Farhan HossainEssays, poems and notes on hardware, craft and faith.https://farhanhossain.com/en-usBefore Apple, I washed dishes for moneyhttps://farhanhossain.com/pieces/before-apple-i-washed-dishes/https://farhanhossain.com/pieces/before-apple-i-washed-dishes/A museum, a phone call, and the two weeks in between.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe door latchhttps://farhanhossain.com/pieces/the-door-latch/https://farhanhossain.com/pieces/the-door-latch/I threw a prototype across the room. It landed next to the answer.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTTwo days without AIhttps://farhanhossain.com/pieces/two-days-without-ai/https://farhanhossain.com/pieces/two-days-without-ai/I ran out of tokens. They were the most productive two days I have had in years.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTA night under the starshttps://farhanhossain.com/pieces/a-night-under-the-stars/https://farhanhossain.com/pieces/a-night-under-the-stars/Lying on the ground at Hajj in the clothes I will be buried in.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTWith these handshttps://farhanhossain.com/pieces/with-these-hands/https://farhanhossain.com/pieces/with-these-hands/What the hands know that the rest of us do not.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTWriting it out by handhttps://farhanhossain.com/pieces/writing-it-out-by-hand/https://farhanhossain.com/pieces/writing-it-out-by-hand/An ad that ran for forty years, copied out longhand.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTFalling Somewhere You Will Never Knowhttps://farhanhossain.com/pieces/falling-somewhere-you-will-never-know/https://farhanhossain.com/pieces/falling-somewhere-you-will-never-know/Going back to Dhaka after eight years away, and what was still there.Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe curb cut effecthttps://farhanhossain.com/pieces/the-curb-cut-effect/https://farhanhossain.com/pieces/the-curb-cut-effect/People poured the ramps themselves. Then everyone started using them.Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTFour places on Earthhttps://farhanhossain.com/pieces/four-places-on-earth/https://farhanhossain.com/pieces/four-places-on-earth/A product is not a thing you hold. It is a relationship between four places, and someone has to stay awake between them.Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTOur words are ourshttps://farhanhossain.com/pieces/our-words-are-ours/https://farhanhossain.com/pieces/our-words-are-ours/You have the ability to YELL and Sing and whisper. It would be a shame for that to fade away.Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuilding with my handshttps://farhanhossain.com/pieces/building-with-my-hands/https://farhanhossain.com/pieces/building-with-my-hands/It made me a good engineer. It also made me a better person.Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTHardware is hard is not a strategyhttps://farhanhossain.com/pieces/hardware-is-hard-is-not-a-strategy/https://farhanhossain.com/pieces/hardware-is-hard-is-not-a-strategy/It is an excuse. We live in a physical world.Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT