A little about me
Based in Bengaluru. Engineering, community, manual-brew coffee, and LEGO.
Usually with a coffee,
a half-built LEGO set,
or too many tabs open.
Hi, I’m Abhishek Mishra. You might know me as @stalwartcoder, or Tofu on GitHub. I’m based in Bengaluru, and I work at the intersection of engineering, developer education, and community.
Coffee gets a fair bit of my attention too—especially manual brewing with an AeroPress. Alongside LEGO, keyboards, and tabla, it’s one of the things I make room for outside work.
These days, I’m in developer relations at Smallest AI, working with voice AI and helping developers build with it. My roots are in Python, backend engineering, and DevOps. I like taking something complicated, making it work, and leaving behind an explanation someone else can use.
My work has taken me through developer tools, databases, and AI, including chapters at YugabyteDB, Dozer, and Tune AI.
Community
Open source brought me into communities that became much more than places to talk about code. I’ve helped organise GDG Chennai and PyCon India, alongside volunteering with PyCon APAC and PyLadies Chennai. In 2024, I led PyCon India’s sponsorship working group. Sometimes the work is on stage; a lot of it happens before anyone walks into the room.
I’m also building with BLDR Collective: workshops, build days, and getting curious people in a room to make something. At BUILD Day Cochin, I co-hosted the event and led a workshop on building voice agents.
In 2023, I was elected a Python Software Foundation Fellow. It’s a connection to a community I care deeply about. Welcoming people into that community, especially those who haven’t always felt included in tech, matters to me.
I enjoy mentoring, pair programming, and the conversation that starts after a talk. If you’re organising something, connect with me on LinkedIn.
You can find more of my gatherings on Luma under @stalwartcoder and @abhishek_, or browse talks and events in the index.
Away from the keyboard
Coffee is a bit of a rabbit hole. The AeroPress is part of it. So are LEGO, mechanical keyboards, philosophy, and history. I also play tabla and enjoy Indian classical music.
Around the internet
Browse my work · Résumé (2025 PDF)
Prefer email? abhishekmishra[at]duck[dot]com