Experiments
Experiments logged: 6A living lab notebook. I formulate a hypothesis, make a single change, record the result, and draw a conclusion. Documented regardless of whether it worked.
2026-10-04WORKED
Testing TTFB Impact of Cloudflare Edge Caching
Hypothesis:Caching static HTML responses at the edge will reduce global TTFB from ~650ms to under 120ms without stale data issues.
Conclusion:Edge caching eliminated server compute overhead on repeated requests, reducing TTFB by over 80%.
2026-09-20WORKED
On-Page SEO Optimization & Search Intent Clustering on MyDocStatus
Hypothesis:Structuring document status verification queries with schema markup and dedicated on-page intent clusters will generate steady organic traffic suitable for Google AdSense monetization.
Conclusion:Targeted document status queries demonstrate reliable organic search demand. On-page SEO iterations are ongoing while preparing for AdSense integration.
2026-08-10DIDN'T WORK
Impact of Purely Automated LLM Content Generation on Fresh Domain Indexation
Hypothesis:Scraping official government recruitment portals and formatting exam notifications using Gemini Flash will provide clean, search-friendly pages that rank quickly.
Conclusion:Automated programmatic LLM summarization on low-authority domains triggers aggressive search quality penalties. Sustainable SEO requires proprietary data, unique tooling, or strong pre-existing domain authority.
2026-06-15WORKED
Testing Programmatic Exam Pages vs. Keyword Seasonality in Photo Resizing
Hypothesis:Creating dedicated specification pages for specific government exam portals (e.g. DSSSB) will capture urgent search traffic that generic photo resizer pages cannot rank for.
Conclusion:Niche programmatic pages capture immediate high-intent volume, but must be balanced with evergreen long-tail clusters to prevent severe seasonal revenue and traffic drops.
2026-04-06WORKED
Resolving Cross-Border Checkout Failures on Micro-SaaS Platforms
Hypothesis:Enabling automated international card acceptance, multi-currency display, and fallback 3D Secure verification in Razorpay will stop foreign card transaction declines.
Conclusion:Cross-border payment readiness (specifically foreign card settlement, 3D Secure routing, and webhook confirmation) must be verified with live international transactions before driving organic or paid traffic to checkout funnels.
2026-03-10WORKED
Browser HTML5 Canvas vs. Server-Side Python for High-Volume Image Processing
Hypothesis:Moving bulk image compression, aspect ratio cropping, and EXIF orientation to client-side HTML5 Canvas will eliminate server compute costs while reducing user export latencies.
Conclusion:For deterministic image processing tasks, browser-native Web APIs scale infinitely at zero infrastructure cost while guaranteeing complete user privacy.