How a Masterclass and a Messy Problem Led Me to Architect a Public Tech System

While working at a government ministry as part of the Bharat Digital Fellowship, I was solving a simple problem: classifying blurry images using open source tools for verification. But that task revealed a deeper systemic challenge, a complete lack of proper internal documentation. I brought this up during a masterclass with Zerodha CTO Kailash Nadh. He explained how even their team struggled with documentation and shared an idea: what if LLMs could generate documentation directly from source code and decisions?

That sparked a journey. I brainstormed a lightweight architecture for an LLM-powered documentation system for public tech, built on open source tooling. I pitched this to the ministry and it was approved to move forward.

In this talk, I’ll share how a real-world pain point turned into a system idea, and how FOSS tools + community conversations enabled me to go from frustration to innovation — as a recent graduate.

• You don’t have to be an expert to propose meaningful ideas in public tech.

• Small FOSS tools can open doors to solving big system problems.

• Open conversations with builders can lead to architectural insights.

• LLMs can be used meaningfully to solve real documentation pain points.

• Idea-stage thinking, when paired with open source, is still worth sharing.