LakTEK A Sri Lankan, A Rubyist and A Web Dude

Are you creating software to impress one person?

Ever wondered why we have so much of crappy and bloated software? The root cause they are built just to impress one person.
This is a widespread disease in software industry. At the academic level, you will find students writing software to impress their mentors and get the required credit. Then you get the developers […]


Six virtues of being an IT undergrad…

If you were one of the early readers of my blog, you would know that I was selected to do my Bachelors in IT at Faculty of Information Technology in University of Moratuwa. It’s hard to believe 3 years have gone pass in a flash, but reminiscing what I gathered during this period it feels […]


Love what you do

In “Maybe you can’t make money doing what you love”, Seth Godin challenges the conventional wisdom about careers. He argues sometimes converting your passion in to a profession may not work. Though most of us may not willing to accept, this is the harsh reality of life. Rather than doing what you love, you have […]


Startups and Real Life

Yesterday I participated in the first Academic Symposium organized by our faculty. The topic for the day was Graduation, Entrepreneurship and Success. The panel, which was modereated by Peter D’Almeida (he is also an old Benedictine) included Dr.Sanjeeva, Wegapitiya (Laughs), Harsha Purasinghe (Microimage), Ramesh Shamuganathan (JKCS) and Mohammed Azmeez (Concept Nursery). The discussion raised some […]