Hi, I’m Lax Mariappan.
I am passionate about crafting robust web applications that are easy to use and maintain.
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Things That Make Me Happy (An Ongoing List)
An ongoing list. Updated whenever I remember something. Kids. Not just my son Vian, though obviously him most of all. Kids in general. The way they look at the world like it’s brand new every single day. I don’t have to know them. I just have to see them. Something in me just… loosens. Bad…
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Some Blog Posts Make You Want to Blog About Them
A reflection on excellence, private project graveyards, and why “better than before” is the only standard worth building toward.
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Abilities Scout v1.2.0: Primitives-first scoring, MCP live, API-correct stubs
WordPress 6.9 shipped the Abilities API. Now the question is which parts of your plugin should use it. Not all of it. Not even most of it. The Abilities API is designed for atomic, composable units. Things AI agents can discover, call, and chain. The more focused the ability, the more useful it is. So…
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Laura – A content OS for developers and indie hackers
AI made writing faster. Idea to draft to publish. What used to take days now takes hours. But I kept losing track of everything. What was published? What was half-written? What was just an idea sitting in my notes? I tried spreadsheets. Too flat.I tried a private WordPress site. Too heavy.I almost built something from…
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I Can’t Draw, But Now I Make Memes With AI
I can’t draw. Can’t paint. Can’t design. But I started making memes with AI anyway. Here’s what happened when I stopped waiting for someone else to create what I needed.
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MCP Tracker: A Simple Tool That Shows You What AI Is Doing on Your WordPress Site
MCP Tracker is a simple WordPress plugin that logs and inspects MCP tool calls on your site. If you are building AI integrations with WordPress, this gives you the visibility you need.
