Vithun GajendraA personal field notebook

Software, people & a little curiosity

Hello, I’m Vithun.

I’m an engineer who builds things and leads teams. This is where I think out loud about software, people, and the ideas that connect them.

From Bangalore, at home in London. Usually reading something.

01Start here

A few places to begin

All 17 entries

Not necessarily the newest. A few pieces that feel like me.

  1. No. 15Essay

    180 Degrees

    Strong opinions, loosely held. On changing your mind, and building teams where it’s safe to do the same.

    Read the essay
  2. No. 17Essay

    The Terminal Was Right. It Just Had the Wrong Operator.

    A Mac Mini, a terminal on my phone, and an unexpected perspective on the future of enterprise computing.

  3. No. 11Essay

    My Approach as an Interviewer

    Looking for reasons to hire, and making the conversation worthwhile even when the answer is no.

02On the workbench

Small things. Useful questions.

All experiments

A home for tools, prototypes, and experiments in AI-assisted building.

03Off the screen

From the bookshelf

All reading

Some of the books I’ve spent time with. Not all about computers.

I also like looking more closely. Some of my photographs