Gaurav Sharma
A quiet corner of the internet for projects, tools, and deep dives.
Writing
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Surviving our own choices & unexamined idols
Why we defend the structures of our lives so fiercely — not because we chose them, but because they quietly became load-bearing — on unexamined idolatry, what an idol really is, and how to live gently alongside it.
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The dissolution of shared identity
How the frameworks that once told people who they were — nation, church, class, place and a common media — have weakened together, with the charts, research and thinkers who named it.
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Anti-racism law, the Nowak case, and Reform
How the UK's anti-racism laws drifted into the “two-tier policing” row after the murder of Henry Nowak, and what it means for Reform.
Projects
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Feeltracker
Founder
A suite of iOS apps for tracking health signals — blood pressure, mood, weight, and sleep — with AI insights and Apple Health sync.
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Stealth startup
Cofounder
An early-stage B2B software startup. Currently in stealth.
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Stealth startup
Cofounder
An early-stage AI education startup. Currently in stealth.
AI
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AI basics
A plain-English map of what to learn to get started in AI — the groundwork, how models work, and how to do research and build applications.
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Chat
Chat with an AI model through a secure server-side proxy. Pick the model and reasoning level.
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AI friends chat simulation
Give it a topic and watch an AI improvise a long group-chat debate between six friends, streamed in live.
Science
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Computation from scratch
How a computer works, built from the ground up — from a single bit and a logic gate to a programmable machine — with a short history and interactive widgets to poke.
Health
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Alcohol, from every angle
A deep guide to alcohol — how it's made and how it works on the body and brain, its history and cultures, the etymology of spirits, beer, wine and whisky, and an honest look at where it goes wrong.
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Blood pressure
What the two numbers mean, what high pressure does over time, a short history from the first cuff to the SPRINT trial, and how it's measured and managed.
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Diabetes
How blood sugar and insulin work, Type 1 vs Type 2, the complications that matter, the discovery of insulin, and treatment from CGMs and pumps to the GLP-1 drugs.
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Arthritis
What goes wrong inside a joint, the main types from osteoarthritis to rheumatoid and gout, and how it's diagnosed and treated — from exercise to biologics.
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Sleep
The sleep cycle and REM, the body clock and sleep pressure, why we need it, how much by age, what goes wrong, and what actually helps.
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Weight
Energy balance and the body's set point, what BMI does and doesn't tell you, why losing weight is hard, and what actually helps — from diet to GLP-1 drugs.
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Mental health
Mental health as a continuum, the common conditions, what causes mental ill health, a short history of psychiatry, how it's treated, and where to get help.
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Borderline personality disorder
What BPD (emotionally unstable personality disorder) is, the nine symptoms, the biosocial causes, and why it's treatable — with DBT and others — and recovery common.
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Cancer
Cells dividing out of control, the hallmarks, how it spreads and is staged, the types, causes and prevention, screening, and treatment from surgery to immunotherapy.
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Dementia and Alzheimer's
Dementia as a syndrome — the types, the modifiable risk factors, symptoms and stages, diagnosis, and the treatment and care that help.
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Epilepsy and seizures
What a seizure is, focal vs generalised types, causes and triggers, seizure first aid, diagnosis, and treatment with medicines, diet, surgery and neurostimulation.
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Eyes and vision
How the eye works, refractive errors, common conditions from cataracts and glaucoma to macular degeneration, eye tests, and how sight is corrected.
Games
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Snooker
Snooker on a green baize table, run by a from-scratch physics engine with rolling, follow-through and cushion bounces, played two-up in the browser.
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Block Drop
A falling-blocks tetromino puzzle, built from scratch and running entirely in the browser.
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Mini chess
A 5×6 chess variant played against a built-in alpha–beta engine, all in the browser.
Design
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Color tools
An everyday color toolkit: picker and converter (HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, CMYK, OKLCH, LAB), WCAG contrast checker, harmonies, tonal scales, mixer and CSS gradient builder.
