The short version is
on the CV. The long
version is everywhere else.

I'm Akash. I study computer science at Georgia Tech. I write here about what it's actually like to build things — the problems before the solutions, the three versions I had to throw away, and the quiet decisions that added up to the one that shipped.

I grew up building small things that were mostly broken. I still do. The difference now is that the broken ones are part of the method: I post them alongside the finished work and let you watch them converge, or not.

I care about programs that feel hand-made at scale. Chat widgets that don't drop messages for two million people a month. Hackathon demos that still hold up when you unplug the network. Marketing pages that respect their subject enough to tell the truth about it.

This summer I'll be interning at SpaceX on Starlink. Before that: State Farm, and now Georgia Tech's Office of Information Technology, where I'm replacing legacy CMS templates with something closer to human.

If you're hiring for something where that kind of work matters — send a note.

— Akash Jain, Atlanta, April 2026.