The Maintainability Mindset: How to Write Code That Stands the Test of Time
Essential principles for writing professional code that's readable, robust, and adaptable to future changes - from naming conventions to testing strategies.
Welcome to My Blog
I'm Ashwin, a senior software engineer based in Australia. This blog is my digital lab notebook for documenting interesting technologies, patterns, and discoveries I encounter while building software and exploring computing.
I share these explorations because they might help fellow developers, but honestly, I write primarily for myself. As Rick Rubin says in The Creative Act, "When making art, the audience comes last". Just real experiments, honest reflections, and the occasional breakthrough worth remembering.
Recent Posts
Zod & Pydantic in Action: A Cross-Ecosystem Guide to Validating Data
How Zod (TypeScript) and Pydantic (Python) solve the same core problem: runtime validation of untrusted data, through real-world use cases like API inputs, configuration, and transformations.
My Functional Programming Awakening: Patterns I'd Been Using All Along
How David Beazley's functional programming course revealed the patterns I'd been unconsciously using in JavaScript for years—from simple closures to mind-bending parser combinators
Building vid2text: A Privacy-First CLI Tool for Video Transcription
How I built a local video transcription tool that turns any video into searchable text while keeping everything private and cost-free
Using AI Without Leaving the Terminal: A Guide to llm
A comprehensive guide to Simon Willison's llm CLI tool for integrating AI models directly into your command-line workflow