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Notes from the floor.
Writing about restaurant tech, encryption, family-run kitchens, and what we'd want from software if we were running the till ourselves.
10 May 2026 · 6 min read
When the Wi-Fi dies, your day shouldn't
Saturday lunch, a line of hungry customers, and a router that won't reconnect. We built Maatrachhaya offline-first because a sale shouldn't depend on a BSNL exchange working at noon — and here's how that actually works.
10 May 2026 · 6 min read
Who's reading your customers' phone numbers?
Most restaurant POS vendors can read your customer database. They store names and phone numbers in plain text on servers their employees, their acquirers, and any breach can reach. Here's what to ask before signing up — and what end-to-end encryption actually changes.
10 May 2026 · 5 min read
The day Maa stopped trusting the till
How a small moment in our family restaurant in Moradabad turned into a four-year project to build a calmer POS — and why we made it end-to-end encrypted from the very first line of code.