hi. i'm vinay. final year information science engineering at sambhram institute of technology (VTU, so pray for me). i live in dasarahalli, bangalore.
by day i now work at intellibuddies writing angular 18 on the front and .NET 10 on the back. by night i build weird things and put them on the internet.
i've shipped a real production platform for a client in london, published international research on WebGL 2.0 vs WebGPU, won a hackathon, won a paper presentation, and once spent a full weekend teaching a chrome extension to search my own browsing history.
> likes: number theory, calabi-yau manifolds, haiku, soprano recorder (german fingering, fight me), old cars, bash scripts that print ascii art
> dislikes: fanless laptops, meetings, whoever invented CORS
THE PROJECT ARCS NEW!!
i frame my projects like anime arcs because i think it is funny and no one can stop me
ARC I — PREMINADE status: SHIPPED ★★★★★
a full dating platform, built as a freelance contractor for a london client. node + typescript backend, react front, android build via capacitor, all of it on AWS with CI/CD through github actions → ECR → app runner.
the invoice was in POUNDS. i felt like a real boy.
ARC II — NIFE.IO status: DEBUGGING FOREVER
go backend, react/ts dashboard, go CLI. hunted down a duplicate-release bug living inside the deployment pipeline — graphql mutations, kubernetes, mysql, and a great deal of staring.
also drew flowcharts comparing in-memory vs disk-heavy build pipelines. they were beautiful. nobody asked.
ARC III — SMS PRO / EDUBOT status: LIVE AT MY COLLEGE
student management system for sambhram. react+vite on netlify, spring boot / java 21 on render via docker, mongodb atlas, supabase postgres for encrypted messaging. bolted on edubot, a BM25 RAG chatbot running on gemini.
ARC IV — MUSEUM NFC PWA status: PRESENTED @ 49th KSCST
tap an NTAG215 chip, get multilingual audio, video and a three.js 3D model of the exhibit. react + fastapi + firestore. presented at BGSIT mandya with jyothishree, shobitha and phalguni.
SIDE QUESTS
▪ RETRACE — chrome extension, local semantic BM25 search over your own browsing history. manifest v3.
▪ AI PAGE READER — another extension. gemini + shadow DOM isolation + streaming.
▪ PEACEPULSE — AI conflict early-warning platform. built for a rotary hackathon. we won.
▪ VOD HIGHLIGHT CLIPPER — whisper + ffmpeg in colab, auto-cuts stream highlights.
▪ E-RATION QUEUE SYSTEM — react + firebase, for queues that should not exist.
POETRY CORNER
i applied to a quiet poetry group called pine and paper. i like things that are short and say one thing exactly.
[ your haiku goes here ]
[ three lines, five seven five ]
[ paste it and delete me ]
— vinay, first one, written at an unreasonable hour
THE MUSIC ROOM
i play the soprano recorder (german fingering). here is a keyboard because a recorder is hard to draw. click the keys. it makes noise. sorry.
you can also use your keyboard: A W S E D F T G Y H U J K
THE GARAGE
i drive a volkswagen polo. i also, increasingly, repair a volkswagen polo. these are related activities.
> torque wrench: owned
> confidence: high
> bolts left over after reassembly: ideally zero
> that rattle at 2500rpm: under active investigation since forever
i also mess about with home chemistry, blender python scripting, bash animations and konami-code easter eggs. (there is one on this page. good luck.)
TO DO
- finish setting up ubuntu 24.04 at work
- install postmanSTILL FAILING
- pass the oracle SQL test (55 topics. FIFTY FIVE.)
- learn every linux command. all of them
- build the desk telepresence robot
- finally launch the daily puzzle game
- get sillay
UPDATES
[NEW][11.8.2026] made this entire homepage in one html file like a maniac. no build step. netscape would be proud.
[04.8.2026] started at intellibuddies. the stack is angular + .NET and my brain is full.
[16.7.2026] campus placement letter came through.
[07.2026] presented the museum NFC system at the 49th KSCST poster presentation.
SIGN MY GUESTBOOK
(this one is client-side only, so your message vanishes on refresh, like tears in rain)
nobody1 day ago i found this site by accident and now my eyes hurt. 10/10
the polo3 days ago please stop opening my bonnet
a recruiter6 days ago is there a pdf version of this