Hi, I'm Vignesh.
Software developer by day. Writer, photographer, reader, and professional hobbyist on the side. This is my scratchpad — code, markets, books, travel, anything I'm thinking about.
Now
/now →As of May 18, 2026
I spent the last decade working on large scale distributed systems for storage. Over the last year, I’ve become enamored with AI agents and have built everything from games to algorithmic trading bots using AI; dusting off my undergrad dreams of working in ML and AI. To that end, I’ll be doing AI things at DoorDash beginning this summer.
Reading more, scrolling less. Trying to write long-form again — this site is part of the same effort. Some of it will land on the newsletter, some only here.
Taking pictures again when I can, older pictures live on Flickr. I hope to add at least one more to that list this year.
Recent writing
all posts →Currently reading
- Replace me — currently reading
One line on why this book, or what you're getting from it.
Recently finished (1)
- Replace me — recently finished (2026)
Projects
all projects →- OpenClaw live
Personal AI assistant for any OS, any platform. I'm a core maintainer.
- Lobster live
Typed, local-first workflow shell — composable pipelines and safe automations on top of skills and tools.
- schwab-live live
Live algorithmic trading stack on Schwab. Real money, small allocation, one strategy with edge. Private repo.
- Margin live
The writer's IDE. Tauri desktop app with inline AI commands for research, charts, and images.
Linkroll
- Eric Jang — Robotics, ML, sharp writing.
- Patrick Collison — Reading lists and questions worth thinking about.