Shobha

Shobha Sethuraman

Thoughts, work, and stories — systems, decisions, leadership, and the things I’m building.
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The 10-Minute Writing Exercise That Unblocked Our Family

Recently our house hit a wall. Nothing dramatic. Just the quiet kind of tension that builds when everyone is tired, stuck, and trying too hard. My son was staring at a blank page, frustrated by a writing assignment. I was hovering between helping and worrying. My husband was pacing around unfinished chores. The room felt heavy — like everyone was carrying a private mental knot. Instead of pushing harder, we did something strange. ...

Feb 7, 2026 · 5 min
Open Source SDK Launch

Decision Trace SDK — Public Launch

Today I publicly announced the Decision Trace open-source SDK — a milestone in making decision systems observable and explainable. This post links to the original launch announcement on LinkedIn. You can read the original launch announcement on LinkedIn here: 👉 Decision Trace SDK public launch Why I am excited? It marks the first public release of the Decision Trace SDK This project is the first concrete artifact of many ideas I’ve been writing about It turns theory into usable software It represents a transition from thinking out loud to building real tools

Feb 7, 2026 · 1 min
A futiristic neon decision trace

Decision Trace: The Insight Opportunity in Agentic Payments

This essay was originally published on LinkedIn. Read the full article on LinkedIn: Decision Trace: The Insight Opportunity in Agentic Payments Why I still like this piece: It frames decision trace as “decision telemetry” (not just logs) It connects agentic payments to an insight layer that businesses will actually pay for It’s a good snapshot of what I was thinking as agentic systems started becoming real

Jan 23, 2026 · 1 min