The TV
As a kid, I genuinely wondered how people were entering the television from behind. The solution, in my mind, was simple: open it and show me.
PERSONAL SYSTEM // ONLINE
I was the kid who
wanted to know
what was inside.
From asking Dad to open the TV because I was convinced people were getting inside it, to opening CPUs, fixing Windows, assembling PCs, modding cars and building IoT projects.
The hardware changed. The curiosity didn't.
DO NOT
SIMPLY
USE IT.
UNDERSTAND IT.
SIMPLY
USE IT.
UNDERSTAND IT.
TARANDEEP COMPUTERCRT-01
C:\> curiosity.exeWELCOME, STRANGER.YOU HAVE ENTERED MY COMPUTER.>_
POWER
PENTIUMMMX / 199x
DIY KITRPIUNOSSD
SCROLL TO OPEN THE MACHINE↓
01Curiosity wasn't
ORIGIN STORY
Curiosity wasn't
a hobby. It was default.
I've always had a slightly dangerous relationship with anything that had a back panel.
“Dad, open it. I want to see how it works.”
— probably said more times than anyone remembersThe P1
Then came our home PC — the horizontal CPU, the big CRT, the feeling that this beige box contained an entire universe.
The games
Cassette console connected to the TV with three RGB wires. Mario, Tekken 3 and fighting games. First I played them. Then I opened them.
02Playing wasn't
THE EVOLUTION
Playing wasn't
enough. I needed to know.
PHASE 01
What is inside?
Open the TV. Find the mystery. Satisfy the question.
→
PHASE 02
Break it. Fix it.
Open the CPU. Fix Windows. Upgrade to XP. Install things just to see what happens.
→
PHASE 03
Build it yourself.
Assemble PCs. Make bootable pendrives. Upgrade RAM. Put an SSD into old machines. Try Linux.
→
PHASE 04
Make it different.
Electronics, car mods, home automation, Raspberry Pi, Arduino and whatever comes next.
PHOTOSHOPLearned because curiosity said: “What else can this do?”
ILLUSTRATORAnother tool. Another rabbit hole.
SOFTWARE COLLECTIONYes, there was a ridiculous collection of software and cracks. Kid-me wanted every tool. Adult-me now appreciates what it takes to build one.
COLLEGEPeople came for Windows installs, software setups and the famous proxy problem when campus Wi-Fi blocked downloads.
THE ESTEEMDad handed me the keys to our Maruti Esteem. First thing I did was upgrade it: 4 speakers and a Bluetooth single-DIN.
03Same brain.
THE PROFESSIONAL BUILD
Same brain.
Bigger machines.
$ whoami
Tarandeep Singh
$ role
Software Engineer, SMTS
$ team
Agentic Transformation, Salesforce
$ focus
AI Agents · MCP · RAG
$ operating_mode
Curious · Build · Debug · Repeat
$ _
THENOpening CPUs to see what happens.
NOWBuilding AI agents, MCP tools and platforms at Salesforce.
SOFTWARESYSTEMSARCHITECTUREAI AGENTSMCPDEBUGGING
04Show the problem.
PROBLEMS I'VE SOLVED
Show the problem.
Show what got built.
Four case files from recent work — AI search, an MCP platform, agents that act on data, and a robot that talks back.
CASE 01 · AI SEARCH
PROBLEM
Thousands of offerings. Multiple sources. Users didn't always know what to search for.
↓
BUILT
AI Search
10K+ searches · 8K+ users in the first two months
RAGVector SearchReActLLM Gateway
CASE 02 · MCP PLATFORM
PROBLEM
The platform had useful capabilities, but using them meant leaving the AI tools people already work in.
↓
BUILT
MCP Platform
Claude · Cursor · Slack
Node.jsMCPSSOVue
CASE 03 · AI AGENTS
PROBLEM
Turning a requirement into working Salesforce data was still a manual, repetitive step.
↓
BUILT
AI Agents
Create · edit · localize · summarize
LangChainPythonLLM ReasoningSalesforce
CASE 04 · AI ROBOT
PROBLEM
A physical robot should understand and interact with people — not just answer text.
↓
BUILT
AI Robot
Presented at TrailheaDX India
LLMRAGVoicePhysical Interaction
05Work is only one
HOME LAB
Work is only one
place I build things.
If something can be modified, automated, upgraded, repaired or made unnecessarily interesting, I probably want to try it.
PC://MODRAM ↑SSD / LINUX / OLD HARDWARE
PC Mods
RAM upgrades, SSDs in old PCs, Linux experiments and the joy of making hardware useful again.
CAR://MOD4CHAUDIO / LIGHTS / MODS
Car Mods
Started with Dad's Esteem and never stopped. Going beyond what the manufacturer shipped: audio, electronics, practical mods and fun ideas.
HOME://AUTOIF → THENALEXA / AUTOMATION
Home Automation
Turning a home office into a small playground of routines, triggers and connected devices.
DIY://IOTRPI + UNOSENSORS / PROTOTYPES
DIY IoT
Raspberry Pi, Arduino and a growing pile of components waiting for the next experiment.
TOOLS ON THE BENCH
RASPBERRY PIARDUINOMULTIMETERSSDSCREWDRIVERSSOLDERINGSENSORSTOO MANY CABLES
THE REAL STACKCuriosity →
Curiosity →
Experiment →
Break →
Understand →
Build better.
That's probably the simplest way to describe me.
I don't want things to be merely simple. I want them to be interesting, useful and a little different.
Whether it's software, a PC, a car, an electrical circuit or an automated home — I enjoy going beyond the default.
06Still opening
CURRENTLY.EXE
Still opening
the back panel.
PROCESSCURIOSITY.DLLRUNNING
Age changed. The tools changed. The scale changed.
The instinct is still running.01Building software at Salesforce
02Exploring AI and what it changes about software
03Tinkering in the home lab — cars, PCs, Raspberry Pi and Arduino
04Finding the next thing that makes me say: “How does that work?”
END OF MEMORY / BEGINNING OF NEXT BUILD
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