---
title: Essays
description: Longform writing — philosophy, engineering, jiu-jitsu, and the places they overlap.
section: garden
tags: [essays, index]
genre: index
lastUpdated: 2026-04-17
url: https://fardiniqbal.com/docs/garden/essays
---


7 essays.

* [The Correspondence: On Truth, Untruth, and Whether It Matters](/docs/garden/essays/the-correspondence) — 22 min read, 2026-04-13
* [The Cost of Looking Closely](/docs/garden/essays/the-cost-of-looking-closely) — 14 min read, 2026-04-10
* [Systems Are Lossy Compression](/docs/garden/essays/systems-are-lossy-compression) — 17 min read, 2026-03-15
* [An Attempt to Find the Axioms of Jiu-Jitsu](/docs/garden/essays/axioms-of-jiu-jitsu) — 14 min read, 2026-02-20
* [From Email Chaos to AI-Powered Automation](/docs/garden/essays/from-email-chaos-to-ai-automation) — 15 min read, 2026-01-15
* [Building Prometheus: Notes on Personal AI Infrastructure](/docs/garden/essays/building-prometheus) — 13 min read, 2026-01-03
* [Why Love Needs No Reason](/docs/garden/essays/why-love-needs-no-reason) — 13 min read, 2026-01-02