Niko Vijayaratnam
Product Builder

Niko Vijayaratnam

Photo taken on 9 May 2026 at Bala Lake with a iPhone Air
About
Who I am
Based in the North West of the UK.
My work days are spent leading Ground Transport Platform Product at Booking.com.
Partner to S · Dad to V & V
Striving to be healthier and fitter
Working to get more done with my time - mainly through AI automations
Constantly learning
Writing
My Blog
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My Coding Pipeline in 2025: How I Ship Like a Team of Five on My Own
My Coding Pipeline in 2025: How I Ship Like a Team of Five on My Own
I'm a product manager by trade. But I'm shipping production code, maintaining multiple live products, and running active Git repos across half a dozen projects. This is how that works.
nikovijay.com May 2026
Context is King: How I Use AI, Obsidian, and a Personal Task Board to Build Like a One-Person Studio
Context is King: How I Use AI, Obsidian, and a Personal Task Board to Build Like a One-Person Studio
The effort in software development is moving upstream. What is scarce now is specification — the quality of the brief.
nikovijay.com Mar 2026