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Bishal Sapkota
Hi, I’m Bishal.AI Lead @ Outback Yak · Melbourne

Building software.
Sharing what I learn.

I build AI products and open-source tools at Outback Yak, and share what I learn through talks, courses, and conversations.

Lately, I’ve given an AI agent root access, cut Nepali news narration costs by 90%, and been mistaken for someone taking on OpenAI by a Guardian reporter.

01 / Building

What I’m building

02 / Open technology

I want to run
my own tools.

I built geojson.app because I wanted a web mapping stack I could fully control. I’ve worked with Kubernetes and Linkerd for similar reasons. Open-weight AI appeals to me because I can run a model myself, change it, and see what happens.

Try geojson.app
03 / Talks & content

A few highlights

Manaslu glowing above layers of blue hills, with the Narayani River in the foreground
Manaslu, seen from Narayanghat.
From my journal · Nepal

The mountain I saw
growing up.

I grew up in Chitwan watching a peak hover above the northern hills every clear winter morning. I finally worked out what it was.

Read the Manaslu story
Selected projects

Projects I’m working on

A publishing tool, a news platform for Nepal, and an open-source map editor.

All projects
Learn with me

Courses, podcast & talks

Writing & ideas

Recent writing

Claude Fable 5 lived for 3 days. I spent them upgrading my harness.

The time a Guardian reporter thought I went to war with OpenAI

How I picked a Nepali voice for kchakhabar.com (and cut the bill by 90%)

All writing
Beyond the work

Get in touch

Outside work, I play basketball and mentor developers finding their way in the industry.

If you want to talk about a software project, open-source tools, or using AI in your team, send me a message on LinkedIn.

Message me on LinkedIn