Indian Data Project
Civic data infrastructure
Open Indian government data, made legible. Budget, economy, healthcare, education, environment — 11 domains of public data turned into visual stories anyone can explore.
Ibuildthings,writeaboutthings,anddigintothingsthatwon’tleavemealone.
About
Builder, writer, and whatever else a problem needs; pick whichever's useful. They're all the same impulse: something bugs me, I can't leave it alone, and eventually it becomes a product or a pack of words.
The career has been investment banking, rural development, edtech, and AI — so far. Each one was a different room with a suspiciously similar floor plan. The thread connecting them? I keep ending up wherever the systems are messy and the problems are structural.
The workbench right now: civic data infrastructure, a calm guide to Claude for non-technical people, a writing app, and a few things I probably shouldn't have started.
I'm interested in a lot of things. That's either the problem or the point.
Work
Normies Guide to Claude
Claude, explained for humans
A calm, ten-module guide that teaches everyday people how to actually use Claude — without the jargon or the overwhelm. Built for the person who’s heard about AI tools and wants to start, not the person who already has opinions about prompt engineering.
Typerite
A writing app that does nothing
A blank page, a word counter, and a daily goal. No AI, no prompts, no social features. End-to-end encrypted so even I can’t read what you write.
IntuigenceAI
AI product strategy for an industrial startup
Product strategy for an industrial AI startup. Wrote PRDs, ran customer research across regions, and maintained a high kill rate on features — the platform shipped because we said no to most of what was asked for.
Emeritus
Product & payments at a global edtech platform
Three and a half years across payments, consumer products, and platform infrastructure at a global edtech company. Built the systems that recovered overdue revenue and smoothed out checkout. The kind of work where the impact is real but the numbers belong to someone else.
“Time heals, not because we forget. But adapt.”
Let's talk.
I'm open to conversations about products, systems, ideas, and work that's worth doing. If something here resonated, say hi.
hello[at]ronitchidara[dot]com