<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>vik.blog</title><description>Notes on building things.</description><link>https://vik.blog/</link><item><title>Fifty agent startups in one building: notes from Agentic Summit BLR</title><link>https://vik.blog/blog/2026-07-22-agentic-summit-blr/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://vik.blog/blog/2026-07-22-agentic-summit-blr/</guid><description>I walked every booth at Magicball&apos;s Agentic Summit in Bangalore and wrote down what each company actually does. Plus the one talk that was really a recruiting pitch, and the book everyone left with.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I took a laptop to fifteen cafes in HSR Layout. Four of them are actually good.</title><link>https://vik.blog/blog/2026-07-27-hsr-layout-laptop-cafes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://vik.blog/blog/2026-07-27-hsr-layout-laptop-cafes/</guid><description>A first-hand ranking of HSR Layout cafes by the only three things that matter when you bring a laptop: wifi, plug points, and whether you can still hear yourself think at 4pm.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>