I notice the things people work around.
I’ve always been excited by solving problems and creating user interfaces.
I studied computer science at De Anza College and San Francisco State University. My background also includes Digital Technology & Management at OTH Amberg Weiden in Germany.
I’ve worked on several startups before these current projects. The ideas and problems change, but the part that excites me stays much the same: turning an idea into something people can use.
At Conrad Electronic, I worked in partner success, on marketplace partner journeys, seller documentation and automation. That meant thinking about the information someone needed, the step they were on and the routine work around it.
I have tried that in very different settings: using an Apple Watch for factory floor time tracking in a university project for Krones, making an AI assisted party card game, and turning a dense slide deck into an interactive web presentation. I like when an idea can be handled, played or walked through.
Today, I’m bringing that attention into products much closer to everyday life. I’m interested in the moments between people: knowing whose turn it is, finding someone to help, or making a small request understood. A useful product can give those moments a clearer next step.
The ideas came from real questions.
WGTakt, Neeed and Vividish look like three different worlds. For me, they are connected by the work people do around one another.
WGTakt. The next person matters.
WGTakt is close to home in a very literal way. I have tested it in my own shared flat. Chores, shopping, expenses and changing plans are part of living with other people, and I wanted the app to understand how those things connect.
The dishwasher is a good example of what I mean. Running it and emptying it belong together, but they are two people’s turns. When the first person finishes, the next person’s time should come from that real action.
The same thought runs through rolling chores. If a floor gets cleaned early, the next date should follow the day it was actually cleaned. If someone goes away, the plan should know who will be home. I care about how the app carries that understanding into the next useful thing it shows.
Follow the household storyNeeed. Give an ordinary ask somewhere to go.
An early thought behind Neeed was a hypothetical wedding. Imagine needing a photographer, a DJ, a caterer and a florist. Could one clear request help find the people for all of it?
The idea grew beyond that services question. Sometimes someone needs a skill. Sometimes they want to learn, help, or find people to play music with. A request can also be an invitation to do something together.
A photographer needs a brief. A bandmate needs to know what we want to play. That changes the questions the product should ask. I want the interview to follow what the person actually said, let them correct it and turn it into something another person can respond to.
Read how the ask becomes a connectionVividish. Make both sides understand.
I have tested Vividish with Edelweiss. It brings me into the space between a guest choosing something and the restaurant making it happen.
A request as small as “no sugar please” needs to stay attached to the right drink. The guest should know what is being agreed to. The team should see a clear, actionable order. Each side needs a view that makes sense for what they are doing.
I also think about the guest who does not say that a dish was not to their taste. A small feedback form, with no name required, gives them a way to say it and the restaurant something specific to listen to.
I follow those decisions through the menu, orders, reservations and feedback. A beautiful menu starts the experience; what happens after choosing is part of the product too.
See the restaurant from both sidesCare often looks like one less tap.
Some of the decisions I spend time on sound almost too small to write about. In WGTakt’s vacation calendar, I wanted someone to tap the first date, tap the last date and have the range selected.
Two dates.
Two taps.
More getting on with the plan.
The note I actually wrote July 2026
“its two clicks instead of 4”
A small line in my build notes. A very specific way I wanted the interaction to feel.
I pay the same attention to the words. A technically sensible question can still sound unnatural. A button can be easy to see and still leave someone unsure what happens when they tap it.
One test started with four accounts: one creates a home, three join it. The joiners needed a browser fallback and a restart to get in. Even then, all seven starter chores belonged to the creator.
The household existed, but the people had not arrived into a fair plan. That is the kind of result I want to see and correct before calling a flow finished.
I build, try it and look again.
I like getting from a question to something I can try. AI is one of the tools I use to explore an idea or build a version of an interface. Seeing it gives me something concrete to react to.
I change a sentence that does not sound like a person. I ask what happens when a task finishes early, someone joins late or an order changes. I look at the result and keep refining the parts that still feel awkward.
The question is part of the work.
So is the correction after the answer.
Tests help me check the rules. Browser checks help me see the interface. Using the product on a phone shows me how it feels in someone’s hand. Each gives me a different reason to look again.
Stay by My Side
A small feeling. A repeating hook. Something you can hear.
Suno sketch · Mornings Stay
A 51 second sketch built around the song’s repeating hook.
I brought that same curiosity into making a song with AI. For Stay by My Side, the feeling lives in small scenes: cold coffee, slightly burned toast, running late and singing half the words wrong.
I worked with a repeating hook and performance cues: an intimate verse, a warmer vocal, finger snaps and an acoustic lift. Suno let me explore how those choices could sound. For this sketch, I explored clean electric guitar, synth bass and male harmonies.
The visual direction needed the same attention. I asked for the cover to feel more cohesive, corrected a misspelled title and reworked the images to fit a phone screen. I wanted the feeling to hold together across the sound, the words and the way someone encounters it.
A few of the cues I worked with
Soft, intimate vocal. Finger snaps. Warm harmonies. An acoustic lift.
“Every day I want to fly, stay by my side”
The repeating line is the part I keep coming back to.
A little less effort. A little more life.
I want my products to leave people with a useful feeling: I know my turn. I know how to ask. I know what happens next.
I’m still building, trying things and making decisions. The most interesting part is often the detail that makes me stop and look closer.
Thanks for reading.
Varun