About Me

I am a Front-end Architect from Chennai, India. I work for a company called Caterpillar as a Principal Software Engineer where we build awesome products for the the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives.

I love books, art, music and movies. I used to be a Graphic Designer and Systems Programmer once.

I love programming languages like Javascript, Ruby, Haskell and Lisp. I wholeheartedly embrace Functional Programming, Code clarity, Performance, Accessibility and Internationalization.

I am passionate about Open Source Software and Contributions, recently, I have been writing tools in JS

I write code in Ember.js and React.js

My favorite editors are Emacs and Vim (in order of preference)

Speaking

I love to speak and participate in conferences, meetups and workshops.

Books

I love reading books all the day. I do have a mini Library in home. I love Technology, Psychology and Non-Fiction genres.

These are some of the life-changing books I have read, which altered my perception and outlook.

  • Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
  • The Monk who sold his Ferarri by Robin Sharma
  • Pragmatic Learning and Thinking by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas
  • Deep Work by Cal Newport
  • Drive by Daniel Pink
  • The Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks
  • The Elements of Programming Style by Brian Kernighan
  • Mindset by Carol S Dweck
  • Grit by Angle Duckworth
  • Peopleware by Tom DeMarco
  • Black Swan by Nicholas Nassim Taleb
  • The Craftsman by Richard Sennett

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