Senior software engineer in Hyderabad. About eleven years in software: six in test automation, then five building Python backends and AI features at Deepen AI. I also build Hawzu, Snoowl Audit and Snoowl Answers on my own.https://srinathreddy.dev/en-ushttps://srinathreddy.dev/writing/one-shot-at-understanding/https://srinathreddy.dev/writing/one-shot-at-understanding/Letting people ask questions in plain English works best when a predictable query engine does the work, the AI only interprets the question, and the person can see and fix how their question was understood.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTarchitectureaihttps://srinathreddy.dev/writing/production-is-never-a-safe-state/https://srinathreddy.dev/writing/production-is-never-a-safe-state/Bots kept asking this application for files like its environment file. Blocking them one by one doesn't work. What worked was writing down which routes the application is supposed to serve, and refusing everything else.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTarchitectureobservability