Visual Timeline
A visual timeline of the communities, people, projects and experiences that have shaped how I build, research and lead.
2026 — 2022, 15 stories, 34 photos
The About page tells the story in brief. These are the events, people and responsibilities behind it, year by year.
It runs from developer-community events like Google DevFest Sri Lanka in 2022, through creative and event work with STEMUP Education Foundation and Coolest Projects Sri Lanka in 2024, to 2025: an AI and AI-security session for the Sri Lanka Signals Corps, knowledge sharing at EN2H, a startup incubator at Hatch, and the Editor role at SLIIT FCMU. In 2026, it turns towards research.
Read the short version on About02 stories
Year: 2026. Categories: Research
In 2026, I began preparing for my research. It now has its own space on this site, alongside the questions I keep coming back to.
Why it mattered
It marks the point where research became a deliberate, structured part of my work.
Year: 2026. Categories: Community · Leadership
STEMUP Education Foundation · Microsoft Sri Lanka — Microsoft Sri Lanka office, Access Tower
I attended STEMUP Education Foundation's leaders meeting, held at Microsoft Sri Lanka's office in Access Tower.
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Year: 2025. Categories: AI · Knowledge Sharing
Sri Lanka Signals Corps — Defence Headquarters Complex (DHQC)
I delivered a session for the Sri Lanka Signals Corps on how AI is used and on the security side of AI. It took place at the Defence Headquarters Complex (DHQC).
Why it mattered
Explaining AI to a professional audience meant being clear about both what it can do and where the risks are.
Year: 2025. Categories: Engineering · Knowledge Sharing
EN2H
I ran a knowledge-transfer session on API management for my team at EN2H, starting from what an API is and moving into the basics of managing APIs.
Why it mattered
Teaching something to your own team is the quickest way to find the gaps in how well you understand it.
Year: 2025. Categories: Leadership · Mentoring · Community
SLIIT FCMU
I took on the role of Editor, one of the top-board positions at SLIIT FCMU, for 2025–2026. At the 2025 AGM, I also mentored members of my team, walking them through the process and sharing what I'd learned.
Why it mattered
The role came with responsibility for other people's growth, not only for the work itself.
Year: 2025. Categories: Startups · Learning
Mochiforge · Hatch · GIZ
Through the startup Mochiforge, I joined an incubator programme at Hatch, run together with GIZ. We presented our ideas there and learned a great deal from Hasanka, who ran the Thuru programme.
Why it mattered
It was a first-hand look at how early-stage ideas are presented, questioned and shaped.
Year: 2025. Categories: Creative · Community · Events
Coolest Projects Sri Lanka
I worked with my marketing and creative team at Coolest Projects Sri Lanka 2025, and the event closed with a photo of the full team. The day also brought a chance to see Sujit Christy again and to meet cricketer Mahela Jayawardena.
Year: 2025. Categories: Community · Learning · Events
KCD Sri Lanka
At KCD Sri Lanka 2025, Nimesha Jinarajadasa gave me a Kubernetes handbook. It was a small gift, but it has become important to both my learning and my consulting work.
Year: 2025. Categories: Startups · Knowledge Sharing
Loku Business
I took part in The Intelligent Startup programme, organised by Loku Business, and spent time sharing what I knew with another participant there.
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Year: 2024. Categories: Creative · Community · Events
STEMUP Education Foundation · Commercial Bank
At STEMUP Education Foundation's Day of Code 2024, I handled the full creative-design section and worked alongside the marketing team at Commercial Bank.
Why it mattered
Owning a complete creative stream for a public event showed me how much good design depends on working well with other teams.
Year: 2024. Categories: Community · Events · Learning
Coolest Projects Sri Lanka
At Coolest Projects Sri Lanka 2024, I worked as an assistant to Sujit Christy, with friends from the team helping and working alongside me. Sujit appreciated the support.
Why it mattered
Supporting someone else's work closely is its own kind of responsibility, and a good way to see how an event really runs.
Year: 2024. Categories: Startups · Learning
SLIIT · Carnage
At SLIIT's Entrepreneur Tech Talk, I met Joel Tillekeratne, founder of Carnage. We talked about life as an entrepreneur and how to manage time.
Year: 2024. Categories: Community · Events
Google DevFest Sri Lanka
Two years after my first DevFest on this timeline, I was back at Google DevFest Sri Lanka in 2024.
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Year: 2023. Categories: Community · Learning · Events
Google I/O Extended Sri Lanka
In 2023 I attended Google I/O Extended Sri Lanka, continuing to learn from the local developer community.
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Year: 2022. Categories: Community · Learning · Events
Google DevFest Sri Lanka
The earliest moments on this timeline come from Google DevFest Sri Lanka 2022, where I met several of the event's keynote speakers.
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