I'm Vrash.

Currently

• Founder, CEO, and Builder. Ombox
• Agent whisperer on Lovable and other platforms. Early adopter

Previously

• Interim CTO at Checkatrade
• Director - AI Efforts, Labs, TradeMore at Checkatrade
• Leadership roles at carwow, Amazon, Bankbazaar, Oracle and a few startups, including some time at YC (ImagineK12).
• Competitive programmer (repos on hacker rank/facebook hacker cup/ advent of code/ google code jam)
• Expert on Stackoverflow before ChatGPT ate their bacon - Profile

Interests

• Startups, AI, Tech
• Fundraising
• Investing and advice
• Chess
• Math/Physics nerd
• D&I, Neuroinclusion (Autistic + ADHD)

Talk to me @vrashabh or feel free to DM me on LinkedIn. I try and respond to most folks on Sunday nights. Open to consulting on how to transform your orgs into becoming AI first.

My new substack - Signal Over Noise

Previous Medium and older blogs

• Engineering leadership in a non ZIRP world
• Inclusive Agile: Extending the Reach of the Manifesto
• A scoring system for assessing burnout
• Engineering management as a Socratic Dialogue
• Career progression at carwow
• The Engineering Manager README
• Help yourself to better 1:1s

Older (less interesting)

• Interview engineers like a Reverse Bloom Filter
• Summarizing Sam Altmans CS183 classes

Also in this book on engineering management! Buy here!