Arav Mehta
Software engineer in Bangalore ·
I build quiet software — tools that do one thing well, load fast, and stay out of the way. Mostly web, sometimes systems, always the unglamorous parts that make products feel solid.
Currently at Forma, working on infrastructure for design tools. Before that, payments and an attempt at a startup that taught me more than it earned.
Projects
ledgerline2026
A plain-text accounting tool. One file in, clarity out.
stillwater2025
Static site generator with zero configuration and one opinion.
hushd2024
Notification daemon that batches the noise into two daily digests.
paperknife2023
CLI that turns saved articles into clean, readable EPUBs.
Experience
2023 —Forma · senior engineer, infrastructure
2020 — 23Cashew · engineer, payments platform
2019 — 20Tindel · co-founder, rest in peace
2017 — 19Mindgrove · engineer, web
Notes
In praise of boring stacksapr 2026
Latency is a featurejun 2025