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About this site

This is my personal corner of the internet. It’s a showcase of my interests, hobbies, and my history.

Technology

I am not a techie, and I believe in using simple tools. This site is built on WordPress, the same software I started learning in 2014. It uses the Twenty Twenty Four theme (stripped down) and is hosted on Hostinger.

A number of the apps on my /now page were “vibe-coded” using Lovable. While I’m still on the fence about AI, I am not completely against using it to make some things easier, especially for innocuous purposes (e.g. making a few dumb apps for a personal website.)

Design

This is the fourth or fifth iteration of my website. My goal with this version was to keep it text-based and clean. There are minimal analytics, no newsletter pop-ups, no ads, and I’m not trying to sell you anything.

This iteration of the website was made while listening to Blood on the Tracks (Dylan), Super Session (Bloomfield/Kooper/Stills), and Live at Sin-é (Buckley) on repeat.

Typography

The typography is chosen for clarity and minimalism. I use Rig Sans and Big Caslon FB throughout this website. (Sourced from Adobe Fonts, using Fonts Plugin.)

Colour Palette

Editorial

• Language: British English (colour, programme, metre).
• Oxford Comma: Strictly enforced.
• Dates: DD MMM YYYY (e.g., 12 Feb 2026).
• AI: All writing on this site is 100% human. AI is used for code assistance only, never for prose. I’ve been using em dashes in my writing long before AI tools were widely available—all em dashes on this website are enthusiastically human-made.
• Notebook Entries: Thamara’s Notebook © 2026 by Thamara Kandabada is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Changelog

• Mar 2026:
  • Added the Physical Media Vault. Wrote about the process here.
  • Created a secure subdomain for hosting a suite of private web apps and utility dashboards.
  • Added the /gigs timeline.
• Feb 2026: Added /podcast and /debas archives.
• Jan 2026: Moved to thamara.co.uk with a complete refresh focusing on minimalism and clean typography. Added /now, /uses, and /colophon pages. Moved the blog back to WordPress.
• 2017: Moved to thamara.xyz, a purely text-based landing page. Moved the blog to Medium, with the custom domain thamara.blog.
• 2014: First WordPress blog at thamarakandabada.com. Learned the basics of self-hosting, themes, HTML, and CSS.

This website produces 0.10g of CO2 per visit.

Accessibility

WORK IN PROGRESS: I’m using high contrast type and semantic HTML headings to make the site as accessible as possible, however, I am still working on updating descriptive alt text for older content.

Privacy

Data Collection: This website does not use cookies. If you use the Contact form to send me a message, the information you provide (Name and Email) is used solely to respond to you. I do not share or sell this data to third parties.

Analytics: I use Google Tag Manager for basic site traffic statistics. This data is anonymised and helps me understand which parts of the “Notebook” are being read.

External Links: This site links to third-party platforms (Letterboxd, Trakt, etc.). Once you leave this site, their respective privacy policies apply.

The Quote

The phrase in the footer, “Ars longa, vita brevis” (Art is long, life is short), is one of my favourites that serves as a reminder that while our time here is fleeting, the work we create will outlast us. It also means that any craft worth learning requires a lifetime of dedication.