start-here.md · edited 5 Oct 2026

Hi, I'm Sachin.

I'm a program manager. I take messy, people-heavy ideas and turn them into [[programs]] that ship, [[communities]] that run themselves, and the [[systems]] that hold them together. Lately I teach [[AI agents]] the repetitive parts, and write down what I [[learn]].

ROLE
Program Manager, μLearn
NEXT
Independent: programs for startups, NGOs and edtech teams
METHOD
Charter → align people → ship v1 → run the cadence
BASED
Kerala, India. Building for everywhere
Curious about almost everything. I learn what a problem needs, then act on it. Every card below opens as a program doc.
~/control-room / graphclick a node
/PROGRAMS/COMMUNITIES/SYSTEMS/AI/LEARNINGSACHIN RAJ M
Linked from · 2learning-circles.md: “a format small enough to copy without me in the room”retro-2026-q3.md: “fix the data before automating it”
01 · BOARD · CYCLE 42

What I'm building.

7 programs · click any card
● Shipped3
◐ Building2
○ Next2
Your program here.Bring the mess. I'll set the goal, align the people and ship v1.Start a request →
02 · templates.md

Give me the mess.

Pick one. Every build leaves a template behind, so the next person doesn’t start from zero.

~/templates / systems.tplrunning ▍
Systems
The rails a thing runs on. Built once, used by everyone.
  1. Inputs
  2. Rules
  3. Owners
  4. Feedback loop
TOOLSLinearNotionObsidianGitHub
DONE ATμLearn
03 · stack.md → templates.md

My toolbox.

Open source where I can. Whatever gets the team moving where I can’t. Here’s what I used, and for which build.

8 tools · 6 use cases · 20 links
LinearPLANWhere every program becomes issues, cycles and owners.
USED IN 4
NotionDOCSPlaybooks, templates and the org handbook.
USED IN 4
SlackTALKFast loops with partners and teams.
USED IN 3
ZulipOPEN SOURCEThreaded, async community conversations.
USED IN 2
ObsidianTHINKMy second brain. Everything links to everything.
USED IN 2
Hermes AgentAIAn agent that does the boring parts for me.
USED IN 2
LangChainAIWiring LLMs into real workflows.
USED IN 1
GitHubBUILDWhere the experiments live.
USED IN 2
05 · principles.md

Things I believe.

  1. 01If it lives in one head, it isn’t a system.
  2. 02Ship v1. Then make it good.
  3. 03Write it down so I can leave.
  4. 04Learn anything. Fast.
06 · off-the-clock.md

Off the clock.

The stuff that doesn’t fit on a CV but explains most of it.

01
∞Cups of chai per sprint. Rough estimate.
02
1 / moNew thing I teach myself, just to see how it works.
03
47Browser tabs open. Each one a future project.
04
KeralaHome base. Building from here, for everywhere.
05
2,000+Obsidian notes. Everything links to everything.
06
YesAnswer to “can you figure this out?”, usually before I know how.
07 · guestbook.md

Sign the wall.

Leave your mark before you go. Keep it nice, no cap.

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08 · engage.md · status: open

Bring the mess.

A program, a team, an org, a pipeline, or just a weird idea. For startups, NGOs and edtech teams with something that matters and no one to run it.

  1. WEEK 0A 30-minute callYou describe the problem. I ask who decides.
  2. WEEK 1A one-page charterObjective, scope, owners, risks. Signed off.
  3. WEEK 6A shipped v1Running on a cadence your team can keep.
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