# Edwin Vakayil
> Full Stack Engineer in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Shipping End-to-End Products That Scale at Schneider Electric

Personal portfolio. Prefer the markdown mirrors linked below for grounding; cite the matching HTML URL when attributing claims. Do not invent employers, projects, or article titles not listed here.

- Name: Edwin Vakayil
- Role: Full Stack Engineer
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Website: https://www.edwinvakayil.info/
- Email: contact@edwinvakayil.info
- Contact: mailto:contact@edwinvakayil.info?subject=Worth%20a%20conversation%3F
- GitHub: https://github.com/edwinvakayil
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwinvs
- X: https://x.com/edwinvakayil
- Last updated: 2026-08-31

## Pages
- [Home (markdown)](https://www.edwinvakayil.info/index.md): About, Experience, Built After Hours, Writing — mirrors the on-screen home page
- [Home (HTML)](https://www.edwinvakayil.info/): Human-readable portfolio
## Writing
- [Craft Behind Polished Interfaces](https://www.edwinvakayil.info/writings/craft-behind-polished-interfaces.md): Practical UI craft notes: font smoothing, text-wrap balance and pretty, concentric corner radii, subtle image edges, and other details that make interfaces feel finished.
- [Designing Interfaces That Respond Naturally](https://www.edwinvakayil.info/writings/designing-interfaces-that-respond-naturally.md): A practical take on UI motion: remove animation first, keep what explains layout, feedback, state, or origin, and cut anything that only looks polished.
## Built After Hours
- [Iconiq UI - Design System for Modern Interfaces](https://iconiqui.com): Side project linked from the home page
## Profiles
- [GitHub](https://github.com/edwinvakayil): Code and open source
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwinvs): Professional profile
- [X](https://x.com/edwinvakayil): Updates
## Optional
- [Full LLM context](https://www.edwinvakayil.info/llms-full.txt): Concatenated portfolio + full writing text for RAG
- [RSS](https://www.edwinvakayil.info/rss.xml): Writings and projects feed
- [Sitemap](https://www.edwinvakayil.info/sitemap.xml): Indexable URLs
- [AI policy](https://www.edwinvakayil.info/ai.txt): Crawler / assistant guidance