Zeshan Aslam

Writing

Hi, I'm Zeshan Zeshan · proper noun At 12 years old, in a chat: Me: 'I plan to be a programmer.' Me: 'Lol :D' — A genuine exchange from my past .

I build conversational agents. I write about how people talk to machines, why they give up, and how I got here.

The Library

The "Yes" Problem

The hardest problem in voice AI isn't latency — it's knowing whether a caller's "yes" means "go on" or "that's my answer."

Jul 23, 2026 · 7 1

Every Turn Has to Earn Something

Latency and voice quality are increasingly solved. What separates a great voice deployment from a mediocre one is how much value each turn creates.

May 21, 2026 · 12 4

The Health Bar That Outlived My Server

A Minecraft server that reached 100,000 monthly players, its slow decline, and why the failure turned out to be the making of my engineering career.

Sep 19, 2023 · 16 2