Pramod Lama

Hi, I'm Pramod

I love building things that make life a little easier.

I've spent more than 15 years building software used by millions of people. In my own time, I make small apps that solve problems I've run into myself.

I love a challenge, I do my best work outside my comfort zone, and I try to enjoy every bit of the ride.

Pramod Lama in a navy suit, smiling
Senior Software EngineerMicrosoft · Azure Core
Charlotte, NCEastern Time

What I've built

Two apps, each one started by a problem in my own life.

Tuckleaf · iPhone

Every word you read, kept.

A notebook for the words you meet in books. Save a word with the sentence you found it in, look it up offline, and review a few each day. Pay once, no subscription.

Why I built it

I'd stumble on a word while reading and want to keep it, so I could come back to it later instead of losing it. Nothing I tried did that without getting in the way.

And a friend of mine, a real stickler, corrected my grammar and pronunciation all the time. I was carelessly mixing up words like shoulder and soldier, and I wanted a place to save those too and practise them. So I built one.

A saved word with the sentence it came from
Tuckleaf home: recently saved words
Daily practice card

American Accent Decoded · iPhone

Say it the way Americans do.

The American accent as 69 patterns you can hear, read and say. Free to start, no account, works offline.

Why I built it

I've lived in the US for 19 years. I've picked up a lot of the accent, but I still trip over it every now and then. I wanted a way to learn it that makes a real difference, not a word at a time, so I broke the accent down into the patterns underneath it.

Pattern: T becomes a quick D
The course, with a plan for your first language
Pattern: R is never rolled, with word pairs

On the workbench

Something big is on the way.

It's the most ambitious thing I've taken on. I can't show it yet, but here's the file.

  1. Idea
  2. Building
  3. Launch
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Off the clock

Life's short, so I go.

For me, travel is about people: meeting them, seeing how they live, and eating whatever they're eating. Here's where my passport has been so far, and where it's going next.

Visited Planned

ENTRYArubaCaribbean
ENTRYCuraçaoWillemstad
ENTRYBahamasCaribbean
ENTRYMalaysiaSoutheast Asia
ENTRYSingaporeSoutheast Asia
ENTRYHong KongEast Asia
ENTRYThailandSoutheast Asia
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Reading

Always mid-book. That habit is where Tuckleaf came from.

Living

You only live once, so I try to enjoy it: good food, good people, and a flight booked for somewhere new.

Say hello

Send me a postcard.

Ideas, questions, something you're building, or a place I should visit next. I read every message.

Thank you!

Your postcard is on its way. I'll write back soon.

Pramod

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