I follow my instincts, especially when a system feels one abstraction away from being interesting. I like figuring out how things behave under load, across unreliable networks, and when the happy path quietly disappears.
- I build with Rust, TypeScript, Node.js, and Python - mostly backend, systems, and developer-tool territory.
- I enjoy concurrency, caching, distributed systems, APIs, and making failure modes less mysterious.
- I like to manipulate LLMs: give them strange constraints, prod the edges of their reasoning, and occasionally make them earn their tokens.
- LeetCode Knight (1924, top 3.8%) with 600+ problems solved.
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Local-network file sharing for the real world. Electron + React + Socket.IO app deployed in ABV-IIITM's computing lab. It lets a professor distribute quiz files to 150+ students without cloud dependency, with QR room joins, host approval, and recovery after network interruptions. 
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A fast, deduplicating file-sync tool. Published Rust crate using SHA-256 content-addressable hashing and version tracking to reduce redundant storage by 50%+. Parallel directory traversal and configurable hashing keep large sync jobs moving on multi-core machines. 
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A responsive food-ordering platform. Designed modular REST APIs, Redis caching with TTL invalidation, optimized MongoDB access patterns, centralized error handling, and structured logging for a smoother experience under load. 
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Finding signal where the data gets messy. Experimenting with 24-hour PM2.5 forecasting across 15+ Indian cities, combining satellite imagery, weather, traffic proxies, and more with XGBoost and LSTM models. 
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01 Design for failure: retries, clear errors, observable systems.
02 Make the common path fast: cache deliberately and measure the result.
03 Keep interfaces boring: well-defined APIs outlive clever implementations.
04 Follow the hunch - then test it hard enough to trust it.
If you are working on backend infrastructure, developer tools, systems software, or applied ML, I would be glad to connect. The fastest way to reach me is email.