Mahesh Auti

Engineer. Builder. In the details.

I help founders go
from idea to launch.

Full-stack development, AI agents, and agent orchestration.

From the first sketch to the systems behind it. I build products people can use, and stay with them through launch.

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  1. 8+ years building products
  2. 02 open-source macOS apps
  3. 03 essays on working with AI

01 / Work

Small tools. Real impact.

macOS tools I built, use every day, and keep open source.

01 / OPEN SOURCE

macOS window switcher · MIT

VortexFlow

Your windows, one shortcut away. A free macOS switcher that keeps your next window within reach, with a mouse button or keyboard shortcut.

  • Free & open source
  • No account
  • No telemetry

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VortexFlow · spiral overlayInteractive demo

Hover or tap a window to preview it in the hub.

02 / OPEN SOURCE

Coding agent session board

Limbo

A little clarity when your agents are busy. Follow Cursor, Claude, Grok, and Codex sessions together, right from your macOS menu bar.

  • Local signals only
  • Open source
  • Built for macOS

View Limbo on GitHub

Limbo · menu barInteractive demo

Cursor is working on site-redesign. Select a session to explore this demo.

02 / Principles

How I work

The rules I hold myself to on every build, from first sketch to launch.

  1. 01 · AI

    AI-First Thinking

    I don't bolt a model onto a finished app. I start by asking what an agent should run, what a human should decide, and how we'll know it worked.

  2. 02 · USER

    User Perspective

    I start from the person who has to use it. If the click, the wait, or the error doesn't make sense to them, the rest of the stack doesn't matter.

  3. 03 · HANDS

    Still in the Code

    A title doesn't move me off the keyboard. I lead by writing the system, including the agents, the full stack, and the path that has to work.

  4. 04 · FINISH

    Own It Through Launch

    I stay on the problem until someone can use it. Sketch to shipped. No throwing the hard parts over a wall.

03 / Experience

Built along the way.

From intern to leading an engineering team, still writing the systems.

  1. Quattr

    2023 to Present · Remote

    1. Acting Engineering Manager

      AI search platform covering SEO, AEO, and GEO. I lead the engineering team and still write the systems.

    2. Lead Software Engineer
    3. Sr. Full Stack Engineer

  2. Springworks

    2022 to 2023 · Remote

    1. Software Development Engineer 2

      Node.js and serverless product work.

  3. LTI

    2021 to 2022 · Pune

    1. Senior Product Engineer

      Joined through LTI's acquisition of Cuelogic Technologies.

  4. Cuelogic Technologies

    2017 to 2021 · Pune

    1. Senior Software Engineer
    2. Software Engineer
    3. Junior Software Engineer
    4. Intern

04 / Blog

Notes from the work.

Essays on working with AI models, published on LinkedIn.

  1. The Evaluation Bottleneck: Why Judging AI Output Is Now the Hardest Part of the Job

    Generation is cheap. The job is proving the output is right.

  2. Stop Underestimating AI Models

    The bottleneck is describing the situation, not the model.

  3. AI Isn't Just Making Us Work Faster. It's Forcing Us to Think at a Higher Level.

    Habit work compresses. Judgment, systems, and imagination do not.

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