"Engineer by passion, photographer by eye, writer by soul."
I build with code, think with clarity, and write with intensity. This is the home for that system — engineering, mental models, Telugu poetry, and life in Sydney.
Who
From Hyderabad. Sharpened my craft in Mumbai. Built my mid-career in Sydney. 15+ years shipping software — Atlassian, Bugcrowd, Weel.
At home: Gouthami keeps the heartbeat steady. Aadhya and Arjun turn weekends into curiosity labs — Lego rockets, photography walks, board-game strategy reviews.
This site holds the full picture — the engineer, the immigrant, the Telugu writer, the photographer.
The immigrant engineer essay150+
Articles
15+
Years
3
Countries
Weel
Staff Engineer · Current
Full-stack TypeScript platform. Own the design system. Shipping AI-native features for finance workflows.
Atlassian
Senior Engineer
Design system used by 100+ teams across Jira, Confluence, Trello. Cut CI/CD times by 70%.
Bugcrowd
Tech Lead
Led full-stack modernisation of the security platform. React, Ruby/Node, observability stack.
Reading
Engineering · AI
Rethinking How I Code with AI
After a year of daily AI-assisted coding, here is what actually changed — and what I still do myself.
Thinkish
Thinking Frameworks
Nine mental models for better decisions — first principles, inversion, pre-mortem, and more.
Engineering · AI
Spec-Driven Development
How I use specs to ship AI features faster and with less rework.
Explore
Pick a topic and dive in
AI, TypeScript, design systems, architecture, and hard-won lessons from shipping at scale.
Systems, deep work, tools, and personal finance for sustained high performance.
Books, engineering notes, ideas, and opinions — inputs, synthesis, outputs.
Thinki.sh, Interview Prep — working products built in public.
కథలు, కవిత్వం, అభిప్రాయాలు — Telugu writing and creative expression.
Professional world, personal world, and what it means to be an immigrant engineer.
Creativity
Photography
Sony A6400, Sigma and Tamron glass. Street, nature, family, wildlife. Learning to see Sydney differently — one frame at a time.
View the journeyWriting
Telugu poetry, stories, essays. Grew up in a household where words were currency — writing verse since childhood, now live and digital.
Read the writingGet in touch → slashAvi.com@gmail.com