Current status
What I’m Doing Now
The current state of everything, updated when it changes.
As of August 2026
- Building
- PitStop, live at a working garage
- Running
- Saathi beta with real families
- Testing
- Roko panels on the bench
- Looking for
- A product management role
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Aug 2026
Fourth Design System in Five Days
Light ground, line art, a serif that argues with a grotesque, then a minimalist correction: tints out, one white surface, three typefaces exactly. The QC habit survived all of it. There is a field note about what that cost.
Aug 2026
The Site Got Its Second Design System
Rebuilt venkateshgardas.com in the glass style: floating canvas, animated garage hero, and a forensic QC pass with 97 findings, all fixed.
Jul 2026
PitStop Went Live at a Real Garage
Share links, GST invoicing and the customer portal verified in production. The first field note came out of the realtime walk-back.
May 2026
Finished the Master’s at George Mason
M.S. Applied Information Technology, completed while shipping three products on the side.
Current means current
Catch Me While It’s True.
Everything above changes without notice. The fastest way to find out is to ask.
venkatesh@venkateshgardas.com