Hey, I'm Dilusha 👋
I'm someone who once spent 17 hours straight building a calculator in PowerPoint and cried when it finally worked. That was over 19 years ago, before I knew what programming even was, but it taught me something important: there's magic in making things work, and sometimes the most creative solutions come from having no idea what you're "supposed" to do.
These days, I work as a Principal Software Engineer, and I like to believe I'm some kind of architect of software—though most days it feels more like I'm just trying to keep digital things from falling apart. I've navigated through quite a bit of rough terrain in life and learned that curiosity and resilience tend to be good companions along the way.
Why This Exists
Life has this way of teaching you things through paths you never planned to walk. I've worked across different industries—equipment manufacturing, e-commerce, fintech—not because of some grand strategy, but because that's where circumstances led me. Each place taught me something different, not just about building software, but about people, kindness, and how we're all connected in ways we can't always see.
I write here because I'm trying to figure things out, and sometimes putting thoughts into words helps me understand what I actually think. Maybe it's a way of documenting the process of becoming whoever I'm supposed to be. Maybe it's just a place to collect the moments that make me stop and think—like when a random act of kindness pulls me through a hard day, or when I realize that building something with care matters more than building it perfectly.
The real questions that interest me usually don't have clear answers: How do we stay passionate about work that becomes routine? What makes some human connections stick while others fade? How do we keep seeing magic in ordinary things? How do we treat others with the care we wish to receive?
What You'll Find Here
This is where I try to make sense of things by writing about them. It's not organized by topic or expertise—it's more like a collection of whatever catches my attention. Some posts might be about the messy middle of building something, others about the small acts of kindness that keep us going, and many about the process of staying curious when life gets complicated.
Things That Make Me Stop and Think
Could be a lesson from 17 hours of debugging, a moment when someone's kindness pulled me through a hard day, or realizing that building with care matters more than building perfectly.
The Magic in Ordinary Things
Why a barista remembering your order can change your whole day, how a PowerPoint calculator can feel like wizardry, what happens when you pay attention to the small details most people miss.
Questions Without Easy Answers
How do we stay passionate when work becomes routine? What makes some connections stick while others fade? How do we keep the spark alive when our hobby becomes our job? Why do some ideas change everything while others just bounce off?
The Messy Middle
Not the polished success stories, but the actual work—fighting the urge to overdo things, showing up on days when you don't feel inspired, learning when "good enough" is actually good enough.
Threads That Connect Us
The ways we're all linked in this intricate weave of life, why kindness isn't just virtue but necessity, how treating others with care is really treating ourselves with care.
The Rest of My Time
When I'm not working, I'm usually:
- Reading whatever seems interesting - philosophy, science, stories about people who figured something out, or books that shift how I see the world
- Recording BooksVoyage episodes where I condense non-fiction books into bite-sized insights, because sometimes a good book summary can save someone from months of wondering what they should read next
- Having conversations that start somewhere and end up somewhere completely unexpected
- Paying attention to small details that most people miss
I'm drawn to things that don't have simple explanations and connections that aren't obvious at first glance.
If You Want to Connect
Whether you want to share something you're thinking about, ask a question, or just say hello, I'd like to hear from you. Some of the most interesting conversations happen when you're not trying to stay on topic.
This is my attempt to document the journey of figuring things out. Thanks for reading along.