Writing & Publishing
Writing books and building VTR Press into a practical publishing workflow.
Engineer · Author · Photographer · Traveller
V.T.R. Ravi Kumar
I spent 25 years building software. Now I'm building things that interest me.
Now
What I'm working on
Writing, building, exploring and learning — one project at a time.
Ride Together
Building a group-riding platform focused on making motorcycle rides safer and easier to organize.
Photography & Travel
Exploring photography, travel and the road — with plenty more miles ahead.
Books
Stories, ideas and experiences in print.
Engineering Home
Rediscovering the Engineer Beyond the Workplace
A personal journey from a career in software engineering to building, experimenting and rediscovering the engineer beyond the workplace.
Gen Z
Generation Zero
The White Envelope
Projects
Things I'm building.
01
Ride Together
A platform for organizing and managing group motorcycle rides — from membership and registration to participation and real-time ride data.
02
VTR Press
An independent publishing workflow built around Markdown, Typst and automation to make producing professional books repeatable and maintainable.
03
HomeLab Engineering
A personal engineering laboratory exploring home automation, Raspberry Pi, Home Assistant, networking and practical engineering.
Writing
Ideas, observations and stories.
Essay
The Engineer Beyond the Workplace
Thoughts on engineering, technology, work and discovering what remains when the job title is gone.
Notes
Building Things That Matter
Notes from building software, books, tools and experiments — and the lessons that emerge along the way.
Story
The White Envelope
A story from a longer journey — where memory, people and moments become part of the writing.
Photography · Travel · Rides
The road is part of the story.
Photography, journeys and miles on two wheels.
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