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Colorspace tools
Convert across sRGB, Display P3 and Rec. 2020, flag out-of-gamut colors, detect what your display can show, and see gamma vs linear light.
Developer
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Apple
Apple-platform tooling — starting with an interactive chart of Xcode build benchmarks for every Mac chip, from the M1 to the M5 Max, on Xcode 26 and 16.
Politics
- United KingdomGeneral-election maps and a guide to the parties.
- IndiaLok Sabha election maps and a guide to the parties.
- United StatesElectoral College maps and the two main parties.
- ChinaThe one-party state and its leaders, Mao to Xi.
- CanadaFederal results, the prime ministers and the parties.
- JapanDiet results, the prime ministers and the parties.
- RussiaThe “managed democracy”: the Duma and presidents.
- UkraineThe semi-presidential system, Rada results and the war.
- South KoreaThe Sixth Republic: Assembly results and presidents.
- North KoreaThe hereditary one-party state and the three Kims.
Maps
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Cathedrals of the world
Every cathedral on Earth, mapped live from OpenStreetMap and colour-coded by denomination — Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican and more.
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London
Interactive maps of London built with free, open tools — starting with the laptop-friendly café chains, mapped live from OpenStreetMap.
Bible
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Old Testament
The Old Testament in the original Hebrew, set beside an English translation of each verse — all thirty-nine books.
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New Testament
All twenty-seven books of the New Testament in their original Koine Greek, set beside an English translation of each verse — Matthew to Revelation.
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Parables of Jesus
Every parable Jesus told, gathered from the four Gospels and explained one by one — from the Sower to the Sheep and the Goats.
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Bible timeline
The sweep of biblical history era by era — from creation and the patriarchs to Jesus and the early church — with approximate dates.
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Bible characters
A who’s-who of scripture — the major figures of the Old and New Testaments, from Adam and Abraham to Jesus and the apostles.
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The Cross
The mechanism of the cross explained in detail — how the New Testament says the death of Jesus actually works, image by image.
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Grace and the Will
The long debate over how salvation is applied and what part the human will plays — from Pelagius and Augustine to Calvin, Arminius and the Eastern synergy.
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Martyrs
A table of Christian martyrs through history — how and why they died — from Stephen and the apostles to the martyrs of the present day.
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The early church
A who’s-who from the apostolic fathers to Gregory the Great — apologists, councils, and the teachers later judged heterodox like Marcion and Arius.
Economy
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United Kingdom
Interactive charts of UK house prices, inflation and the FTSE 100 over time, with detailed tooltips and historical context.
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United States
Interactive charts of US house prices, inflation and the stock market — the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq — over time, with detailed tooltips and historical context.
Sound
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MIDI keyboard
A playable in-browser keyboard: all 128 General MIDI instruments, a drum kit, and an effects rack. Mouse, touch, computer keys, or a connected MIDI device.
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Classical music player
Public-domain classical works — Beethoven symphonies plus keyboard pieces by Bach, Mozart, Chopin and more — played as MIDI through a real soundfont, with a piano-roll and a flip-to-live-notation view.
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Beat maker
A 16-step drum machine with synthesised drums, tempo, swing and per-track controls. No samples — pure Web Audio.
Hardware
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Apple
Every product Apple currently sells, in tables: the chip, headline specs, starting price and when each was last updated.
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Samsung phones
The current Galaxy lineup — S26 flagships, Z foldables and A-series — with chip, specs, price and release date.
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Game consoles
The current consoles and PC handhelds — PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and Steam Deck — compared on chip, specs and price.
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Graphics cards
Every desktop GPU by maker — Nvidia GeForce, AMD Radeon and Intel Arc — generation by generation, with architecture, memory, specs, price and year.
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Running shoes
A survey of the running-shoe world — the brands and their foams, popular models with short bios, cushioning and drop compared, and shoes for arthritis and sore joints.