About

Hey, I’m Rounak Nandanwar — a Staff Software Engineer at Agoda, currently working as part of the Affiliate Content Team. I love taking messy backend problems, turning them into elegant architecture, and making high-traffic systems feel boringly reliable. Before Agoda, I have worked at Gojek (GoTo), Ula, OYO and Factset.

Outside work, I’m a collection of hobbies in different stages of life:

• I used to play guitar (and still believe I’ll get back to it someday).
• I used to go on long bike rides, but now I am married.
• These days, I’m focused on health, fitness, and eating better — even though I’m not a foodie, just love home made food
• I love traveling, especially the kind of travel where the plan is “let’s see relax at the resort.”
• And whenever I’m out, you’ll probably find me holding a camera and taking too many photos of my wife. I like to believe I take good pictures, but by the number of retakes that my wife likes, I am convinced otherwise.
• I occasionally pick up a book, usually when life slows down enough for me to read.

Professionally or personally, I enjoy learning, experimenting, and building things that make sense. This site is where I share ideas, notes, experiments, and whatever else I find interesting.

Thanks for stopping by — stay a while. 🙂