I'm Sandev Abeykoon, and I'm a software engineer writing software for 6 years. I work across the full stack and my experience includes DevOps, Backend and Web Development.
Where I'm based
I live and work in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and work remotely across United States and Australian time zones.
Where I am now
These days I'm a Software Engineer at Bespoke Motor Group, building platforms for a luxury dealership group since April 2026. The years before that were spent at Maya Hive, where I walked in as a web development intern and walked out a DevOps engineer. That is where most of my infra instincts come from.
This page is the story. The complete record lives on my resume including every role with dates, highlights, and the tech stack.
How I got into code
Before any of the code, I studied Creative Technology and Design, finishing with a BA (Hons) Visual Communication Design from Limkokwing University of Creative Technology. I was inspired by User Interface design and that got me into writing code.
My first lines of code went into the A41SL Discord bot, a Node.js bot I built for a community server with my friends. It pulled me into backend development in the days when shipping meant pushing to Heroku and watching the build log scroll.
Alongside that I was building websites for local businesses. Since then I've worked with some amazing people and teams.
My tech stack
On the product side I've been enjoying building UIs with TanStack Start and React, and working with Go using domain-driven architecture. Before that, a lot of Laravel/PHP and NestJS/Node.js.
Ubuntu is my favourite operating system but at the moment I'm stuck with Windows. I have a desktop PC with a dual monitor setup.
The full list, grouped and kept current with what I ship day to day, lives on my resume.
What I'm learning now
Right now I'm learning system design, and how AI agentic systems can solve real business problems and give people back valuable time.
Certified on AWS
I'm an AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate. I went in sceptical, thinking of AWS as an expensive abstraction over compute servers. What changed my mind was seeing how much enterprise infra work it packages into services which a business can actually benefit from without a dedicated Ops team.
Field journal
My field notes, are a collection of projects I've actually built, tried, or failed at.
Getting in touch
The fastest way to reach me is sandev@blaze64.dev. My code lives on GitHub, my work history is on LinkedIn, and I still find myself on Stack Overflow.
Blaze64.dev
My personal field journal. Blaze64.dev is where I publish the logs and keep my resume current. There is no organization behind the name, it's just me.