Ravi Atluri.

I was diagnosed with ALS in 2019. Over time, I lost the ability to speak and type. I use a head-mounted mouse now.

I still write code, architect systems, and break things at Gojek, where I work as a Senior Principal Architect. I've worked across GoFood, Merchant Platform, and Cartography teams. Before Gojek, I spent seven years at PaGaLGuY as Director of Engineering — where I rewrote pagalguy.com nine times.

I'm currently redesigning my on-screen keyboard because I got bored of the default one. I know nothing about SwiftUI — doesn't matter.

We are living in incredible times where there are absolutely no barriers to building anything. If we can imagine it, AI can build it.

What I'm building

• September — a communication assistant for people with ALS, MND, or other speech and motor difficulties. Smart text editor, voice cloning, real-time transcription. Built because I needed it. Read more →
• pi-go — provider-agnostic AI SDK for Go. Unified interface for building AI agents across LLM providers.
• XDB — a database library based on tuples. Model your domain once, use it with any database. Read more →
• Chitragupt — Go CLI that converts Claude Code session logs into shareable transcripts.
• XTools — reusable Go libraries, built at Gojek.

What I believe

• Career growth isn't about picking IC vs manager. It's about expanding in three dimensions.
• The best tools are the ones you build for yourself, then realize others need them too.
• Good abstractions make hard things easy — whether it's talking to databases or talking to my son.

I speak type English, Hindi, and Telugu. I live in Hyderabad with my wife and son — who has figured out that my slow typing speed is an exploitable vulnerability.

"sonnes" is German for my name. When Google Translate launched, the first thing I did was look up Ravi Kiran. It spat out "Sonnenstrahlen" — sun rays. I've been sonnes ever since.