Enterprise software architect. 20+ years of engineering judgement in production for banking, fintech, SaaS, AI, and climate tech. https://weshall.build en-us Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:10:33 GMT https://weshall.build/blog/how-this-site-was-built/ https://weshall.build/blog/how-this-site-was-built/ I built weshall.build on Astro 6 with the Velocity template. Here are the key decisions, the scorecard, and the things that went wrong. Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Vishal Shanbhag Astro Velocity web-development framework Jekyll performance https://weshall.build/blog/oops-i-deleted-it-again/ https://weshall.build/blog/oops-i-deleted-it-again/ An AI coding agent deleted my raw notes without authorisation. The root cause analysis revealed hard truths about agent governance, permission models, and the price of convenience. Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Vishal Shanbhag AI agent governance safety file-management https://weshall.build/blog/bye-bye-wordpress-part-1/ https://weshall.build/blog/bye-bye-wordpress-part-1/ WordPress served well for a decade, but the complexity tax finally outweighed the convenience. I switched to Jekyll and never looked back. Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Vishal Shanbhag WordPress Jekyll web-development performance static-site https://weshall.build/blog/run-further-than-a-marathon/ https://weshall.build/blog/run-further-than-a-marathon/ A founder replaces his Forrest Gump slide with a real Indian ultra-runner and finds the metaphor he needed all along. Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Vishal Shanbhag founder ultra-running metaphor entrepreneurship https://weshall.build/blog/zeroclaw-personal-ai-assistant/ https://weshall.build/blog/zeroclaw-personal-ai-assistant/ Installing ZeroClaw on Kali Linux, wiring it to Discord, and verifying the whole thing works. No cloud, no subscription leash, no data leaving your machine. Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Vishal Shanbhag zeroClaw self-hosted AI agent Discord Linux