Hey, I'm Dhandapani. 👋
Software engineer from India. I spent years being quietly adequate — meeting expectations, not rocking boats, secretly wondering if this was it.
Then two things happened: AI arrived and I became a dad. Both made it obvious that “good enough” wasn't going to cut it — not as an engineer, not as a parent, not as a person.
This site is my attempt to close that gap — out loud, with the failures included.
Based in India
UTC+5:30 · Building publicly · Shipping across time zones
Dad since 2022. Everything changed.
Stack
SDD
Spec first. Then code.
Fixing my 20s in my 30s.
Daily setup
I write to think.
Not because I have it figured out.
The journey so far
Writing about AI, engineering craft, parenthood, and health — publicly and honestly.
Started seriously using Claude Code. Adopted Spec-Driven Development. Output 3x'd.
Became a dad. Started caring more about who I was, not just what I built.
CS graduate. Immediately humbled by production databases at 2am.