About Foundry

Ideas forged through practice.

A digital workbench for ideas, experiments, and discoveries across everyday life.

Foundry is a place to explore how things work, test ideas in practice, and share what holds up. Some explorations involve software, AI, and infrastructure. Others begin in the kitchen, with a new tool, or with a question worth investigating. The common thread is curiosity, hands-on work, and honest lessons learned.

What You'll Find

Engineering & AI

Software architecture, applied AI, developer experience, autonomous systems, and the evolving craft of building software.

Systems & Infrastructure

Distributed systems, self-hosting, edge computing, homelabs, and practical approaches to building reliable systems.

Experiments & Tools

Prototypes, technical experiments, useful tools, workflows, and lessons from things built or tested firsthand.

Food & Everyday Craft

Cooking, ingredients, culinary techniques, and other discoveries that make everyday life more interesting.

Featured Work
Engineering & AI

What Is AI-Native Engineering? Rethinking the Tech Stack

AI-native engineering goes beyond AI-assisted coding. Explore how AI agents could change the way we choose programming languages, frameworks, and software architecture.

Behind Foundry
Samdeesh Menia

Samdeesh Menia

Engineering leader and technical architect exploring AI-native engineering, software architecture, and developer experience, alongside experiments and discoveries beyond software.