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B.Tech IT student at MIT Manipal, building distributed systems and AI-backed products while grinding competitive programming toward Codeforces Division 1. Running a self-directed roadmap toward SDE roles at top-tier product companies by 2028.

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PYTHONFASTAPIPOSTGRESQL REDISMONGODBDOCKER JWT AUTHREACTNODE.JS / EXPRESS PYTORCHNUMPY / PANDASTAILWIND CSS
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/PROJECTS

Projects

Six builds worth a closer look — placement work, AI products, and one for-fun systems piece.

[ 01 ] FLAGSHIP · PENDING

TerraMind

Flagship placement project — add 2–3 lines here on what it does, the stack, and the outcome. Edit this block directly in the file.

EDIT ME
> VIEW ON GITHUB
[ 02 ] LIVE

RedRob

AI-powered candidate ranking engine, built for a Data & AI Challenge. Scores and ranks applicants against role criteria; shipped with a full deck covering the scoring methodology.

AI/MLRANKINGDATA PIPELINE
> VIEW ON GITHUB
[ 03 ] LIVE

ARDRA.ai

AI SaaS marketing site with a Claude API–powered chatbot built directly into the product experience.

SAASCLAUDE APIMARKETING
> VIEW ON GITHUB
[ 04 ] LIVE

Support SaaS

Multi-tenant, AI-powered customer support platform in the Intercom/Zendesk mold — built on a pgvector/RAG architecture for context-aware responses.

RAGPGVECTORMULTI-TENANT
> VIEW ON GITHUB
[ 05 ] LIVE

URL Shortener

Full-stack MERN link shortener — custom short codes, auth, QR generation, click/location/device analytics, link expiry, password-protected links, and rate limiting.

REACTNODE.JSMONGODB
> VIEW ON GITHUB
[ 06 ] LIVE

WebLinux OS

A browser-based desktop environment — 50+ mini-apps and a working window manager, all inside a single self-contained HTML file.

VANILLA JSSYSTEMS
> VIEW ON GITHUB
/RESEARCH

Research & Deep Dives

Hackathon architectures and the competitive-programming grind.

[ HACKATHON ]

Smriti — memory-augmented DSA coach

Built at the WeMakeDevs × Cognee hackathon. Uses Cognee's full memory lifecycle — remember, recall, memify, forget — on top of a Codeforces ingestion backend, served through FastAPI.

TEAM: STRAW HATS — SHASHANK GUPTA, SHLOK VERMA, SIDDHARTH B.

[ HACKATHON ]

Flipkart Grid 2.0 — "V8 Architecture"

Custom PyTorch pipeline for Bengaluru traffic demand prediction: neural entity embeddings, residual MLPs, AdamW optimizer with Huber loss, validated with 10-fold stratified cross-validation.

TEAM: STRAW HATS — SHASHANK GUPTA, SHLOK VERMA, SIDDHARTH B.

[ CP / DSA ]

Competitive programming

Working toward Codeforces Division 1. Built out comprehensive Java DSA notes and pattern libraries as part of the climb.

[ UP NEXT ]

16-month SDE roadmap

Anchor builds for the roadmap ahead: a Distributed KV Store and a Real-Time Chat System.

/COMPS & CERTS

Comps & Certs

Competitions and credentials.

> ls ./certifications

NO ENTRIES FOUND. Add certifications, course completions, or competition placements here as you earn them — this block is ready and waiting.

/DEVLOGS

DevLogs

Recent build notes, in order.

FIXED

Fixed a Render deployment error on the Smriti hackathon submission — traced to a Cognee dependency version clash plus a Python version mismatch.

SHIPPING

WebLinux OS — a full browser desktop crammed into one HTML file, 50+ apps and counting.

IN PROGRESS

Polishing the GitHub profile README for placement season — flat badges, typing animation, expanded stack section.

IN PROGRESS

Drafting a placement resume with a photo-header layout.

PLANNED

Locked in a 16-month SDE roadmap — Distributed KV Store and a Real-Time Chat System as the anchor builds.