Hi, I'm Saman Jayasekara

I'm a reformed algorithmic supremacist. Spent three decades building systems that process millions of transactions, managing half-terabyte databases, orchestrating AWS infrastructures that never fail. Zero security breaches. 99.99% uptime. All the metrics that used to matter.

The reason I'm using "reformed" now is because AI is here and all those things we used to argue about don't really matter anymore, do they? We're all technology agnostic now. The good builder is the one who understands business and the user. Isn't it?

I mean, I still know my way around ColdFusion, Python, Node, Java, and whatever acronym soup you want to throw at me. Still designing and engineering systems from the ground up that process billions of transactions every month.

But here's the thing – after 30 years of obsessing over perfect architectures and elegant solutions, I've realized the best systems are the ones that bridge that last inch between the screen and the human brain.

These days, I'm more interested in why we build than what we build with. The success of any product or business relies on understanding the real reason people want it – not the good reason they tell you, but the emotional, irrational truth they barely admit to themselves. That's what brings the umbrellas into Rolls-Royces. It's not about keeping dry; it's about the psychological comfort of knowing you'll never be caught unprepared. The value isn't in the umbrella – it's in the perception. Marketing creates value by changing how we see things, not by changing the things themselves. Though if you really want to geek out about PostgreSQL optimization or debate AWS vs Cloudflare, I'm still your guy. Old habits die hard.

And honestly? That's exactly how I like it.