Colil Hasnel Blogs

Some time ago, I wrote about my new hobby,  "Speciality Coffee" . I shared how I got into it and how I was crafting joy and satisfaction for myself, one cup at a time. Since then, I have learned much, I have tried many different coffees, and my coffee journal has been filled halfway through. Over the years, I have mastered brewing a nice cup; many cafes have asked whether I am a barista . I have also tried many coffees at many different cafes. I decided to write and share my experiences about Cafes & Coffees. This is an introductory blog detailing what I want to cover in the upcoming "Cafes & Coffees" series. This will not be traditional reviews of cafes and their ambience or affordability. However, those things will be part of the blogs whenever I cover a specific cafe, but the focus will be mainly on the brew they serve. Before moving any further, I want to clarify what fits my definition of a good cup of Coffee, which serves as a reference or baseline. S...

Almost two years ago, in February 2023, I embarked on a journey without knowing how deep the water was. At first, it just looked like a small pond, so I jumped in. Two and a half years later, I am still rowing, and I don’t know how long this voyage will last. This story is about one of my most significant projects. I am moving with a gardener's mindset rather than an architect's mindset. I have in my mind where I wanna finish, but I don’t know how to get there. I am learning and planting as I go. We live in a world where Self-Driving Cars are available in the commercial market. Yet, I am dedicating all my energy and resources to a Line Follower Bot . At its core, every Self-Driving Car or Autonomous Vehicle is just a simple line follower, but the line they follow is not so simple. Autonomous Vehicles plan their own trajectory, and while traversing, their main goal is to minimise the deviation from that trajectory. For Line Follower Competitions, the trajectory is laid out on...

Currently, I am working as a freelancer on Upwork . I have had a few gigs. I have 3+ years of experience in developing IoT systems . My tech stack includes C ++, C, ESP32 ,   Arduino , HTML , CSS , JavaScript , MATLAB , and Python . I also know Circuit Designing & Testing, Hardware Architecture , Mechatronics , Networking , Competitive Programming , Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning . When I look back, I often wonder how it all began. Very few people know this story. My 13th birthday was about to arrive; it was in 2015. I always remember those October evenings when I wondered what present I should demand this time. What could a 13-year-old boy want? We recently bought a TV. So all I wanted was a PlayStation. Fitting our budget, we decided to get a PlayStation 2 in 2015, which is unknown to the world of GameTech. My mother and I went out hunting for a PS2. We went to one showroom after another, one dealer after another, and all I found was disappointment. Apparently...

While 2k22 was ending, I discovered a few new things. One of them is Speciality Coffee. It has become integral to my life in the last 6 months. I have a dedicated journal in which I note my coffee experiences. I have been a regular coffee person and rarely miss my coffee. For most of my life, I have been drinking instant coffee. My favourite instant coffee brands are "BRU Gold" and "House Of Coffee". I was just surfing youtube, and I discovered a video of Aeropress. While I found that video of making coffee using AeroPress oddly satisfying, there was a bunch of stuff I didn't understand, like what "brewing" means, what are "coffee grounds", why don't people just drink grounds with coffee, what's the need to have such brewing equipment, just mix coffee & water and drink for god's sake. So, coffee grounds are just coffee beans ground into powder, and unlike instant coffee, ground coffee doesn't dissolve in water; that's ...

The last day of 2k22. 2k22 has been really good. Thinking about all the things that happened this year. This hasn't been the best year of my life, but what makes this year special is that there were many lows and ups. I am grateful for all the ups and new people I met this year. All the lows of this year have given me a lot of teaching. Remembering all these memories makes me happy, and some also make me sad. In the beginning, everything was calm. I had my Computer Science studies going on and academics going online. In April, when I arrived at the campus for offline studies. Things were very different. There were so many things that I didn't expect at all. I met so many new people and made amazing friends with whom I share many memories. I also met a girl who is now my someone special. The first few months of college, or the entire semester, were filled with craziness and joy. At the same time, my coding journey took a hit. But it was okay.  I explored so many places, did thin...

     This is one of my great memories. The craziest is still about to come, but this is about the time when I smuggled snacks into school. It started when I was in 11 th grade, the year 2018. Our school time was 7:20 am. I always reached about 7:40 or so. Our break time was 9:35 am to 10:00 am. The last class ended at 1:20 pm. So, between all those boring lectures of chemistry, physics, and maths, we were used to getting pretty hungry. The brunch we used to carry with us from home wasn’t always enough. After all, we were growing teenagers who just used to jump around. One same day, a classmate of mine was absent. One of us had a cell phone in the school that fine day. So, we thought, let’s call that lazy guy who slept late and didn’t attend school. We called him and asked him to bring 15 Aloo Puri to the school. Now aloo puri is a famous snack of surat, must try if you get the chance. The friend got us the aloo puri, but the big task was still to get it to the hungry s...