Writings – Shakil Mahmud — Ideas, Science, Technology & Essays

The Complete Developer Guide to SSH: Key Generation, Multi-Account GitHub Workflows, and Painless Remote Access

From asymmetric cryptography to managing multiple identities and 1-word server shortcuts—everything you need to build a fast, secure terminal workflow.

Sep 27, 2026 • 6 min read

Personal

Why I Started Writing

On constructing an external hard drive for one’s curiosity, escaping algorithmic feeds, and discovering what one actually believes.

Sep 25, 2026 • 2 min read

Politics

How to Read Political Claims More Carefully

A practical toolkit for dissecting political rhetoric, identifying unseen incentives, and filtering noise in modern media ecosystems.

Sep 25, 2026 • 1 min read

History

What History Teaches Us About Technology

Every revolutionary technological wave produces utopian predictions and apocalyptic warnings. History shows the true consequence is almost always institutional reorganization.

Sep 25, 2026 • 2 min read

Science

What Actually Makes Something Alive?

Thermodynamics, self-sustaining dissipation, and the profound boundary between inanimate chemistry and living systems.

Sep 25, 2026 • 2 min read

Physics

Understanding the Atom Without the Mathematics

The solar system model of electrons orbiting a nucleus is deeply misleading. Here is what modern quantum electrodynamics actually reveals about the...

Sep 25, 2026 • 2 min read

Technology

Why I Still Enjoy Building Things From Scratch

There is an irreplaceable clarity that emerges when you step away from bloated frameworks and assemble systems from first principles.

Sep 25, 2026 • 2 min read