Projects

I like to build stuff. I almost always have something cooking. These are the things I've made, ridden and started for fun over the years, the dead ones included.

I wrote this around 2012, right out of college, and it still says something true about me:

I would call myself a creative person. I like the process of making things. I like making things. I am a maker. If you are wondering why am I kind of repeating stuff, well I am trying to make a point.

I think making is an important thing. Its makers who become problem solvers. Its makers who become innovators. Its innovators who become inventors. For the world to move forward we need more makers.

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28 projects

Engineering standards
A knowledge base of engineering standards, written for LLMs to read
2025 – nowSoftwareactive
Sim racing
Sim racing, and learning to drift in Assetto Corsa
2025 – nowHobbyactive
Time Aware
A widget that shows how much you can still get done today
2024 – 2025Softwaredormant
storybook-ejs
A Storybook alternative for EJS templates
2024Softwaredormant
bulkrun
Run a list of jobs from the terminal and mark each one done
2023Softwaredone
markdown-it-obsidian
A markdown-it plugin that turns Obsidian wikilinks into markdown links
2021Softwaredormant
echoalex.com
This site
2021 – nowSoftwareactive
Mr Albert
GST filing for freelancers and small businesses in India
2020 – 2022Venturedead
Massive Time Saver
Tells you whether a link is worth your time, based on tweets by people you respect
2018Softwaredead
Cashflowy (open source)
Open-source accounting software for small business owners
2018 – 2021Softwaredead
Switchless
An opinionated tech stack for a company of one
2018 – 2025Softwaredormant
Tiny RC car
A tiny RC car built around the receiver from a cheap toy car
2016Builddone
Highly Reco
Follow people, not algorithms. Recommendations from people you look up to
2016 – nowSoftwareactive
Mindless
A task manager modelled on the JavaScript event loop
2016Softwaredead
Firefly electric unicycle
An open-source self-balancing electric unicycle, built with a maker community at Jaaga
2014 – 2015Builddead
Raspberry Pi RC car
A remote-controlled car with a first-person camera view
2014Builddone
Dude! Make it yourself
A TEDxKids@RSPuram talk on why you should be a maker too
2013Talkdone
node-stl
A Node.js parser for 3D-printing STL files that works out volume, weight and bounding box
2013 – 2017Softwaredead
Tangle
The simplest earphone organizer
2013Builddead
RC boat with a camera
A custom-built model RC boat with a camera on board, built with friends
2012Builddone
Magic Karpet
A rideable platform that behaves like the magic carpet from the stories
2012 – 2014Builddone
Load cell weight split rig
Four load cells and AD620 amplifiers to find where a person's weight sits
2012Builddone
Techiestreet
An electronics parts store for robotics students at IIT Madras
2012Venturedead
Makeystreet
Parts, people and projects for makers, later a PLM tool for hardware startups
2011 – 2015Venturedead
Lets Go Cycle
A 750+ km cycling trip across Kerala
2010Adventuredone
Cycling
Long rides, Nandi Hills climbs and a wiki for the Bangalore biking club
2010 – nowHobbyactive
CNC foam cutter
A CNC foam cutter built from parts we could find in India
2009Builddone
Image processing autonomous bot
A camera-guided autonomous robot built for Shaastra '08 at IIT Madras
2008Builddone