Abhinav Saxena
Building software, and the teams that build it
मिट्टी का तन, मस्ती का मन, क्षण भर जीवन - मेरा परिचय A body of clay, a mind full of play, a moment's life. That's me.
I’m Abhinav. I’m a CTO with too many side projects and too few weekends.
I have been building software for 21 years, and I still build every day. These days AI writes most of my code; I decide what to build and how.
I write notes to think out loud. When an idea won’t leave me alone, I write a longer essays. I also build small tools and write bite-sized stories in Hindi.
New here? Start here. For the longer version, please read about me.
Writing
All postsEvery company acquires growth debt. If you don’t spend time regularly to identify and pay, it can soon start damaging your company and its growth.
Understand hierarchy of needs to lead and motivate people better
We all understand and glorify wartime, however we don't appreciate peacetime enough
Is our time and attention new land to be explored and are Internet giants new colonial powers?
Projects
All projectsUnix tools for the agent era
Full-stack Python, no React required: auth, jobs, HTMX kit, and one-command deploy
An async job queue that runs on the Postgres you already have
Plugins for EmDash sites: heartpost, sharepost, tocgen, callout, readtime, shortlink
A fast & minimalist Jekyll blog theme with clean dark mode
A simple HTTP request & response service
An open source landing website with supporting pages and integrated blog
छोटी सी कहानी - bite-sized stories in Hindi