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title: "FAQ · Ashwin Gopalsamy"
description: "Frequently asked questions about Ashwin Gopalsamy, his engineering work, this site, and its read-only agent interfaces."
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# faq

A concise, current reference for the questions people and agents most often need answered.

## What does Ashwin Gopalsamy do?

Ashwin Gopalsamy is a Staff Software Engineer at Pismo, a Visa company, building payment authorization infrastructure.

## What technical domains does he work in?

His work focuses on Go, distributed systems, payment authorization, ISO 8583, and PCI-DSS.

## Where is he based and does he work remotely?

He works remotely from Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, India.

## What is his professional background?

He previously built core-banking microservices at Solaris SE in Berlin.

## What can visitors find on this site?

The site includes selected work, technical notes, books, watch lists, links, photos, cafes, and an AI briefing.

## How can someone get in touch?

Use the site's calendar link or email hello@ashwingopalsamy.in to start a conversation.

## How should an AI system use this site?

AI systems should begin with /ai or /llms.txt, use the machine-readable resources, and avoid inventing facts not covered by those sources.

## Does the site provide an MCP server?

Yes. The site provides a read-only MCP server at https://ashwingopalsamy.in/mcp; agents can discover it through the Server Card and MCP manifest.