An engineer's working notebook.
Field notes on shipping software, running money, and staying alive — logged as they happen, revised in public.
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Claude Code vs OpenCode in 2026: A Feature-by-Feature Comparison From the Inside
Both are the top of the terminal-AI-agent market. When does each win? A 60-row parity matrix and five hands-on tasks, run side-by-side on the same Windows workspace.
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- Dev TypeScript 7 RC is here: your build just got 10× faster (and why that changes everything) TypeScript 7 release-candidate is a Go port of the tsc compiler with real 5–10× speedups on real codebases. What ships, what breaks, and why native JavaScript tooling written in JavaScript is over. 6 min read
- Personal Hello, Oriz The first post on blog.oriz.in — what Oriz is, why it exists, and what to expect from this blog. 2 min read
- Personal Welcome to oriz-blog An introduction to the blog at blog.chirag127.dev — what you'll find here, how it's built, and why it lives in the chirag127/fleet. 2 min read
- Dev Part 6: The Exhaustive PKM Book Taxonomy — 33 Categories, 100+ Subcategories, and 300+ Sub-subcategories An exhaustive, three-level hierarchical taxonomy for book organization in personal knowledge management systems. Places learning how to learn first, merges philosophy and religion, and leaves no node of human knowledge unmapped. 18 min read
- Dev Degrees While Working India: The Ultimate Master Index The most comprehensive guide for Indian B.Tech graduates working full-time who want to pursue additional degrees, certificates, and PG diplomas without quitting their jobs. 28-part series covering free degrees, stipend-based programs, IGNOU, IIT Madras, PMRF, AEDP, and more. 4 min read
- Dev Part 01: Introduction — The Working Professional's Complete Education Guide Why pursue a second degree while working in India? Complete decision framework for B.Tech graduates at TCS, Infosys, Wipro. General category candidates guide. How to use this 30-part series. 10 min read
- Dev Part 02: IGNOU MBA — The Complete Guide for Working Professionals Complete guide to IGNOU MBA 2024-2025. Fees semester-wise (₹62,000–₹66,000 total), exam pattern (TEE), study material on eGyanKosh, Bhubaneswar regional centre, application process, eligibility, and full ROI analysis for general category working professionals. 19 min read
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The oriz blog network
26 subject desks, each its own publication. Pick a beat.
- Finance Money, investing & tax finance-blog.oriz.in
- Tech Web dev & software tech-blog.oriz.in
- DevTools Dev infra & tooling devtools-blog.oriz.in
- Career Tech career roadmaps career-blog.oriz.in
- AI AI, ML & LLMs ai-blog.oriz.in
- Health Health & fitness health-blog.oriz.in
- Lifestyle Everyday living lifestyle-blog.oriz.in
- Entertainment Film, TV & music entertainment-blog.oriz.in
- Business Startups & strategy business-blog.oriz.in
- Marketing Growth & brand marketing-blog.oriz.in
- Self Dev Habits & growth self-dev-blog.oriz.in
- Remote Work Working from anywhere remote-work-blog.oriz.in
- Education Learning & study education-blog.oriz.in
- Food Recipes & cooking food-blog.oriz.in
- Travel Trips & destinations travel-blog.oriz.in
- News Current affairs news-blog.oriz.in
- Gaming Games & esports gaming-blog.oriz.in
- Pets Pet care & animals pets-blog.oriz.in
- Sports Games & athletes sports-blog.oriz.in
- Beauty Skincare & makeup beauty-blog.oriz.in
- Hobbies Crafts & pastimes hobbies-blog.oriz.in
- Home & DIY Home projects & repair home-diy-blog.oriz.in
- Relationships People & connection relationships-blog.oriz.in
- Sustainability Green living sustainability-blog.oriz.in
- Arts Art & creativity arts-blog.oriz.in
- Parenting Raising kids parenting-blog.oriz.in