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hi i'm shahank42, a

fullstack web dev

+ pro keyboard smasher

i write performant and scalable software. been writing code ever since i got access to a computer back in 2009.

need someone to help you build the next biggest thing? i've got your back.

Typescript Icon Round Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com Typescript
React
Svelte/SvelteKit
Next.js
Golang
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React Native
Expo

who am i?

the web is the most accessible platform out there. i build for the screens people see their apps in, and also make the servers that handle stuff behind the scenes.

databases, servers, query optimizations— i do it all. from cleeeean UIs to dynamic and peformant components. need to integrate your backend with your frontend? i'm your guy.

what sets me apart?

i'm really good at what i do. i've done internships, freelance work, won hackathons all of which have helped me vastly to improve my skills.

professional experience

currently working with one of the most cracked teams in the world!

july 2025 - present

sde intern @ Heizen (SF, USA)

  • Jetfuel — AI-assisted website creator for contractor companies
    • supercharged the AI feedback loop for progressively enhancing generated websites
    • integrated Google Ads and Umami Analytics APIs to ship monetizable websites directly from the app
    • built an AI website editor using Sandpack's API with automatic error fixing
  • PsyFi — financial tracker with a psychology angle
    • owned and built majority of the web app's features; provisioned and deployed production and development environments on AWS with CI/CD pipeline and unit tests
    • authored complex backend flows pertaining to the financial domain (XIRR, capital gains, stock volatility); integrated Plaid API for multiple tenants
    • optimized DB calls by 92%, boosted Next.js load speeds with RSCs, handled SOC2 technical compliance

october 2024 - march 2025

remote backend intern @ Aarish Technologies Inc. (QC, Canada)

  • built a video streaming and storage pipeline for a military mesh network app, playing around with fastapi, ffmpeg, and gstreamer to get the latency and bandwidth just right
  • cooked up a custom udp packet encoding scheme to get esp32 nodes talking reliably on shaky networks
  • put together a full-stack app with react and fastapi for audio classification, hooking it up to tensorflow

june 2024 - september 2024

freelance web developer @ AI-Recovery and High Value Services (WB, India)

whipped up a 7-page static site for an insurance startup and hosted it on cloudflare pages, then set up a slick cloudinary solution to serve their images super fast

stuff i made

i love building cool stuff and trying out new technologies. from simple static sites to robust fullstack solutions, i've built a lot of things. here are the ones i'm really proud of.

side project
hackathon
freelance
TextPilot is a self-hostable and soon installable WhatsApp client with an AI Co-pilot!
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