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Sahan De Silva

I'm a self-taught developer turned product manager based in Auckland. After over a decade spanning software development, co-founding three startups, and product management, I'm now focused on Applied AI at MacroActive while getting back to my programming roots. Outside of work and tinkering with tech, I occasionally DJ and explore good food.

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My Terminal Setup for Coding with Claude Code

My Terminal Setup for Coding with Claude Code

When I code these days, I always have three tabs open:

Getting Claude to Create How-To Guides from Screenshots

Getting Claude to Create How-To Guides from Screenshots

A newfound AI workflow I've been using is generating product documentation from annotated screenshots. Any screenshot tool with annotation features and a mul...

Ditching WordPress for Astro

Ditching WordPress for Astro

After a decade with WordPress, constant plugin updates became unbearable. Here's why I migrated my blog to Astro and never looked back.

Interacting with PocketSmith using a CustomGPT

Interacting with PocketSmith using a CustomGPT

Learn how to integrate PocketSmith budget data into ChatGPT through a CustomGPT implementation, enabling conversational budget checks before purchases.

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