Nikhil

Software Engineer, 20 something year old

I make things. Web, apps, backends, whatever needs building.

I work remotely, jump into projects I like, and build stuff along the way. Outside of work, I run, sometimes cricket, hit the gym, speak here and there, and talk to people who have stories to tell.

Cool places I’ve contributed

Google Summer of Code, SugarLabs

Redesigned project storage of Music Blocks via GitHub

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Antiwork

Shipped some stuff and picked up a couple of bounties.

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GWD Collective

Built Grizzly.dev from scratch.

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Misty

Worked there for a month, contributed to 2 projects right after joining.

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Education

Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology

B.Tech, Information Tech | 2022 - 2026 | GPA: 9.1 (nerd)

Got introduced to CS, started building things, made great friends, president of my Lit Soc.

DL DAV Model School

High School | 2018 - 2022 | 12th:92% , 10th:96%

Played nationals in cricket, did debating, anchoring etc.

Stuff I built

Pair-Program

Discuss, solve, and code together with your friends in real-time.

Web Sockets (ws), CRDT (Y.js), Livekit, Gemini, Express + TypeScript, Next.js + Tailwind CSS

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Centralised Exchange (Backend)

A centralised exchange using typescript, redis queues, pub subs and postgres

Redis, Node.js, TypeScript, Express, Singleton Pattern, Postgres, Pub subs

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Maker - AI website builder

Make websites using a simple prompt, using AI

Nextjs, trpc, Gemini, inngest, e2b

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MusicBlocks Git Backend

Backend for versioning music projects, similar to Git.

Node.js, Express, TypeScript, Octokit.js

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newDemy

Learning management system to create, publish, and sell courses.

Next.js, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Tailwind CSS, Stripe, Clerk, Uploadthing, Mux

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E-Commerce Virtual Try-On

E-commerce platform with virtual try-ons for products.

Next.js, Fal.AI, Tailwind CSS, Cloudinary

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PlayPdf

Practical file maker for college students

Next.js, Gemini, pdf generation

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Ad-hoc

Unexpected validation

Paras chopra, who sold his startup for some $200M commented on one of my projects: 'Sell this and you will be rich.'

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Contributions that got me to GSoC

See my major work in pre-GSoC period that got me in, majorly bug fixes, test cases and few enhancements.

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Other Worthy Open Source Work

Contributed to random projects, migrated entire project from JS to TS, made PWAs etc.

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Podcast with Walter Bender

Discussed technology, learning, and building projects on a YouTube podcast with Walter Bender, my GSoC mentor

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Hackathon win

Participated in Hashnode AI for tomorrow hackathon, made my first internet dollar

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I write

Sometimes I write

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Skills

JavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsNode.jsTailwind CSSPrismaMongoDBPostgreSQLDocker

Want to talk? Mail me