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Kiran Capoor
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Engineering Leader & hands-on engineer · Pune, India
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9+ years shipping software and, more recently, building the teams that ship it. I still write code — I just also own the roadmap now.
open to engineering leadership & senior IC roles · available in ~30 days
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# impact
man kiran →// the numbers, before the narrative.
- 166
- services & apps migrated98 services + 68 apps · AU → UK AWS · SiSU
- ~30%
- faster client data exportsvia Halo orchestration · SiSU
- 3x
- dept revenue₹4Cr → ₹12Cr · Schbang
- 15→66
- team scaledeng, UX/UI & PM · Schbang
- ~25%
- faster app perf13+ services off legacy · Oaktree
- ~50%
- faster dev turnaroundplan→design→implement · Oaktree
# side_projects
ls -la →// built because the existing tool annoyed me enough to fix it myself.
Forge
An internal ops platform that replaced four spreadsheets and a group chat.
Wizard
Long-term memory for AI coding agents that keep forgetting everything.
Wand.nvim
A Neovim distribution built for one very specific user: me.
# latest_writing
tail -f →// long-form notes on AI tooling, agent memory, and why your dotfiles are probably fine.
- I built a Neovim plugin that physically won't let me skip a break — The forced-break Pomodoro system in Wand.nvim, and an undo-corrupting file write an AI code review caught inside it.
- Neither Home Nor Riverbank — On staffing/consulting work, an old Hindi idiom about a washerman's dog, and the specific moment you realize nobody in the chain actually owns your career.
- Getting Neovim under 100ms wasn't one trick — Wand.nvim's boot-time target comes from making lazy-loading the default everywhere, not from a single clever optimization.
# ctrl_alt_tech
youtube-dl →// screen-recorded deep dives on editors, tooling, and the engineering nobody demos.
