The Workshop

I build useful things,
test bold ideas,
and share the journey.

I'm Sunil — I've spent my career building large enterprise systems. Outside of work, I used to wonder what to do with all that restless energy. Now I know: I build small, useful things — channeling years of product experience and new learnings into everyday problems that actually matter to me. This is my workshop.

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Now

What I'm focused on

Updated May 2026
01
Current season
Making space for the kind of building I've always wanted to do — smaller, more personal, closer to real life. Less enterprise complexity, more everyday usefulness.
02
On the workbench
Building Tuck (because I keep losing things I save), tinkering with AI that actually fits into daily life, and prototyping ideas that solve problems I personally have.
03
Operating mode
Walks, dog time, kids, thinking space — and then building. Not rushing it.

Building

On the workbench

Projects, prototypes, and small experiments I'm shaping into useful things.

Live

Tuck

I kept saving things and never finding them again. Tuck is my attempt to fix that — a save-anything app for links, notes, ideas, and the stuff that matters.

PWA React Personal Tools
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Deployed

FrontDesk AI

An embeddable AI chat widget for local businesses — answers questions about menus, hours, and reservations so owners don't have to.

AI Node.js Small Business
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Building

Swoop

AI-powered missed-call text-back for small businesses. Automatic SMS replies, lead tracking, and follow-up conversations.

AI Twilio Small Business
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Building

Kolo

A family accountability app where kids build habits through responsibilities, points, and streaks. Built for our household first.

React TypeScript Family
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Phases 1–3 done

HomeOps Hub

A household operations dashboard — vehicles, appliances, bills, maintenance schedules. Because adulting has too many moving parts.

Next.js TypeScript Everyday Tools
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Prototype

Project Cushion

A local-first household expense analyzer. Processes bank CSVs, finds savings patterns. Zero cloud, zero data sharing.

TypeScript CLI Privacy-first
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Shipped

Lunch Menu Notifier

A daily 7 AM push notification with what's for lunch at the kids' schools. Tiny build, genuinely useful every morning.

Python GitHub Actions Automation
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Thinking

Field notes

Short notes on building, learning, product thinking, AI, and the messy middle of figuring things out.

Note 01

Building in public, quietly

Not every project needs a launch moment. Some things get better by being shared while they're still rough.

Building
Note 02

Useful beats impressive

The projects I keep coming back to are usually small, practical, and close to real everyday friction.

Product Thinking
Note 03

AI should disappear into the workflow

Most AI features feel bolted on. The ones that click are the ones you stop noticing — they just make the thing you were already doing a little easier.

AI

Toolkit

How I build

A practical toolkit for turning rough ideas into something I can test, learn from, and improve.

01 AI + Build

AI-assisted prototyping

Using AI coding tools to move from idea to working prototype faster — while staying hands-on with product judgment, UX, and tradeoffs.

02 PM Craft

Product thinking

Starting with the problem, the user, and the moment of friction before jumping into features.

03 Documentation

Notes as infrastructure

Keeping decisions, prompts, backlog, and lessons written down so projects don't disappear into scattered chats and tabs.

04 Iteration

Small bets

Building in small, testable steps instead of waiting for the perfect version.


The Thread

The thread

The thread through it all: building useful things, learning in public, and following curiosity into the next chapter.

Then

Built big, learned what matters

Years of enterprise systems, IT operations, customer experience platforms, and large-scale services. Valuable, complex work — but it slowly became clear that the most interesting problems are often the simplest ones.

Now

Drawn to the everyday

Building smaller, more personal things. Problems I actually have. Tools that fit into daily life without requiring a training manual. Walks, dog time, kids, thinking space — and then building.

Next

The next chapter

If I don't feel the problem, I don't think anyone else will either. Practical AI, everyday tools, and sharing what I learn along the way.


Connect

Say hello

If something here sparked a thought, I'd be happy to hear from you — especially if you're building, exploring practical AI, or figuring out what comes next.

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