Series
Founder notes
Why bhagol exists, argued in five essays by the founder. The trunk of the corpus: every other series proves some part of what these posts claim. Written by Ankit Sahu.
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Why we are building bhagol
Bhagol is an astrology platform for India: computed charts, screened readings, fixed prices, refunds in writing. What we are building, and what we refuse.
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Fear is not guidance
The scripts fear-selling runs on, taken apart line by line: the free report, the unnamed dosha, the manufactured clock, the seller who argues against the sale.
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Computed, not composed
Determinism, append-only ledgers, screened readings, metered credits. Honesty in software is better engineered as an invariant than promised as a virtue.
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Where are the intellectuals?
Educated Indians consult astrology privately and disown it publicly. The field lost its scholars to embarrassment, and the floor went to the loudest sellers.
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What an honest reading looks like
An honest reading starts with a sentence the customer says out loud and ends with a line on what the chart cannot tell them. The rules we enforce on ourselves.