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Ravi Atluri

I build abstractions that make hard things easy to build and use: Kafka consumers, domain models, AI agents in Go, and a way to talk to my son.

Senior Principal Architect at Gojek. I’ve had ALS since 2019.

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A doodle skyline of Bombay, the Vizag steel plant, my grandparents’ house in Pedana, the Charminar in Hyderabad and Monas in Jakarta, with a local train, traffic and boats.

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Handling Errors in Go - Beyond the Basics

#golang#xtools

Go's error handling philosophy is simple, but some applications need more than just error strings. By combining error wrapping, custom error types, and structured error metadata, you can build maintainable, and observable Go applications.

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New · September1/10

September

An app that speaks for people with ALS, MND, or other speech difficulties. It helps you communicate full thoughts with fewer keystrokes.

raviatluri.in

September, an assistive communication app

Now

  • Building September — a communication assistant for people living with ALS & MND.
  • Maintaining xkafka, xapi & XTools at Gojek.
  • Writing about Go, careers, and accessibility.

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Walk, jog, run, sprint, hop, take a leap of faith and fly. #crypticigotengaged (at Vijayawada Airport)I am marrying someone who doesn’t like to be photographed in DSLRs. It’s going to be interesting.Quick fast moving days and ten slow, snail crawling slow days.The youngest cousin of my generation, still wants his towel-that-thinks-its-a-blanket to fall asleep. This reminds me of Hobbes. He’s no Calvin, yet. But I think we always had our Hobbes in our dreams. Day dreams or otherwise.Another one from the same showFrom another life. Can I say, in a hush tone - There was a time, I was a fashion photographer. It was the time of my life. 😜 Am kidding. Am far from being any kind of a pro. I used to shoot cultural programmes in Infy campus while I was there. Infy was less of a company and more of a collage. There was some kind of an event every other month. There was a campus photography club, mostly I-will-shoot-in-auto-mode types. But there was this small bunch of really good people and photographers - few pros and langotas like me. These few guys used to shoot amazing stills and all. I used to tag along and shoot and learn from them. This photograph was from a fashion show during an annual event called Parichay. @romeldutta @swaheel are some of the pros who still shoot fashion and modelling.From another life. Can I say, in a hush tone - There was a time, I was a fashion photographer. It was the time of my life. 😜 Am kidding. Am far from being any kind of a pro. I used to shoot cultural programmes in Infy campus while I was there. Infy was less of a company and more of a collage. There was some kind of an event every other month. There was a campus photography club, mostly I-will-shoot-in-auto-mode types. But there was this small bunch of really good people and photographers - few pros and langotas like me. These few guys used to shoot amazing stills and all. I used to tag along and shoot and learn from them. This photograph was from a fashion show during an annual event called Parichay. @romeldutta @swaheel are some of the pros who still shoot fashion and modelling.Did I tell you guys how much I love Hong Kong? #hk #hongkong #skyline #citiesatnightWe used to be friends, a long time ago.Infy knew how to make beautiful offices.