Hasitha Aravinda Thilakarathna¶
Architect · Compiler Developer¶
About¶
Architect at WSO2 Integration BU and Compiler Developer at Ballerina Platform. BSc in Computer Science and Engineering (Hons) from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. 13+ years building programming languages, compilers, and integration middleware.
Outside of work, I enjoy playing Dota 2.
Blog & Talks¶
From Visual Flows to Power Programming: The Ballerina Integrator Journey¶
WSO2Con Barcelona 2025 · Related project →
Programming Languages and Compilers¶
WSO2 Technology Conference 2025 · Related project →
Introduction to Ballerina — A Cloud Native Programming Language¶
CodeSeekers Endless Programming Languages Meetup · 2022 · Related project →
Ballerina Identifiers: A Simple Guide¶
Setup Ballerina GitHub Action¶
Guides¶
Ballerina Language Reference (WIP)¶
A language reference for Ballerina — covering the structural type system, worker-based concurrency, and data-oriented design from first principles.
Projects¶
Ballerina Workflow · 2026¶
WSO2 Integrator · 2024–2025¶
Ballerina Language & Compiler · 2016–Present¶
WSO2 Business Process Server · 2012–2016¶
Links¶
GitHub · LinkedIn · Twitter / X ·