Welcome to my little corner on the internet. I’m Arjun Menon. I’m a software engineer who enjoys programming, reading (and learning new things), writing, and good conversation. Some of my favorite topics include computer science / software, religion, politics, history, technology, science, etc.

I write here and on medium. Some of my writings, organized by topic, are:

❖ Essays:

• On my faith:
  • My Hope (also on medium) (Jan 18, 2020)
  • Another Perspective on Hope (Jan 24, 2024)
  • My Reflections on Ezekiel 36:25–27 and Isaiah 42:19–20 (Apr 16, 2020)
• On the Christian faith and North American politics:
  • A disturbing thing about Christianity in North America (Aug 4, 2023)
• On life and things in general:
  • Organizing my time (Sep 21, 2024)
• On Canadian (and general) politics:
  • Uniting Against Conservatives, and a call to prayer
  • BC’s 2024 Provincial Election, and the dire need for Electoral Reform (since Oct 2024)
  • (Work In Progress:) Conservative Politicians and Lies – a Culture of Deception (since April 2025)
  • Transferable Vote: a simple form of electoral reform that both the NDP and Liberals could agree on (Dec 31, 2024)
  • What was the federal NDP thinking? Two options to consider. (Dec 28, 2024)
  • Ideas for reducing emissions / pollution (Dec 29, 2024)

❖ Fiction: I’m slowly starting to write a story, in the fantasy genre.

❖ Thoughts: Just some small thoughts & stuff I’m scribbling down.

I hope the stuff I write contains good ideas, or is encouraging / uplifting / hope-inducing, or otherwise edifying in some way.

Software

I’m looking for new job opportunities at the moment. Feel free to take a look at my open source works on GitHub, or my résumé, or the recommendations I’ve received on LinkedIn. If you know of any jobs that I might be a good fit for, please send them my way!

• Some of my recently-updated open source software includes:
  • Alteza: a static site generator (used by this site).
  • PyPage: a template language & engine (also used by this site).
  • CashTrack^(wip): a work-in-progress cash flow tracking tool.
  • Tax Analyzer: gives you an NYC income tax breakdown with a graph. Check it out here!

• Some of my older open source software includes:
  • NeoLisp: an experimental LISP dialect.
  • Distributed graph algorithms: implementations of a few distributed graph algorithms, where each node in the graph is a process, and IPC is used to solve graph problems.
  • Multi Adblock Detect (npm): a library containing a React hook for detecting ad blockers.
  • test_cmd: a command-line black box stdin/stdout/stderr-based testing tool.

Toronto

I live in Toronto. I’m always up to meet up in-person for coffee/tea and chat, or to chat on the phone.

I’ve started a few public meetup groups here in Toronto:

• Toronto Bible Study, Prayer, and Other Christian Books Group: this group just has a church event (for the Toronto NewLife church) at the moment, but I will be adding a Bible study soon.
• NDP, Liberal & Green Supporters: a group for progressive political organizing and action, with an emphasis on defending Canada from conservatives, and on enacting electoral reform.
• Fantasy and Sci-Fi Writers Creative Collective: a group for people interested in writing sci-fi and fantasy fiction. (I haven’t organized any events for it yet.)

Endnote

You can reach out to me at arj9 at pm dot me, at my addresses listed elsewhere, or other platforms.

I hope to write more stuff in the near future, and publish it here as well as elsewhere.