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Co-founder & Lead Software Engineer at Pandas Digital
Sri Lanka
I co-founded Pandas Digital and lead its engineering. I turn ideas into dependable software: custom web platforms, workflow automation and AI integrations, built end to end and supported for the long run.
01About
I'm the co-founder and lead software engineer at Pandas Digital. I work across the whole stack, from the first workshop where we map out a problem, through architecture, design and development, to the servers it runs on and the support that keeps it running.
Most of my work is custom software for teams that have outgrown spreadsheets and off-the-shelf tools: booking and operations platforms, client portals, internal dashboards, invoicing and reporting, and the automations that tie them together.
At Pandas Digital I lead the engineering of our own platform: the website you're on (including Pixel, our AI assistant) and the operations system behind it, which covers projects, time tracking, quotations, invoicing and content. Every client project gets the same care.
Have something in mind? Send me a message below. I'd love to hear what you're working on.
02Expertise
Fast, accessible web apps and dashboards with React and Next.js, designed around how your team actually works.
Secure, well-tested Node.js APIs with clear contracts, role-based access and audit trails.
Solid data models, migrations and integrity rules for money, bookings and operations data.
Replacing repetitive manual steps with reliable automations, notifications and scheduled jobs.
Chat assistants and LLM features grounded in your own content, with guardrails, rate limits and cost control.
Production servers, Nginx, Cloudflare, object storage, backups and zero-drama deployments with instant rollback.
Two-factor auth, least-privilege access, privacy by design and monitoring that catches problems early.
Architecture, code quality and delivery for the team, from planning to launch and long-term support.
03Projects
2026
Our company website: fast, SEO- and AI-crawler-friendly, with structured data, team portfolios and Pixel, an AI assistant that answers visitors' questions from our own content, with guardrails, privacy protections, rate limits and lead capture.
2026
The internal system the studio runs on: clients and leads, projects and tasks, time tracking, quotations, invoicing with PDF documents, expenses, a content editor for the website, team portfolios and an audit log, all behind two-factor sign-in.
04Writing
12 min read
Adding an AI assistant to your website is easy. Making one that stays on topic, keeps company information private and never runs up a surprise bill takes design. Here's the playbook we used to build Pixel, our own website assistant.
10 min read
Before you hire for repetitive admin, automate it. How to pick the right tasks, estimate the return, choose between no-code tools and custom software, and build automations that never fail silently.
9 min read
You don't need Kubernetes to deploy safely. This is the release process we use for our own platform: versioned builds, atomic switches, backwards-compatible migrations, automatic backups and rollbacks in seconds.
05Contact
Have a project, a role or a question in mind? Send Randiv a message and you'll hear back soon.
