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[SYSTEM] SKILL MATRIX

// Mapped from shipped work across mdfmt, PulseAI, StadiumFlow, Playto-Pay, PNGProtect, and Sentia.

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Backend-focused engineer building reliable systems with strong DevOps instincts.

Most work here centers on API design, service architecture, async job processing, and practical deployment workflows using Node.js, Bun, Redis, BullMQ, Docker, and FastAPI.

30+ Public projects documenting hands-on engineering work
4 Core strengths across backend, DevOps, data, & applied systems
2026 Recent active work visible across portfolio & GitHub

FRONTEND SYSTEMS

Modern React product builds

Interactive UIs, editor-heavy interfaces, and app dashboards spanning Vite, React, Next.js, and TypeScript.

TypeScript React 19 Next.js Vite React Router TipTap Zustand Firebase Markdown Tooling Leaflet

BACKEND ENGINEERING

APIs, data models, queues, & auth

REST backends built with Python and Node ecosystems, from secure password managers to payout engines and media platforms.

FastAPI Django Node.js Express SQLAlchemy PostgreSQL MongoDB Prisma Celery Redis BullMQ JWT/Auth

AI + VISION

Applied intelligence that ships

LLM flows, OCR tooling, posture/video analysis, invisible watermarking, and image-processing pipelines grounded in practical apps.

LangChain LangGraph RAG Pipelines OCR Tesseract OCR OpenCV PyTorch Computer Vision Pillow Scikit-learn

SECURITY + SYSTEMS

Secure tooling & low-level experiments

Work across encrypted credential storage, watermark verification, hardware automation, and system-level experiments that sharpen reliability and security thinking.

Encryption Password Managers Invisible Watermarking Web3 C++ Arduino NodeMCU System Interfaces Device Automation Automation

[LOG] GITHUB ACTIVITY SIGNAL

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[LOG] OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS

// Actively contributing to major open source projects across Apple and KGateway.

kgateway-dev/kgateway

**Contribution:** fix: support status reporting and stale status cleanup for GRPCRoute, TCPRoute, and TLSRoute

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apple/coremltools

**Contribution:** Improve documentation and clean up test organization

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apple/embedding-atlas

**Contribution:** fix(backend): block destructive SQL queries on /data/query endpoint

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apple/embedding-atlas

**Contribution:** docs: correct typos and grammar in READMEs and documentation

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kgateway-dev/kgateway.dev

**Contribution:** docs: add comprehensive OAuth2/OIDC integration guide

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kgateway-dev/kgateway.dev

**Contribution:** fix: resolve windows compatibility and encoding issues in generator scripts

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kgateway-dev/kgateway.dev

**Contribution:** docs: uncomment upgrade considerations and clean up obsolete sections

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[PROJECTS] FEATURED BUILDS

PulseAI

// **Full-stack AI health platform integrating real-time MoveNet computer vision for posture tracking, NLP diet parsing, and a LangGraph LLM coaching agent on microservices.

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Playto-Pay

// **Production-grade fintech payout engine simulating real ledger-based accounting, concurrency-safe transactions, idempotent APIs, and async Celery task processing.

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StadiumFlow

// **Stadium entry advisory platform recommending optimal gates based on walking time + queue delay, with live crowd reporting and photo privacy masking.

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Sentia

// **Intelligent video analysis system processing public video feeds to infer emotional states, demographics, and observable human behavior using AI models.

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PNGProtect

// **Image protection system using algorithmic pixel manipulation and checksum-based integrity techniques to embed invisible watermarks into PNG assets.

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mdfmt

// **Full-stack WYSIWYG Markdown editor (README Studio) converting rich-text into clean GitHub-flavored Markdown in real time. Built with React & TipTap.

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memepage

// **Interactive meme-sharing platform with Web3 features, audio attachment support, upvoting, and Cloudinary media processing. Built with React & Node.js.

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pyOCR

// **AI-powered medical report parser using Tesseract OCR, OpenCV, and BeautifulSoup to parse blood test reports (PDFs/images) into structured medical data.

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waketheFUp

// **Automated server keep-alive ping service maintaining backend activity on 30s, 60s, and 300s cycles to prevent free-tier cloud backends from sleeping.

