# Kundan Thonda

> Mobile engineer who ships to millions, and builds the AI tooling other engineers use.

Software Engineer at Copart, Member Mobile. Dallas, TX. Everything on this site is in /llms-full.txt as plain text.

## Work
- [Over-the-air updates](https://kundan.fyi/work/ota-updates): I built the app and server path for shipping JavaScript fixes to the Copart app without waiting for an app store release.
- [reCAPTCHA Enterprise rollout](https://kundan.fyi/work/recaptcha-enterprise): I added bot protection across login, registration and bidding in the Copart Member Mobile app.
- [A code assistant with no write access](https://kundan.fyi/work/read-only-agents): I built an internal assistant for questions about our code, Datadog and Crashlytics.
- [Claude Code launcher](https://kundan.fyi/work/claude-code-launcher): I built the launcher Copart engineers use to start Claude Code sessions through the company’s gateway.
- [Mobile registration flow](https://kundan.fyi/work/registration-flow): I built the sign-up flow buyers use in the Copart Member Mobile app.
- [UK identity verification migration](https://kundan.fyi/work/identity-migration): I moved Copart’s UK identity checks from LexisNexis to Veriff.
- [In-app content service](https://kundan.fyi/work/content-service): I built a service that separates publishing alerts from releasing the Copart app.
- [Pitwall](https://kundan.fyi/work/pitwall): A macOS app I’m building to keep terminals and Claude Code sessions in one window.
- [Kai, the chat on this site](https://kundan.fyi/work/kai-v2): The chat on this site. It answers questions about my work from what is published here, and shows the source behind each answer.

## Projects
- [Local Voice Dictation](https://kundan.fyi/work#local-voice-dictation): A private, on-device alternative to Wispr Flow for dictation, built on the open-source FluidVoice.
- [Reactotron fork](https://kundan.fyi/work#reactotron-fork): A Reactotron fork that adds Swagger-style API docs and request inspection to the React Native debugger, used by the mobile team.
- [ccswitch](https://kundan.fyi/work#ccswitch): A small launcher that picks which model gateway Claude Code uses, one command at a time.
- [Voice-Assisted Receiving App](https://kundan.fyi/work#voice-assisted-receiving): A senior design project that turns spoken warehouse input into structured records with Azure Speech-to-Text.

## Notes
- [Why Kai searches before it answers](https://kundan.fyi/notes/why-kai-searches-first): 2026-10-18, working.

## Optional
- [About](https://kundan.fyi/about): How I work, what I am building now, and my experience, skills and education.
- [Agents](https://kundan.fyi/agents): The read-only MCP endpoint at /api/mcp and how to connect to it.