shipped
fx-export↗
5-effect multi-platform WebGL visual generator for designers. Live at narenkatakam.github.io/fx-export.
I think in systems, design with taste, and build intelligent products with passion — mostly with AI as my engineering partner.
Building Now
Open Source
Now
active
ux-audit↗
A published skill that teaches AI coding assistants to think in UI/UX principles. 12 principles, 13 reference docs.
active
narenkatakam.com↗
This site. Built with Astro, Tailwind, and AI as engineering partner. Designed in Figma, animated in Three.js.
Case Studies
2018 – 2024
Projects
2024
AI Powered Internal Developer Platform
Developer platforms are products too. Built a 9-layer AI-native platform where agents handle code reviews, security scans, and compliance — so engineers ship faster without sacrificing quality.
Insurance
0→1
2022
Data Drivenness with Data Trinity
Data problems are culture problems. Created the Data Trinity framework — availability, accessibility, literacy — to move a manufacturing giant from siloed spreadsheets to data-driven decisions.
Manufacturing
1→n
2021
Digital Twin with AI for Drug Discovery
Pitched a digital twin to compress drug discovery timelines using ML-driven cohort simulation. The vision landed. Data governance killed the funding. The ambition was right — the organization wasn't ready.
Pharmaceutical
0→1
2019
Smart Nation Connected Experience
What if government worked like an API? Connected siloed agencies through AI agents and conversational interfaces — years before 'agentic' became a buzzword. Then COVID hit, and we pivoted overnight.
Government
0→1, 1→n, n→∞
2019
AI Recommendation Engine for a SuperApp
An airline becoming a super-app had millions of users but zero personalization data. Designed a 3-layer recommendation engine — from basic rules to reinforcement learning — solving the cold-start problem.
Aviation
n→∞
2018
Data Platform Design with LLM Support
Airlines were losing aircraft to preventable hard landings. Built a data platform combining real-time analytics, predictive maintenance, and an AI chatbot — turning scattered flight data into actionable intelligence.
Aviation
0→1, 1→n, n→∞
2018
Invisible Banking Experience with AI
Banks were losing to tech giants who understood their customers better. Designed an 'invisible bank' — one that lives inside daily routines, analyzing spending in real-time, anticipating needs before you feel them.
Banking
1→n, n→∞
Weekly Build Log
I write a weekly build log
Where I document building intelligent products with AI — the honest version.