Janaka Ediriweera.
Janaka Ediriweera is an AI consultant in Colombo, Sri Lanka — Principal AI and Product Management Consultant and founder of specshop.dev, the AI consultancy and AI agency run by Humanised Technology Solutions (Pvt) Ltd. He has spent twelve years building software products across Sri Lanka, the Netherlands, Australia, Oman and the UAE: 120+ products shipped, most still maintained, the last nine years of them delivered spec-first.
He leads a team of seven engineers, designers and operators who build AI agents that do operational work under human approval, embed AI automation engineers in client teams, and teach spec-first software development. He trained 150+ startups for RMIT Activator in Australia, and writes the journal on this site.
Not to be confused with the Ceylon Today journalist of the same name.
AI consulting, product management, and the method that joins them.
- AI consulting in Colombo. Which work to hand to AI, in what order, with which approvals. Then the agents and engineers that do it, at published prices. Hire an AI consultant →
- Spec-first delivery. The written spec is the product; agents build to it; people review. The method behind 120+ products and the training programme taught in Colombo and Dubai. Training →
- B-Spec research. How agents learn from the people who know the work — the research programme that keeps what specshop.dev builds from plateauing. Read the research →
- Writing. Essays on the restructured SDLC, why the MVP is dead, distribution as the new dev budget, and safe AI coordination. The journal →
Twelve years, five countries, one rule.
- Founder, specshop.dev and Humanised Technology Solutions (Pvt) Ltd., Colombo. Principal AI and Product Management Consultant.
- Product leader and consultant for firms in Sri Lanka, the Netherlands, Australia, Oman and the UAE over twelve years; 120+ products shipped.
- Trainer, RMIT Activator, Melbourne: product management for 150+ startups.
- Products from the journal: LankanTax, PunchClock, Gelukkig and the MediShift healthcare prototype, each written up with what shipped and what it cost.
- The rule: every number published by specshop.dev is a price or a policy, never a performance claim.
Elsewhere: LinkedIn · GitHub · specshop.dev on LinkedIn.
Questions people ask.
Who is Janaka Ediriweera?
An AI consultant and product management consultant based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and the founder of specshop.dev, an AI consultancy and AI agency operated by Humanised Technology Solutions (Pvt) Ltd. He has twelve years of experience building software products in five countries and leads a team of seven.
Where is Janaka Ediriweera based?
Colombo 5, Sri Lanka. The company address is XB5/5/3, Edmonton Apartments, Colombo 5. He works with clients in Colombo in person and with clients in Oman, the UAE, the UK and the US in their working hours.
What is Janaka Ediriweera’s title?
Principal AI and Product Management Consultant at specshop.dev, which he founded.
How do I contact Janaka Ediriweera?
WhatsApp or call +94 76 443 7726, email hello@specshop.dev, or book a thirty-minute call from any page on specshop.dev.
What is specshop.dev?
An AI consultancy and AI agency in Colombo, Sri Lanka that builds AI agents that do operational work under human approval, embeds AI automation engineers in client teams, and teaches spec-first software development. Always written with the .dev; “specshop” on its own is an unrelated retailer.
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Janaka Ediriweera · Principal AI and Product Management Consultant · specshop.dev · Colombo 5, Sri Lanka · +94 76 443 7726 · hello@specshop.dev