In this post, I share insights from a transformative session on open source contributions led by Malinda Alahakoon and Jayasanka Weerasinghe, and how it inspired my career transition plans.

After two years in a stable remote job, I walked away. Not out of burnout, but something deeper — a quiet rebellion against maintenance mode and meaningless meetings.

This is a personal reflection on why I keep jumping from one project to another without finishing — driven by excitement, perfectionism, and Shiny Object Syndrome. I explore the mindset behind it and share the small but practical changes I’m making to finally break the cycle and follow through.

In this post, I share how I built my personal blog sithira.me using the Tailwind Next.js Starter Blog template. I cover the reasons behind building it, the tech stack I used, my writing workflow, and my future plans for the blog.