Hey there! Welcome to my site. I’m Karthik, a fellow stardust who loves creating things that make me feel alive. I spend my time exploring writing, design, music production, and lucid dreams.
My life so far
Origins
I grew up in a small town near Coimbatore, Annur, with the magic of 90s like Shaktimaan, Captain Vyom, Tinkle, Amar Chitra Katha, Rani Comics, Siruvarmalar, and heated gully cricket matches around the town. I draw my strength from my late mom and late wife, my dad, and best friends.
Career
By day, I’m a product builder. I enjoy making products! I previously worked as a software and product developer at Mango Education, an ed-tech startup. Then, as a product manager at Togoparts, a virtual events and marketplace company. Currently, I’m a senior product manager at Signeasy, leading API and developer experience along with expansions.
Things I love
My favourite genres to consume (and create) are science-fiction, neo-noir, humour, comedy, and fantasy. I’ve independently self-published a science fiction drama novel called Dischafer (pronounced di-shah-fur) in 2015, and released a revised second edition in 2020.
Besides writing, I love physics, engineering, and the metaphysics of dreams. I have a degree in aeronautical engineering and I enjoy conceptual designing. I’m also a self-taught coder and I love combining these curiosities into helping myself and others learn and smile.
Projects
- Geekswipe - A science and tech community that I built. I answer the internet’s most curious questions here. A humble and honourable brag - SciShow cited one of my articles as a source for their video.
- Swyde - World’s first encylopedia with FAQs. Had over 200 users contributing over 500 wikis. It was fun while it lasted. Pivoting to something else right now.
- WTF Dictionary - A crowdsourced dictionary of honest definitions of everyday terms from life, work, and everything in between. It’s something that I made to channel my work stress.
- Arclind - A company that I founded to experiment with community tools. Under this banner, I’ve created a free crash course platform called Mindspace that got featured in the top 5 on product hunt.
- Discuss - A free, open-source, self-hosted discussion engine for static sites. The one you see on this site.
- Lucid - This website you’re reading right now. (WIP)
View more at Projects.
Let’s talk
I’m always open to interesting conversations, collabs, or product ideas. I’m particularly open to:
- Product collaborations.
- Collaborations on studies related to grief and lucid dreams.
I’m available elsewhere on the web on these platforms. Come say hello.