Rewrite and Makeover

I've been neglecting my own site for too long, so here's an update and some more.

As an afternoon project and a break from working on Picsna, I decided to rewrite and give this site a complete makeover. It's written in Python on Pylons, and I ditched MySQL in favor of MongoDB. This is the same stack I am using for a bunch of other projects including Picsna, and so far I am loving it. I highly recommend you check out Pylons + MongoDB if you haven't already: it's simple, fast, elegant and just a joy to work.

It's interesting to look back at the evolution of this site, starting from bunch of static html pages way back in 2002 on a TK domain, then to a flash based site, next to Wordpress, after that to a custom PHP site, and finally to this version. Now I just need to write more and better content.

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I'm Janitha, a Computer Engineer and Technology Enthusiast living in Houston, Texas. My interests include Technology, Sciences, Photography, Startups, and everything new and innovative. Currently I am the Tech Lead and Founder at Picsna.

On the flip side, I am a avid music and movie collector, and I enjoy abstract and modern art as a source of inspiration. Driving, playing Tennis, Sleeping, Cooking, Traveling and eating copious amounts of Tangelos and Pistachios are some of my other favorite past times.