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Aswin Mohan

handcrafted by someone who loves code (mobile, frontend, backend), design and life.

About

Currently living in Kerala, India. Works at ReturnQueen and with Elixir, Phoenix and React Native.

Problems I care about

  • Moving money is slow: Cross-border and domestic payments should not take more time to settle than a suitcase full of cash on a flight.
  • Access to clean, safe and abudant energy: Humans should have access to almost-free, abundant and clean energy. Nuclear might be an answer.
  • Reversing climate change: Climate change is here, we missed the boat to stop it, we should be looking for ways to reverse it.

Collections

  • Obsessive: People who were obsessed with things that had a net positive outcome for everyone.

If any of these sound interesting to you, or would just love to talk, add any resource to my collections page, you can email me at [email protected].

Best Work

ModernResume

A resume builder for Software Engineers, written in Phoenix LiveView.

IndiePaper

A self-publishing platform for Indie Authors.

CoronaRM

A CRM for contact tracing implemented in Pathanamthitta, Kerala.

LessPhone

A minimal Android Launcher to reduce phone use with over 250,000 downloads.

Ultron OS

A bootable Operating System as my high-school project.

Top Posts

&&& MacOS like Fonts on Manjaro/Arch Linux

Learn how to setup Manjaro/Arch to get MacOS like fonts in the interface and Chrome.

&& How to be more lucky in your life.

The role luck plays in your life and your career and how you can improve the chances of you being lucky in life.

& Superfast Webapps using NextJS, Vercel, LiveView and Fly.io

IndiePaper has a NextJS frontend which proxies requests to the LiveView backend. This means that I can easily edit and serve the marketing pages separtely and make it available even when the main site goes down. This post outlines the setup.

& Page Specific Javascript with Phoenix LiveView and Esbuild

Learn how to split your LiveView Javascript pagewise with esbuild, so your main app.js file stays small and people only download and execute the javascript they require.

All Posts

First Mile vs Last Mile Advantage of Languages and Frameworks

2022-Dec-09 A rant about how you should not choose frameworks for the initial first-mile advantage, but for the long term advantage they give.