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title: "My posts on design."
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# My posts on design.

I write about anything and everything that interests me.

[design](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/tag/design)[dev](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/tag/dev)[growth](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/tag/growth)[journal](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/tag/journal)

[![A vintage film reel unspools frames of blue pixel ghosts against a starry purple-orange background.](https://sarthakmishra.com/assets/building-animated-sprite-hero-iilHBQcH.jpeg)](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/building-animated-sprite-hero)

[Jan 07 2026](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/building-animated-sprite-hero)

## [How to generate animated pixel art with AI and Python](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/building-animated-sprite-hero)

[How I built a pixel-perfect animated hero section using Midjourney, a custom Python processing pipeline, and Astro View Transitions.](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/building-animated-sprite-hero)

[![Watercolor star map centered on a golden star, connected to orange stars among constellations.](https://sarthakmishra.com/assets/semantic-recommendations-BDixExEC.jpeg)](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/semantic-recommendations)

[Jan 06 2026](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/semantic-recommendations)

## [How I built a semantic recommendation engine](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/semantic-recommendations)

[Building a "related content" engine with embeddings, a reranker and a cache keyed by exact input, and why I dropped tag and category scoring.](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/semantic-recommendations)

[![Pixelated figure stands on a rocky cliff beneath a huge moon and glowing orange clouds.](https://sarthakmishra.com/assets/new-year-2026-Ou5rP3Dc.jpeg)](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/new-year-2026)

[Jan 02 2026](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/new-year-2026)

## [New Year 2026: Little by little](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/new-year-2026)

[Little by little, a little becomes a lot. Reflecting on the small wins of 2025 and laying out the roadmap for 2026.](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/new-year-2026)

[![Two glowing hands present a luminous LinkedIn logo against a sparkling cosmic background.](https://sarthakmishra.com/assets/linkedin-automation-Cmh-A--T.jpeg)](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/linkedin-automation)

[Dec 24 2025](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/linkedin-automation)

## [How to automate LinkedIn outreach?](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/linkedin-automation)

[A step-by-step guide to LinkedIn outreach automation concepts using OpenOutreach, an open-source Playwright-based tool.](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/linkedin-automation)

[![Illustrated hands hold binoculars with envelope icons in place of lenses.](https://sarthakmishra.com/assets/how-to-find-and-validate-work-emails-CQs7EW9Y.jpeg)](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/how-to-find-and-validate-work-emails)

[Dec 20 2025](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/how-to-find-and-validate-work-emails)

## [How to find verified work emails for cold outreach](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/how-to-find-and-validate-work-emails)

[Find verified work emails that never made it into public databases, in a way that is cheaper and more effective than Apollo/Hunter.](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/how-to-find-and-validate-work-emails)

[![A credit card connects to floating envelopes amid stars on a blue background.](https://sarthakmishra.com/assets/scaling-highly-personalized-outbound-CNPLrNjO.jpeg)](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/scaling-highly-personalized-outbound)

[Dec 17 2025](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/scaling-highly-personalized-outbound)

## [Scaling highly personalized outbound with AI.](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/scaling-highly-personalized-outbound)

[Build a pipeline to enrich leads with LinkedIn data and generate highly personalized cold emails with AI for under $5.](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/scaling-highly-personalized-outbound)

[![An open red mailbox overflowing with stacked envelopes against a yellow background.](https://sarthakmishra.com/assets/is-cold-outreach-dying-CG2AQ_BD.jpeg)](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/is-cold-outreach-dying)

[Dec 16 2025](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/is-cold-outreach-dying)

## [Is cold outreach dying, or are you doing it wrong?](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/is-cold-outreach-dying)

[A practical guide to what actually works in 2025: infrastructure, targeting, personalization, and multi-channel strategies that still get meetings.](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/is-cold-outreach-dying)

[![Glowing orange fuel pump beside an empty fuel gauge with its needle near E.](https://sarthakmishra.com/assets/drool-is-shut-down-iVuVVG29.jpeg)](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/drool-is-shut-down)

[Dec 15 2025](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/drool-is-shut-down)

## [Drool is shut down - An honest post-mortem.](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/drool-is-shut-down)

[An honest post-mortem on shutting down my design agency. Lessons on scope creep, hiring pitfalls and remote ops friction.](https://sarthakmishra.com/blog/drool-is-shut-down)

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