I believe in shipping fast and solving hard problems with elegant execution. Currently focused on Indic AI models and developer tools that people actually use.
Latest Writing & Thoughts
All posts ENGINEERING
9 min read
How to Use Environment Variables in Next.js: Complete Guide
Learn how to use environment variables in Next.js correctly — NEXT_PUBLIC prefix, .env files, server vs client rules, Vercel setup, and the mistakes that expose secret keys.
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AI & DEEP TECH LEADERS
13 min read
How OpenAI Turned an API Into the World's Fastest-Growing Developer Ecosystem
How did OpenAI go from a research lab to the backbone of thousands of developer products? A deep-dive into the strategy, timing, and decisions that built the world's most influential AI ecosystem.
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BUSINESS
11 min read
How SaaS Companies Actually Make Money: Business Models Explained
Understand exactly how SaaS companies make money — pricing models, revenue metrics, churn math, expansion revenue, and what separates profitable SaaS from ones that burn cash.
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Products & Engineering
Shadow
Problem:
Developers leak sensitive IP and credentials during remote demos & screen sharing.
Solution:
Built a low-level desktop utility that redacts targeted windows from Capture APIs.
Impact:
- Solves a critical B2B privacy risk
- Cross-platform rendering architecture
ThoughtStream
Problem:
Complex note-taking apps break the flow state for engineers debugging systems.
Solution:
Designed a minimal, stream-of-consciousness capture tool focused entirely on speed.
Impact:
- Zero UI-latency text capture
- Improves rapid context switching
ML Nashik
Problem:
Central India lacked a high-density, hands-on Machine Learning ecosystem.
Solution:
Bootstrapped an elite Google Developer community focused on applied AI.
Impact:
- Upskilled thousands of developers
- Created a primary talent density hub
Open Source Models
Marathlish MiniLM
Bilingual semantic search model for mixed Marathi-English text. Fine-tuned MiniLM for cross-lingual understanding.
Hinglish MiniLM
Semantic search for Hindi-English code-mixed queries. Built for real-world multilingual search.
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Work With Me
I build AI-powered products, train specialized models, and share technical insights. Always open to interesting product engineering roles, collaborations, and speaking opportunities.