About
I live in Portland, Oregon, and grew up between small towns and big cities in India. I like places that combine the familiarity of a small town with the energy of a big city, where I can walk most places and run into people and opportunities I didn’t plan for.
I like to build simple, quiet, and useful products. I believe that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.1 The work underneath can be complex; the discipline is in making the results clear. Things I build don’t need to be loud to prove their value. I’m most motivated by work that matters at population scale.2
The phrase appeared without attribution in Apple’s 1977 Apple II brochure.
I borrow the term from Nandan Nilekani, who uses it for digital infrastructure designed to be available to everyone.