Gaurav Sharma

A data-rich essay on why the frameworks that once told people who they were — nation, church, class, place and a common media — have weakened, with charts, research and the thinkers who named it.

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.

A suite of iOS apps for tracking health signals — blood pressure, mood, weight, and sleep — with AI insights and Apple Health sync.

Booking and business-management software built for UK barbershops.

An AI coaching platform that helps UK GCSE students prepare for their Maths exams with personalised practice, feedback, and progress tracking.

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.

Chat with an AI model through a secure server-side proxy. Pick the model and reasoning level.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dementia as a syndrome — the types, the modifiable risk factors, symptoms and stages, diagnosis, and the treatment and care that help.

What a seizure is, focal vs generalised types, causes and triggers, seizure first aid, diagnosis, and treatment with medicines, diet, surgery and neurostimulation.

How the eye works, refractive errors, common conditions from cataracts and glaucoma to macular degeneration, eye tests, and how sight is corrected.

A falling-blocks tetromino puzzle, built from scratch and running entirely in the browser.

A 5×6 chess variant played against a built-in alpha–beta engine, all in the browser.

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.

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.

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.

Interactive maps of UK general elections and a guide to the parties.

Interactive Lok Sabha election maps and a guide to the parties.

Interactive Electoral College maps and a guide to the two parties.

How the one-party state works: the pyramid of power, the provinces, and the leaders from Mao to Xi.

Federal election results, the prime ministers, and a guide to the parties.

Diet election results, the prime ministers, and a guide to the parties.

How the “managed democracy” works: the Duma, the presidents, and the parties.

The semi-presidential system, Rada results, the presidents, and the war.

The presidential “Sixth Republic”: National Assembly results, the presidents, and the parties.

How the hereditary one-party state works: the Workers' Party pyramid and the three Kims.

Every cathedral on Earth, mapped live from OpenStreetMap and colour-coded by denomination — Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican and more.

Interactive maps of London built with free, open tools — starting with the laptop-friendly café chains, mapped live from OpenStreetMap.

The Old Testament in the original Hebrew, set beside an English translation of each verse — all thirty-nine books.

All twenty-seven books of the New Testament in their original Koine Greek, set beside an English translation of each verse — Matthew to Revelation.

Every parable Jesus told, gathered from the four Gospels and explained one by one — from the Sower to the Sheep and the Goats.

The sweep of biblical history era by era — from creation and the patriarchs to Jesus and the early church — with approximate dates.

A who’s-who of scripture — the major figures of the Old and New Testaments, from Adam and Abraham to Jesus and the apostles.

The mechanism of the cross explained in detail — how the New Testament says the death of Jesus actually works, image by image.

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.

A table of Christian martyrs through history — how and why they died — from Stephen and the apostles to the martyrs of the present day.

A who’s-who from the apostolic fathers to Gregory the Great — apologists, councils, and the teachers later judged heterodox like Marcion and Arius.

Interactive charts of UK house prices, inflation and the FTSE 100 over time, with detailed tooltips and historical context.

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.

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.

A 16-step drum machine with synthesised drums, tempo, swing and per-track controls. No samples — pure Web Audio.

Every product Apple currently sells, in tables: the chip, headline specs, starting price and when each was last updated.

The current Galaxy lineup — S26 flagships, Z foldables and A-series — with chip, specs, price and release date.

The current consoles and PC handhelds — PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and Steam Deck — compared on chip, specs and price.

Every desktop GPU by maker — Nvidia GeForce, AMD Radeon and Intel Arc — generation by generation, with architecture, memory, specs, price and year.

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.