Ashwin Phatak is a founder and seasoned software engineer based in Hyderabad with 20+ years of experience building software products from scratch. He leads DeepStack Software after co-founding APP2 Technologies and a period as an independent consultant, combining product leadership with hands-on engineering. Ashwin is an active open-source contributor to realm-js, where he implemented file-deletion and migration APIs, added aggregate support, and resolved platform-specific build/runtime issues—evidence of his depth in mobile storage and cross-platform debugging. Describing himself as a "Learning Machine," he pairs continuous technical curiosity with pragmatic delivery. He excels at turning ambiguous requirements into stable, shipped systems, bringing entrepreneurial grit and low-level problem solving to product development.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
B.E., Computer Engineering, B.E., Computer Engineering at Pune Institute of Computer Technology
Realm is a mobile database: an alternative to SQLite & key-value stores
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer
Contributions:26 commits, 31 PRs, 41 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Ashwin focused on enhancing the functionality and stability of the Realm JavaScript library, specifically for mobile development. Contributions included implementing a new API to delete Realm files and a migration API for deleting models. The user also addressed platform-specific build issues, specifically resolving an error related to a missing header file on Ubuntu and a port conflict on Android. Furthermore, the user added support for aggregate functions.
Contributions:3 reviews, 132 PRs, 106 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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