About

I am Sahithyan Kandathasan. I have been writing software for about 8 years now, most of it because I wanted to, not because someone paid me to. I am currently an Engineering undergraduate at University of Moratuwa, studying Computer Science and Engineering with a Cybersecurity stream.

I develop web and mobile apps, and I love working on the front-end. The amount of care that goes into a piece of software rarely shows up as a single big feature. It shows up as the small things, the input that handles an edge case you did not think anyone would hit, the layout that still holds together at an odd viewport width, the interaction that feels obviously right once you see it. That is the part I enjoy most, and the part I try to get right.

Outside of that, I compete in CTFs and competitive programming contests occasionally. Most recently placing first at UoJCoders v5.0 with a team of friends. Cryptography is the part of security I find most interesting, and I write about it on the blog alongside the usual software engineering posts.

You can see how that plays out on the work page, in the projects I have shipped. I also write about what breaks and what I learn fixing it on the blog.

You can download my CV if you are interested.

Get in touch

Email me at sahithyan.dev@gmail.com, or message me on LinkedIn. See the contact page for more.