Well, Hello there!

I’m Chirag

 

I love making things. In the past, I built a series of small online businesses, including an online radio station, several e-commerce stores and SaaS products. These days I work as a product manager.

This website is an experimental ‘product’, where we explore product management, technology (especially home automation), travel, productivity and anything else that may take my fancy. If there’s a topic you’d like me to cover – send me a message.

 

Image of a sunset in southern Spain taken by Chirag Desai

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Upgrade Raspberry Pi 4 with an SSD drive

Upgrade Raspberry Pi 4 with an SSD drive

SD cards can fail when used in a Raspberry Pi. Failure isn't an option for me, since I use my Raspberry Pi 4 to run my smart home. In my older Raspberry Pi 2, the SD card failed and my whole smart home went offline. That was painful. To avoid making the same mistake...

How I built new habits: The 66 Day Habit Challenge

How I built new habits: The 66 Day Habit Challenge

Building a new habit is hard. I usually stumble into habits, both good and bad. When I'm deliberate about a habit, it sticks for several days, but if I stumble off track - because of work, travel or life in general - I usually stay off track. Travel disrupts my...

My top 5 home automation projects

My top 5 home automation projects

I've been automating my house since 2012. I started out with basic home 'automation' which turned the lights on and off at set times. Since I now spend a lot more time at home (thanks COVID!) I've implemented different home automations to help make life at home a...