Principal software engineer / Builder & writer
I’m Dilusha, a principal software engineer. More than a decade building software professionally. Still curious enough to lose track of time making something work.
I help founders and small teams fix stubborn bugs, connect AI to useful workflows, and get web apps ready for the real world. Available for focused, part-time freelance projects.
Node.js / TypeScript / React / AWS / AI integrations
An observatory for ideas.Somewhere between “what if?” and “it works.”
Dilusha
Engineer. Writer.01 / The workshop
A clear problem, a manageable scope, and someone who cares about the details.
Broken flows, unreliable APIs, slow queries, or that last feature between you and launch. Let’s find the cause and fix it properly.
Explore the work 02 / AI integration & automationConnect an AI model to your product or workflow, with useful outputs, sensible error handling, and attention to running costs.
Explore the work 03 / AWS & deployment supportHelp with deployment issues, environments, CI/CD, and the practical work of getting an existing app ready to ship.
Explore the workBuilt & maintained by me
My own products. A look at the kind of engineering I do beyond a job description.
Creator tools / Commerce / Analytics
A platform for creators to build a storefront, sell digital products, and bring their links and audience into one place.
The work spans a page builder, custom domains, branded short links, Stripe payments, digital file delivery, and campaign analytics. It connects the page a visitor sees with the tools its owner uses to run the business.
Explore Links on Link ↗Learning tools / Angular & NestJS / In development
A thinking studio for curious kids, bringing writing, logic, math, puzzles, and memory palaces into guided activities.
I’m building the learning experience and its supporting API with Angular and NestJS. The design explores how spatial memory and playful challenges can help children practice and revisit ideas. The public site is currently a waitlist.
Explore MemoryCrib ↗Native macOS / SwiftUI / On-device data
A native Mac app that brings AI coding usage and subscription limits into one place.
The work goes beyond the dashboard: provider integrations, local usage history, reset-aware alerts, widgets, and signed app updates. Its privacy model keeps app data on the device.
Explore AgentsEye ↗Web application / AI workflows / Product UX
A writing tool that cuts filler and lets people inspect a suggested rewrite before using it.
The engineering includes model integration, accounts, usage limits, rewrite feedback, and explicit controls around contributed writing. Small interface decisions sit on top of a complete product.
Try DeSlop ↗Experience / Behind the interface
A few problems I’ve worked through, across professional systems and my own products.
Financial systems
I worked on a credit card statement-processing system that was struggling to finish within its processing window. I helped scale the system and fix processing problems so it could handle more work.
That experience shaped how I approach reliability: the job has to finish when people depend on it. Company details, volumes, and implementation specifics stay private.
AgentsEye / Integration & reliability
AI coding providers report limits and reset windows differently. In AgentsEye, I brought those readings into one native Mac app, with local history and alerts that account for quota resets.
The details matter: an alert must distinguish a new usage cycle from continued consumption. I also built the widgets and signed update path needed to keep the app useful beyond its first install.
Links on Link / Commerce
For Links on Link, I built across the public page, creator dashboard, payments, and digital delivery. A storefront needs those pieces to agree about what someone bought and what they should receive.
That meant working through Stripe integration and verified payment webhooks alongside custom domains and campaign analytics. The interface is one part of the system that supports it.
The person behind the pull request
I spent 17 hours making it work, before I even knew what programming was. That feeling never really left. Since then, my work has taken me through equipment manufacturing, e-commerce, and fintech.
This site is also where I think out loud about life, kindness, books, and the messy middle of making things. There’s room for all of it here.
A little more about me ↗Life / Reflections
12 years ago it was just me, Sublime Text, and curiosity. No AI, no shortcuts. Just grind. Looking back now, I see how every small step shaped the life I have today.
Read the story ↗Life / Reflections
Scarcity teaches grit in ways abundance never will. Looking back, my best skills were forged when every click and every second online had a cost.
Read the story ↗Life / Reflections
George Bernard Shaw once wrote that there are two great tragedies in life: the first is not getting what you want, the second is getting it. He was right.
Read the story ↗A good place to start
A bug that won’t quit? An integration you haven’t had time for? Start with the problem. We’ll work out the next step.
Find out how we can work together ↗