I’m Ian Hoffman — software engineer, Californian, New Yorker, reader, occasional writer, and probably more things it’ll occur to me to add to this list later. I started this blog as a way to chronicle my trip to India in January - March 2026, and will try to maintain it sporadically with thoughts and musings.

The blog’s title is mostly a memo to myself, and a motto that has worked well in my career (and that I’m less successful in applying to my life, sometimes!): that effort is much more important than perfection. Only by trying and sometimes failing do we ever get anywhere. In that spirit, these posts are mostly unfiltered and unpolished. If there’s something you disagree with, I’m sorry! I’m often just thinking out loud here. You can always email me ([email protected]) and we can discuss.

Happy reading.