Nishad Patne

Designing congruent spaces for humans, agents and interfaces.

I'm Nishad, a design engineer at ASU's Learning Engineering Institute.

I design and build tools for people and AI agents, choosing where automation helps and where people need control.

About me

A river stays for all of history, yet all of its water changes. Its soil, its plants and its fish change too. Civilizations start and end at rivers. So what is a river, when all of it changes? It is calm and violent, rapid and gentle. That is how I see my work: always flowing and changing, with a permanence in its shape.

Writings

All writings

I write to turn my thoughts into an argument. It made sense to me when I wrote it; I hope it does when you read it.

Doing is the best way to learn. Here I play with tools and technologies, feels and philosophies. They're my icebreakers.

Books, guides and tools I keep coming back to.

About

Nishad at a lighthouse in South Portland, Maine

This is me at a lighthouse in South Portland, Maine. Went in hoping to survive on Arizona training. Immediately learned my lesson.

Ears and nose completely frozen, still smiling for the camera. Bought a wool hat the very next morning. Thought the views were worth the freeze.

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