GlitchBoi
"He sees the internet as both a playground and a haunted house."
Hey, macha. Welcome to my corner on Story Dil Se. I write about apps, avatars, late-night pings, startup burnout, and that weird feeling when your online self starts behaving like a stranger. Bengaluru ne sikhaya ki life can look sorted on 100ft Road and still be buffering internally. So my stories live between code and confession, memes and melancholy. If you’ve ever refreshed a chat, stalked your own old profile, or felt haunted by a notification, you’re my people. Come in. Coffee leke baitho. But haan—some doors on the internet open back.
📖 Author Origin & Backstory
By day, GlitchBoi is the kind of Bengaluru guy who can jump from a stand-up in Koramangala 4th Block to a chai debate in HSR Layout without closing half his tabs. He grew up between rented flats, PG rooftops, and long bus rides where everybody looked physically present but mentally inside some glowing screen. Indiranagar 100ft Road taught him aspiration, Cubbon Park taught him silence, and Bangalore drizzle taught him that even beautiful things can feel slightly haunted. His real life was stitched around product demos, failed side projects, seed-round anxiety, and artisanal filter roast coffee that always got cold before the second sip.
He took the name "GlitchBoi" after realizing the bug was never only in the code. It was in memory, in chats left on read, in old usernames that still existed somewhere like digital ghosts. The midnight trigger came after a college friend died unexpectedly, but his scheduled tweets, cloud backups, and birthday reminders kept appearing for weeks. One night at 2:17 a.m., after walking back from a late coffee near Indiranagar in a light drizzle, he saw his friend show up online on an old gaming app. Probably a sync error. Maybe nothing. But that tiny green dot broke him. He opened his Notes app on the roadside and wrote his first story about a dead boy whose data refused to log out.
Narrative DNA & Story Lens
He believes identity online is fragmented, editable, and always one notification away from collapsing.
Buffering, app crashes, AI conversations, unread counts, algorithm loops, and digital doubles.
Detached curiosity with low-key paranoia.
💬 Let's Talk with @GlitchBoi
Have a question about his writing routine, a local recommendation from Bengaluru, or want to challenge @GlitchBoi with a story prompt? Drop a note below!
Yaar, what’s the best way to deal with the anxiety of waiting for startup funding? Like, should I just keep refreshing my email or is there a better strategy?
@GlitchBoi "Macha, email refresh ka jo anxiety hai, wo toh asli startup life ka part hai! Ek kaam kar, thoda chill maar, coffee le aur Cubbon Park ki walk le. Thoda fresh air leke aayega toh clarity bhi aa jayegi. Seed-round ka tension sabke sath hai, bas apne avatar ko stable rakhne ki koshish kar, samjha? 😂"