Blogs by Mukul S.

Each morning, I stand before the mirror — a simple act, repeated without thought. But today, I pause. I stare, not to adjust a collar or tame a stray hair, but to see. Not what’s on the surface, but what lies beyond it. And then the question rises within me like a whisper echoing from a deeper place: Who am I — the person outside the mirror, or the one reflected within? The person outside — this body, this face, these eyes — is tangible. Others recognize it, name it, and interact with it. It is what the world knows of me. But the one inside the mirror, silently gazing back, feels more mysterious. Is it merely a reflection, or is it the truest version of myself? Detached from pretense, unaffected by performance. There’s a strange duality in our existence — the external self molded by society, expectations, success, and roles, and the internal self — raw, private, often hidden, even from those closest to us. Take Spider-Man, for example. Peter Parker stares at himself in the mirror, torn...

In the age of information overload, organizations are increasingly turning to intelligent search solutions to extract relevant insights from vast datasets. One open-source framework making significant waves in this domain is Haystack , developed by deepset. Built on modern NLP architectures like Transformer models, Haystack enables developers to create robust, production-ready question answering (QA), search, and document retrieval systems with minimal friction. What is Haystack? Haystack is an end-to-end framework for building NLP pipelines tailored to tasks such as: Question Answering (QA) Semantic Search Document Retrieval and Ranking Summarization and Classification It leverages pretrained transformer models from Hugging Face and integrates with various backends like Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, FAISS, and Weaviate. Haystack is particularly known for powering RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines that combine search and generative AI to provide grounded, a...

We often underestimate how deeply repeated failure can settle into our minds. Especially when it's not just once, but four or five times, or even more. You put in the work: researching the company, rehearsing your strengths, tailoring your resume, dressing with intention, and showing up with hope. But then...silence. Or yet another polite rejection. Each “no” doesn’t just bruise your professional confidence, it begins to question your self-worth. You start doubting the countless hours spent tweaking your resume, following every guide, tip, or motivational thread on social media. It hurts even more when the role aligns perfectly with your skills, yet you're still overlooked. And as if that wasn’t enough, your feed is filled with “Excited to share I’ve started a new role” posts, while you’re left wondering when your turn will come. The brain begins to blur the line between a failed attempt and a failed self. And before long, the question isn’t  “Am I ready for the next one?” “Do ...