A security lead who came up through engineering, and still makes games at night.https://akilfernando.dev/https://akilfernando.dev/blog/portfolio-that-is-not-vibe-coded/https://akilfernando.dev/blog/portfolio-that-is-not-vibe-coded/Why this site is set like a journal, ships almost no JavaScript, and leans on a single cobalt accent instead of the usual gradient hero.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTmetadesignastrohttps://akilfernando.dev/blog/security-like-a-developer/https://akilfernando.dev/blog/security-like-a-developer/I did not start in security. I started by building things, and that is exactly why the security side makes sense to me.Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTsecurityidentityengineeringhttps://akilfernando.dev/blog/what-an-isms-actually-asks-of-you/https://akilfernando.dev/blog/what-an-isms-actually-asks-of-you/I expected ISO 27001 to be a checklist of controls. It turned out to be a habit, and it quietly changed how I think about security.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTsecurityiso 27001grchttps://akilfernando.dev/blog/inheriting-a-production-app/https://akilfernando.dev/blog/inheriting-a-production-app/Taking over a live portal I did not write, with six integrations holding it together, and learning that the first real work is reading.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTsoftwareengineeringmaintenancehttps://akilfernando.dev/blog/learning-graphics-from-scratch/https://akilfernando.dev/blog/learning-graphics-from-scratch/I wanted to know how a triangle becomes a pixel, so I wrote two renderers in C++, one on OpenGL and one on Vulkan. Here is what stuck.Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTgraphicsc++game devhttps://akilfernando.dev/blog/ammo-equals-life/https://akilfernando.dev/blog/ammo-equals-life/I built a shooter around a single stubborn idea: your ammo is your health. Here is what that one rule did to the whole game.Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTgame devdesignunity