Selected work / 2024–26
A standalone MOS 6502 CPU core I completed and tested in C++, extending an unfinished 6502 base repo. My work completes execution, bus integration, interrupts, arithmetic fixes, decimal mode, and instruction-level testing.
A minimal Redis server built to understand in-memory databases and client-server architecture, with RESP parsing, command execution, basic persistence, multithreading, and STL containers.
A grid-based visualizer that models maze cells as a graph, finds optimal paths with Dijkstra and A*, and compares nodes explored, path length, and execution time across mazes.
Now / Currently building
I’m turning my MOS 6502 CPU core into an interactive console for loading programs, stepping instructions, and inspecting registers and memory.
Working now
Next checkpoint
Connect the ncurses console, add bounded file loading, and run a small 6502 assembly program end to end.
Open case study ↗Writing / Field notes
How a repeated phrase turns an impossible search into a constrained problem—and what that teaches us about invariants, protocols, observability, debugging, and security.
Read articleHow two separate C++ projects became one useful system through serialization, POSIX sockets, RESP, validation, and persistent storage.
Read articleA practical look at why the theoretically smarter algorithm can lose on a small grid—and what profiling taught me about heuristics, overhead, and hardware reality.
Read articleLeadership / Community
Event host
Hosted the event on stage, helping connect speakers, ideas, and the audience through clear live communication.
Organizer
Helped organize a two-day national hackathon with more than 600 attendees, coordinating people, logistics, communication, and delivery under a fixed deadline.
Team lead
Led a 29-member team across three months of planning and execution, translating a large event into clear responsibilities and measurable checkpoints.
About / Approach
I’m an engineering student at NIT Srinagar moving deliberately into software. My best learning happens below the surface: tracing an instruction, opening a socket, profiling an algorithm, or finding the exact abstraction that makes a backend easier to reason about.
Outside code, I’ve led teams and organized a two-day national hackathon in Kashmir with more than 600 attendees—experience that sharpened how I communicate, coordinate, and ship under pressure.
B.Tech · Chemical Engineering
Engineering fundamentals + self-directed computer science
C, C++, and Python—with C++ as the foundation for my systems and algorithmic projects.
Object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, multithreading, networking, operating systems, and system design.
Linux, Git, STL, Redis, and MySQL—used to build, inspect, test, and reason about working software.
C · C++ · Python · Redis · MySQL · Linux · Git · STL
Contact / Let’s talk