I'm Ananya Kansal
A person with a myriad of passions and skills.
Salesforce Development. Game Development. Music Technology.
Last Updated: March 2025

Unplanned, and here to stay.
Admittedly, my dream career for myself was not to be a Salesforce Developer. In the beginning, I truly debated whether this path was going to be one I wanted to walk on for an extended time, but the complexity and customization that is possible with Salesforce kept me wanting to learn more. Salesforce Development scratched an itch I never knew I had before.
A passion that will never subside.
I've always loved playing video games, but game development was never on the brain. Then I took a game development class in college and discovered a new love. It takes my favorite parts of coding and also includes my love of audio in many aspects. While game development is not my profession, it is a passion that brings me joy and fullfillment.
The original love of my life.
Abstract: This study analyzes the impact of text versus audio chat in a remote collaborative live-coding music environment. Drawing on the literature discussing collaborative live-coding music, we wanted to examine the impacts of different chat methods on collaboration and coordination. This paper will explore the benefits and drawbacks of two different chat methods, and how they affect remote performances. We conducted a study with 5 participants, each of these sessions containing two
15 minute performance tasks where only one chat method was allowed to be used for collaboration. After the performance tasks, we interviewed the participants about their experience and how each chat method affected their performance. Audio-chat proved useful for real-time coordination and complex explanations, while text-chat was beneficial in its silence and recorded nature for future review of ideas. This paper will discuss these merits for a remote collaborative live-coding environment.
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