Aravind Balla

I'm a BuilderFull Stack Dev from Hyderabad, India.

I currently work at Paperpile where we are building tools – Paperpile and BibGuru, which are used by thousands of scientists and students for research from all over the world.

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Am I a runner now?

Shift in perspective which has let me finish my first 5k run.

Run OpenClaw securely on a VM

Running your clawdbot in an Ubuntu VM using OrbStack for isolation and peace of mind.

Setting up icloudpd on Synology NAS

In this article I document how I setup backups for iCloud library in a Synology NAS.

Projects

Stackblocks ↗

No-code embeddable widgets for your website. Convert sources like newsletters into customizable embeds.

caffeineletter ↗

A weekly newsletter teaching you how to brew cafe-quality coffee at home, every Saturday.

Next big thing

Brewing ideas, shipping soon.