Akshay Anand
Software engineer at Amazon in Berlin. Runner, photographer, traveller. I build things, run marathons, trek mountains, and capture the world through lenses.
Disciplines
What I do
Engineering
Full-stack development, distributed systems, and cloud-native applications. Java, Python, React, AWS.
Photography
Landscapes, astrophotography, and travel cinematography. Turning moments into visual stories.
Art
Pencil portraits and sketches. Capturing expressions and personalities through graphite.
Writing
Technical articles, book reviews, and personal reflections on software and life.
Selected Work
Recent projects
Apple 1 Emulator
A faithful emulator of the 1976 Apple 1 - the machine that started it all.
Shopcart
A Flipkart/Amazon clone - an e-commerce platform built with scalable microservices architecture.
iCast
A simple podcast player for macOS with Apple Silicon support.
CodeComm
A Slack clone for developer communities with real-time channel-based messaging.