Origin story
My story began with an unhealthy addiction to video games. As a young 13 year old boy I got gifted a PC, this was very rare back then in Mumbai/India. A privilege I will never forget.
I would spend all my day fidgeting with Windows, and playing strategy and MMORPG games. Soon my brain latched onto automating level ups in these games and soon enough I found myself learning scripting and programming to hack them.
From that moment on I knew what my career would be :)
Then: scripting my way through level ups.
Main quest
Now I work as a full-stack developer, fractional CTO, software & product consultant helping startups and small to medium-sized companies figure out their product, their users, and help them with their technology stack.
I started working at Gaiwan 6 years ago as a Founding Engineer. We have helped multiple clients and their teams by coming in as experts or as a fractional CTO.
- SkillSystem architecture
- SkillData driven design
- SkillHigh performance computing
- SkillKeeps the tech work true to the business objectives
- ★ Passive ability · Over-engineering radarDetects over engineering before it happens.
Side quests
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2020
Covid Critical, with a team from Yale University
Developed the Covid Critical application for the Government of New Haven, Connecticut.
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2018
Co-founded Taaza Kitchen as CTO
Left my job to build an eGrocery platform. I, along with a team under me, developed and designed the entire platform from scratch.
- ~$150K ARR
- 2 → 15+ employees
- countless contractors
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14+
Micro internet businesses
Launched several of them, starting when I was 14 years old. Most notably:
- a graphic design studio
- a web development studio
- a marketplace for trading digital games
Cutscenes
Open source & broadcasts
I spend a lot of time using, building, and contributing to Open Source Software. I was also recently funded by ClojuristsTogether to work on one of my projects.
I also create YouTube videos about Emacs, Vim, Clojure, and ClojureScript.
Inventory
In my free time, I enjoy:
- LegendaryReal-time strategy games
- RareCooking
- EpicHacking with sensors & Raspberry Pi's
- EpicSetting up my homelab
- LegendaryHosting local LLMs and fine tuning them
- RareBuilding PC's
- CursedWatching HDD & SSD prices riseand regretting not buying them soon enough
- EpicLinux gaming & tinkering with CachyOS(arch btw, lol)
- RareStreet photography
I love self hosting software and am reducing my dependency on the cloud day by day. I try to reuse and repurpose old hardware and am always on the lookout to grab them for cheap and find them a new home!
So naturally, you'll find my desk full of random hardware and tech gizmos. HELP!!!