About the Author

Hi, I’m Rakesh Venkat β€” a developer, researcher, and lifelong tinkerer who likes building tools that:

  • Automate away repetitive work
  • Make it easier to explore ideas
  • Give people nicer ways to learn from and navigate code

Most of the projects in this book revolves around:

  • πŸ¦€ Rust and terminal tools
  • πŸ§ͺ Ratatui TUIs (very meta)
  • πŸ“š Documentation and knowledge organization
  • 🧩 Research & experiments that later become libraries or tools

I think of this book as a logbook of the systems I’m building and how they fit together.

What I’m Trying to Do With These Projects

The broader goals behind these tools:

  • Build high-leverage tools that save time for other developers.
  • Collect and organize knowledge (like the Ratatui ecosystem) so people don’t have to rediscover the same things repeatedly.
  • Treat documentation as a first-class artifact, not an afterthought.

A Note to Future Me (and Future Readers)

This book is partly a gift to future me: so I can come back in six months, read a chapter, and instantly remember why I made certain decisions.

If you’re reading it as someone else:

  • I hope it helps you understand the design of these projects.
  • I’d love it if it inspires you to build your own tools, or contribute ideas and improvements.