01 / Desktop app
Peeku
A desk-health app for long days on a computer.
Peeku offers eye-rest and movement reminders and a local record of your desk habits, with editions for Mac and Windows.
Amit Patnaik New Delhi
Communications professional. Public policy.
Software developer.
More than 15 years in corporate communications and HR, including experience working with senior government leadership. A self-taught developer, I use AI to build apps and tools of my own.
01 / 08 Work, writing, and my journey Scroll ↓
02 / Selected work
The work
02 / For Indian drivers
FuelSaathi
E20 information for your car, with the source attached.
E20 is petrol blended with 20% ethanol. Choose a make, model, and year to look up the available guidance. FuelSaathi includes manufacturer references, mileage tools, and car-care advice, on the web and iPhone.
Also live: MustEatList, Sift for X, Pace, and earlier work.
03 / My journey with AI
How I began building software
I started using AI to explore questions and work through drafts, then began learning to build software with it.
Learning by building
Peeku, my desk-health app, began with a problem I knew well: spending too long at the screen. FuelSaathi followed a question about E20 petrol and my car, where the answer needed a source I could check.
Once people could use the apps, I had to check the claims behind them and understand where users got stuck or needed a better explanation.
At my own desk
What I changed about my AI workspace
I kept repeating background, losing corrections, and getting plausible drafts in the wrong voice. I now keep relevant instructions and earlier decisions in an organised workspace and bring them into a task when needed.
04 / Behind the work
What is already in the model, and what I give it
Training shapes what a model can generally do. For a particular task, the answer also depends on which instructions, files, and tool results it can use.
01 / The model
General capability
A conversation does not permanently write a new fact into the model.
02 / The current task
What it can use now
Instructions, supplied material, and results from tools belong here. Missing material cannot reliably shape this answer.
03 / Saved records
Bring in what matters
A note saved elsewhere has to be retrieved. It may also be out of date.
05 / Making this site
How this site changed
I first imagined this material as a presentation. An early site turned it into short screens and asked visitors to keep clicking Next. Using it showed me how little a visitor could see at once. I moved the work and the explanation onto one scrolling homepage, then kept the game near the end for anyone who wanted to try the idea.
06 / Play
Can you help Fetch finish the job?
Choose a dog and try the first task. If it gets stuck, change the setup and try again. Check what comes back before calling it a success.
Fetch a bottle
A pull strap makes the fridge usable. A routine or starting strength helps the dog complete the sequence.
Start a story
The relevant character note must reach the desk before the dog can use it.
Build a small website
An open route, usable workbench, and working preview all matter.
The interactive game loads when you reach this section. The examples above remain the explanation if scripts are unavailable.
A routine in Fetch stands for reusable guidance, not permanent model training. The game’s rules are fixed; real AI results are less predictable.
07 / Selected writing
Writing
Essay / AI in practice
Browse all writing The configuration layer
Why I think the practical AI opportunity for Indian institutions lies in fitting existing models to their work.
Read the essay ↗Explainer / AI infrastructureThe AI stack
Follow an answer from the app down through serving, models, chips, and power.
Explore the stack ↗Essay / Communication and softwareMake the system legible
What writing an explanation and designing a useful interface have in common.
Read the essay ↗08 / About
Get in touch
I’m based in New Delhi. My apps and tools are independent projects, alongside my work in communications and public policy.