FIELD NOTEBOOK · VOL. III · 2026
Vyshnav S Deepak
Full-stack tinkerer for lean teams
LIBRARY CARD · NO. 002
- name
- Vyshnav S Deepak
- lab
- Painterman Lab
- based
- Kannur, Kerala — IST
- stack
- next · ts · rust · prisma · postgres
- since
- 2002 (5 min/day)
I make small, useful things — for the web, for developers, for myself. This notebook is where the half-formed stuff lives next to the shipped stuff. mostly the half-formed stuff
CURRENTLY IN BROWSER TABS
adalat.ai — paperless courts for India's judiciary. The day job, not a side project.
—— THE JOURNEY, IN SHORTHAND ——
2002
The first PC
Dad brings home our first computer when I'm in kindergarten. Tech time is rationed — five, sometimes ten minutes — just enough for Mario or Dave. Not enough to finish a level. Enough to get hooked. I learn to memorise menus before I touch a key.
2007
The HTML Black Book
4th standard. Dad hands me the HTML Black Book — a brick of a manual, all black cover and gold-foil title. First webpage comes out a mess of <marquee> tags and neon colours. But I'd built something from nothing. I was 8, and I was dangerous.
Jun 2024
The eCourts hack
Government apps aren't meant to be understood. I understood anyway. Reverse-engineered the eCourts mobile app, decoded their API, and built automation tools on top. This became the foundation for something bigger.
Nov 2024
Courtbase
A case management SaaS for Indian lawyers. Automated case data retrieval via the eCourts integration, calendar sync, team collaboration. Deployed on AWS Amplify. No co-founder, no funding — just shipping.
Jan 2026
Adalat AI
Joined a non-profit building AI tools for India's delayed-justice problem. Paperless courts, transcription, case triage — helping the system clear its backlog and deliver faster outcomes. Legal tech meets real impact.
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