The BharatClock Blog
Thoughts on time zones, remote productivity, global tech cultures, and why Daylight Saving Time is a massive scam.
Why India exactly only has one time zone
India stretches across almost 30 degrees of longitude, yet we only have one time zone. Here is why that is actually a physiological nightmare.
The EST to IST meeting nightmare
Don't get me started on the EST to IST meeting gap. If you don't enforce an overlap window you'll burn out your Indian team in three months flat.
Why UTC +5:30 has that weird half hour
Most of the world sits evenly on the hour. You're UTC +4 or you're UTC +6. It's clean. Then there's India sitting right at UTC +5:30.
Daylight Saving Time is a massive scam
Twice a year, an entire hemisphere collectively decides to just hallucinate that it's a different time. Why the West still does Daylight Saving Time makes no sense.
The PST to IST shift worker reality
Working the PST overlap from India will destroy your soul. I'm serious.
Why your computer clock is wrong
Your computer clock is lying to you. Right now, it's probably off by at least two seconds.
The truth about Indian Stretchable Time
We have this joke in India. IST doesn't mean Indian Standard Time. It means Indian Stretchable Time.
GMT to IST: The server log nightmare
If you don't store your database timestamps in UTC, you shouldn't be programming. I don't care what your excuse is.
The Pomodoro technique is useless here
The truth about Pomodoro: measuring focus in rigid 25-minute chunks just makes you feel like a failure when life inevitably interrupts you.
Stop using your phone as an alarm
You can't wake up because you're sleeping next to a slot machine. Your phone is not an alarm clock. It's a dopamine engine.