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CipherVault

// **Secure Python password manager utilizing Fernet symmetric encryption, auto-generation, clipboard integration, and terminal table formatting.

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Cha-Ching!

// **High-performance personal expense tracking application and REST API built with FastAPI and SQLite for fast, categorized financial logging.

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WOMEN SAFETY SYSTEM

// **Wearable emergency IoT device with real-time GPS geolocation tracking and instant automated mobile/email alerts powered by NodeMCU hardware.

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[ACADEMIC] UNIVERSITY PROJECTS

// Selected academic and foundational work that shaped problem solving, implementation discipline, and software fundamentals.

CS50 Python

Gained a strong foundation in computer science and programming, covering algorithms, data structures, object-oriented programming, and real-world problem solving using Python.

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Web Development Fundamentals

A static travel agency website created as part of my college web development project using HTML. It includes multiple web pages with forms, tables, internal navigation links, and marquees, showcasing the design of a travel booking site.

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Design Thinking

A fully responsive, multi-page public transportation system website that demonstrates how a rapidly growing city can improve mobility using modern design, data handling, and a Node.js backend.

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[LAB_BUILDS] EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

// Embedded Systems, Robotics, and IoT prototypes from the personal workshop. (Data Logs Below)

// Women Safety System

Tracks live latitude, longitude, speed, and direction. Displays live location on a map of India using **NodeMCU and GPS** for emergency monitoring and location alerts.

// Alcohol Detection System

Safety system that prevents a car from starting if the driver is intoxicated, leveraging an **Arduino microcontroller** and a precise **MQ3 alcohol sensor**.

// Smart Plant Monitoring System

Monitors temperature, humidity, and soil moisture, waters plants automatically, detects intruders via **PIR sensor**, and sends alerts to mobile.

// Bluetooth Remote Control Car

A versatile remote-controlled vehicle project managed entirely via a mobile phone application utilizing a **Bluetooth communication module**.

// Keypad Door Unlock System

A physical security system that grants access with a correct PIN input and automatically locks the door using **Arduino** and a solenoid lock.

// Awaken Driver Glasses

Innovative glasses that **vibrate** if the driver's eyes remain closed for more than 10 seconds, serving as a critical alert to prevent drowsy driving accidents.

HELA LABS

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As an official Community Ambassador, I bridge the gap between complex blockchain tech and the developer community. My mission is to drive adoption, facilitate innovation, and build a robust ecosystem on Hela Labs.

[ACCESS] PROFESSIONAL TRACK

  • Independent Systems Builder Built and shipped independent projects across backend services, automation, security tooling, and hardware-backed systems.
  • Active Member: FOSSCU-K Contributed to an open-source focused engineering community through collaboration, peer learning, and project exposure.
  • Active Member: Geek Room KIET (GRK) Worked within a technical community centered on building, reviewing, and discussing practical software projects.
  • Active Member: Google Developer Group (GDG) Participated in developer community events and discussions around modern engineering practices and product development.

[ACCESS] RECOGNITION

  • CS50P - Introduction to Programming with Python (HarvardX) Strengthened core Python problem solving, programming fundamentals, and implementation discipline through project-based coursework.
  • Inspire MANAK Award (2x) ( Government of India) Two-time district-level awardee, receiving Rs. 10,000 each for innovative, high-potential projects.

[INIT] EDUCATION & AWARDS

B.TECH (IT)

KIET Group of Institutions

2025 - 2029 | Expected Graduation

Academic foundation complemented by ongoing work in backend engineering, systems design, and applied infrastructure.

FIRST PRIZE WINNER

Bansuri Mahotsav 2022

Awarded for the 'WOMEN SAFETY SYSTEM' project.

Recognized for using IoT, with efficient alert mechanisms and reliable location tracking.

[ARTICLES] MEDIUM_STORIES

» 11 May 2026

Single Threaded architecture of Redis

How can a single-threaded architecture of Redis handle millions of operations per second?

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More backend notes

Additional writeups and engineering notes are published on Medium as they are finalized.

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More systems writing

Ongoing articles cover backend internals, infrastructure, and implementation tradeoffs.

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[LOG] MY LAB & INTERESTS

// Outside engineering, I spend time with **piano**, **books**, long-form writing, and games that reward systems thinking.

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