Anuhas Dissanayake - Full-Stack Software Engineer
Your Product
Deserves Engineering,
Not Just Code.

TRUSTED BY DEV TEAMS AT

STEMLink
Arno & Co.

Lessons from production

What years of building systems has taught me.

01

Complexity is a liability.

True seniority is having the confidence to choose the boring, proven solution that works flawlessly without the operational overhead.

02

Code without context is useless.

Code is just execution; deeply understanding the business domain and the user's pain points dictates the architecture.

03

Ownership is the ultimate feature.

The most valuable trait in engineering is end-to-end ownership. Real engineers look beyond the pull request to ensure the entire system succeeds.

What I do

Full-stack engineering with product-first thinking.

Three disciplines, one standard: products that hold up in production.

01Product Engineering

Next.js products, end to end

Interfaces, APIs, data models, auth, and payments designed as one coherent system, not a pile of features. I own the full path from first commit to deploy.

02Architecture & Scale

From MVP to production

Early products earn their scale in the unglamorous middle: performance budgets, reliability, CI/CD, and data architecture that keeps a team shipping fast as it grows.

03Applied AI

AI that earns its place

LLM pipelines, agents, and AI-native UX built like product features, with evals, guardrails, and cost control. If it does not move the product, it does not ship.

Writing

Engineering notes,
not content marketing.

Long-form writing on Next.js architecture, product engineering, and applied AI. Written from real builds, with the trade-offs left in.

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Contact

Have something real to build?

I work with founders and product teams who care about engineering quality and shipping. Tell me what you are building and where it is stuck.

or email contact@anuhas.dev