Red light under bridge.
Two basket-ball hoops and two men.
We walk away quickly.
Sajal Choudhary
I am a platform engineer and a writer based in Finland.
I am also the author of A Year of Mornings, a collection of poems for young adults.
NordLetter
I send out a newsletter once a week about living in Finland + five interesting things I've found on the open web.
Lately
Everything, as it happens — from the garden, the stream, the shelf, and the Nordletter.
October 2026
Finished: Inside the Box
David Epstein · Loved it
Pluralistic: Critique and writing (23 Oct 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
That's where critiquing other writers' stories comes in. The process of reading and re-reading someone else's imperfect work and devoting real mental energy to figuring out what's not working in it and how to fix it is how you develop the creative instincts that allow you to automatically and unconsciously avoid pitfalls and make breakthroughs in your own work.
Is there something like this in Finland? I would love to go.
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