How I Published 70 Blog Posts in One Month Without Burning Out—Thanks Second Brain

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I started building my second brain in 2021, during my first year as a PhD student. Since then, I’ve taken over 6,000 notes in Obsidian.

Last month, I began turning parts of my notes into blog posts. Now, I hit a small milestone—my 70th published blog! Goal is to go to 500 blogs at the end of the year.

What makes me most excited is that writing and publishing no longer feels like a chore. I’ve created a system (pipeline) that makes it frictionless.

Once I polish the draft (30 minutes) in markdown, I hit a button in Obsidian—and within 10 seconds, my blog goes live.

This setup was inspired by Atomic Habits —if you want to build a habit, reduce friction. That’s exactly what I did.

👋 About Me

Hi, I’m Shuvangkar Das, a power systems researcher with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University. I work at the intersection of power electronics, DER, IBR, and AI — building greener, smarter, and more stable grids. Currently, I’m a Research Engineer at EPRI (though everything I share here reflects my personal experience, not my employer’s views).

Over the years, I’ve worked on real-world projects involving large scale EMT simulation and firmware development for grid-forming and grid following inverter and reinforcement learning (RL). I also publish technical content and share hands-on insights with the goal of making complex ideas accessible to engineers and researchers.

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