Jul 10, 2026

Hosting a Static Site on AWS for Under $1/Month

S3 + CloudFront + Route 53: the cheapest serious way to host a website, with HTTPS and a global CDN.

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Projects & POCs

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EduQuiz Academy

Free quiz & exam-prep app for Indian students — CBSE, ICSE, JEE, NEET, UPSC and SOF Olympiad practice with AI-powered adaptive learning. Ships as a web app and an LG webOS TV app.

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EduQuiz Admin

Admin console for the EduQuiz Academy platform — curriculum and content management with validation tooling behind the quiz app.

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This Website

Astro static site hosted on S3 + CloudFront for pennies a month, deployed via GitHub Actions.

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Recent TILs

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CloudFront gives you 1,000 free invalidation paths per monthJul 12, 2026Astro ships zero JavaScript by defaultJul 8, 2026Use Origin Access Control, not public S3 website hostingJul 5, 2026