Software Engineering Lead · IBM Cloud Object Storage · Bangalore

Yash Soni.

Engineer at heart, thinker by habit. I keep the IBM Cloud Object Storage control plane humming across ~820,000 instances — and lately I've been teaching myself to build with AI as a thought partner, teacher, and pair programmer.

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About me

Born curious.
Built different.

I'm Yash — raised in Ahmedabad, forged in Bangalore. A BE in IT from VGEC and an MTech from IIIT-Bangalore later, I've spent 8+ years at IBM turning hard problems into systems that don't wake you at 3 a.m.

Today I lead the IBM Cloud Object Storage control plane — edge, provisioning, identity, billing and metering — across ~820,000 instances, with a team of 8 engineers. Lately I've gone deep on building with AI: thought partner, teacher, pair programmer. On the side I ship privacy-first web and iOS apps.

When I step away from architecture, you'll find me obsessing over markets, meditating on existence, hunting the perfect 90s track, or asking questions that have no clean answers.

8+ Years at IBM
820K Instances owned
2 Patents filed
What I do

More than just code.

Engineering

A decade of building scalable, production-grade systems — from VGEC labs to IIIT-B research to enterprise architecture at IBM.

  • System Design
  • Tech Leadership
  • Cloud & Backend

Finance & Growth

Markets, money, and mental models. Financial literacy is a superpower; productivity isn't doing more — it's doing what matters.

  • Investing
  • Personal Finance
  • Productivity

Mind & Spirit

Philosophy, meditation, and the deep mysteries of existence. India's wisdom traditions meet modern introspection — soundtracked by the 90s.

  • Meditation
  • Philosophy
  • 90s Music
The AI chapter

Three months in,
and thoroughly hooked.

For the last few months I've been living inside AI tooling — not as a gimmick, but as a genuine collaborator. Thought partner when I'm stuck. Teacher when I'm learning. Developer when I just need it built. Here's where that's gone.

At work · IBM

Agentic engineering, daily

I use an internal agentic coding assistant every day — custom skills, subagents, slash commands, and modes — for code generation, legacy-code modernization, automated vulnerability detection and remediation, and first-pass code review.

At work · Team

Enabling the whole team

I equipped all 8 engineers on my team with agentic AI tooling — now in daily use for code generation, with more advanced workflows (automated review, modernization, and testing) coming online.

On the side

Shipping real products

I design and deliver privacy-first apps end-to-end — web, desktop, and native iOS — applying AI across design, development, and go-to-market. Four are live; four more land in 2026.

Honestly? The most interesting part isn't the code it writes — it's how it changes the questions I ask. And asking better questions has always been my favourite sport.

Good engineering isn't about clever code.
It's about decisions that age well.

— A note to my younger self

Work

Built with intention.

Privacy-first, offline-first things I design, build, and ship solo — each one to scratch my own itch, each one done with care.

Live — web apps

P2P · WebRTC Live

AirMesh

Peer-to-peer file sharing in your browser. WebRTC transport, QR-code pairing, end-to-end encrypted. No servers, no signup, no upload limits.

ReactTypeScriptWebRTCPeerJS
Productivity · Timer Live

Unopomo

A premium Pomodoro focus timer. Ten visual themes with ambient soundscapes, session stats, eight languages. Beautifully designed, fully offline.

Next.jsTypeScriptZustandPWA
Utility · Privacy Live

tinyfiles

Compress PDFs and images entirely in your browser. 100% private — files never leave your device. No uploads, no server, no data collection.

ReactTypeScriptVitePWA
Diagrams · AI Live

Sutra

Living diagrams for software engineers. Describe a system in plain English and an AI model — your key, your browser — turns it into a laid-out, fully editable canvas. Seven diagram types, architecture insights included.

ReactTypeScriptReact FlowBYOK AI

Live in your browser — native iOS landing 2026

Habit Tracker iOS · 2026

Flint

The calm, science-first habit tracker. Did you do the thing? Build honest streaks with fully on-device data. Try it free in the browser, then take it native.

ReactPWASwiftSwiftUI
Focus · Screen-time iOS · 2026

Grove

A focus app built on a different idea — not blocking harder, just widening the half-second between reaching for your phone and deciding to. Calm, never shaming, all on-device.

Next.jsSwiftSwiftUIApp Intents
Meditation iOS · 2026

Samara

Every other meditation app is a library; Samara is a path. Rooted in the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra — 112 ancient techniques, made modern. One transmission, deepening.

Next.jsSwiftSwiftUIiPadOS

In the workshop — open-source desktop, landing 2026

Medical imaging · DICOM Desktop · 2026

OpenScan

An open-source, local-first DICOM workspace — think VS Code for medical imaging. Your scans stay on your machine: no uploads, no account, no cloud. A viewer, never a diagnostic tool.

Tauri 2RustReactCornerstone3D
Toolkit

What I build with.

Languages

  • Node.js
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Swift

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • IBM Cloud
  • Object Storage (S3-compatible)
  • OpenShift
  • Kubernetes (IKS)
  • VPC
  • IAM & Identity
  • Distributed Systems
  • Billing & Metering

DevOps & CI/CD

  • Terraform
  • IBM Schematics
  • Tekton
  • Private Workers
  • OnePipeline (compliance)

Frontend & Mobile

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Vite
  • PWAs
  • SwiftUI
  • Native iOS / iPadOS
  • Tauri (desktop)

AI & Agentic Development

  • Agentic coding assistants
  • Skills · Subagents
  • Slash commands · Modes
  • AI-assisted review
  • Modernization
  • Security remediation
  • LLM-accelerated product dev
Education

  • M.Tech, Information Technology

    2017

    IIIT-Bangalore · GPA 3.3 / 4.0

  • B.E., Information Technology

    2015

    Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Ahmedabad · GPA 8.5 / 10

Patents & Publications
Writing

From the journal.

All posts
Life Mar 2026

Gratitude, but not the rehearsed kind

On reflex answers, quiet honesty, and learning to stop arguing with reality.

5 min read
Tech Coming soon

The art of writing software that lasts

A decade in: good engineering isn't clever code — it's decisions that age well. What separates systems that endure from ones that decay.

5 min read
Travel Coming soon

What India keeps teaching me

Born here, built here, still discovering it. India isn't a place — it's a living philosophy.

7 min read
Contact

Let's make
something together.

Whether it's a project, an idea, or just a good conversation — I'm all ears.