Vijay Mathew

I am a software developer and consultant with over 20 years of professional experience. I am interested in how programming languages, tools, and interfaces shape the way people think and work, and much of my work explores those questions in software and writing.

Projects

• AgentLang — generative-AI powered programming language and platform for high-level application modelling and deployment.
• Nex programming language — designed primarily to teach good software engineering practices, featuring a REPL with an integrated debugger and guided tutorials.
• Folio — a document-based personal computing prototype where calendar, email, tasks, notes, tables, chat, and Python computation all live in a single text document.

Writings

• The Document is the Computer — architecture for a new interface-concept based on text.
• Modern Software Tools, Explained — ideas that drive modern software tools, explained for the working programmer.
• Programming with Nex — step-by-step Nex tutorial, from fundamentals to larger programs. PDF
• Beyond Code — structured software engineering practice lessons grounded in Nex. PDF
• Supercharge Your CLI — workflow playbook that turns command-line tools into composable, production-ready habits. PDF
• The Well-Set Typographer — typography, typesetting, and document production from the command line. PDF
• From Clay to Infinity — a history of mathematical ideas from Sumer to Godel, tracing how mathematics grew from practical problems into abstract thought. PDF

Photography

• Photography — a growing collection of photographs, organized into galleries.

Legacy / Archived Projects

These projects are stable references and are no longer under active development.

• Slogan programming language — legacy project, no longer actively maintained.
• Reo — legacy project, no longer actively maintained.

The best way to contact me is via email.