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Shivang
Chapter 01 — The Person

A Dialogue
Beyond the Syntax.

Engineer turned builder—shipping 0→1 products, scaling backends, wrangling infra, and building LLM/RAG systems that actually hold up in production (most of the time).

Build production systems that don’t fall apart when real users show up—spanning distributed backends, DevOps, and AI (LLMs, RAGs, and the occasional GAN experiment). I own the full stack: architecture, infra, and delivery, with cloud-native tools—serverless, containers, IaC—as my default.

I like my systems scalable, fault-tolerant, and low drama. If it pages me at 3AM, I consider that a design bug. I work close to the business, turning messy ideas into clean systems that move metrics—not just impress engineers.

I think in distributed systems but care about the end user experience. I optimize for reliability over hype, clarity over complexity, and ownership over delegation.

Philosophy

Technology should solve real-world challenges without unnecessary complexity. The best systems are the ones you never have to think about because they just work — reliably, at scale, every time.

Ownership over delegationReliability over hypeClarity over complexityShip fast, instrument everything
Chapter 02 — The Foundations

The Foundations.

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication

Chandigarh College of Engineering & Technology (Degree Wing), Panjab University

2021 — 2025

Focused on core engineering fundamentals while self-directing deep into software engineering, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure. Built multiple full-stack projects during this period.

Data Structures & AlgorithmsOperating SystemsOOPsDBMSMachine Learning
Chapter 03 - The Craft

The Craft.

Tools are extensions of thought. These are the instruments I think with.

Languages8 tools
TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonGoCC++SQLBash
Frontend5 tools
ReactNext.jsRedux ToolkitTailwind CSSFramer Motion
Backend & Systems6 tools
Node.jsExpressNestJSFastAPIGraphQLREST APIs
Databases5 tools
PostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBRedisCassandra
DevOps & Infra8 tools
DockerKubernetesHelm ChartsJenkinsNginxAWS SAMCloudFormationCI/CD
Observability6 tools
GrafanaPrometheusOpenTelemetryLokiJaegerSonarQube
AI & Machine Learning7 tools
KerasTensorFlowscikit-learnPyTorchANNCNNTransformers
Platforms & Tools8 tools
AWSKafkaRabbitMQSupabasePrismaNx MonorepoVercelJest
Chapter 04 - The Journey

A Vertical Unfolding
of Experience.

Each role is a chapter in an ongoing conversation with technology.

Chapter 05 - The Work

Selected Thought Pieces.

Each project is an argument about how something should work, feel, or exist.

Backend / Platform / 2025

Distributed Multivendor SaaS Platform

Full-stack marketplace with microservices, observability, and real-time features.

Architected an end-to-end multivendor SaaS platform with 3 roles (user/seller/admin), 10+ core feature modules (auth with OTP, seller onboarding, products, discounts, cart/wishlist, orders, coupons, notifications, chat, recommendations) and 30+ secured API endpoints. Implemented Kafka-based user activity tracking, Stripe onboarding for sellers, and full observability with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Loki, and Jaeger across all microservices.

Nx MonorepoKafkaNode.jsGraphQLNext.jsGrafanaPrometheus
EXECUTION RAIL / DISTRIBUTED MULTIVENDOR SAAS PLATFORMLIVE
platform runtime
Marketplace orchestration, realtime event flow, and observability all in one rail instead of a wall of architecture words.
surface
multivendor commerce
mode
services + queues
watch
otel + metrics
SESSIONsteady-state
The point here was not feature count. It was getting a busy commerce system to behave under load without turning operations into theatre.
AI / Infrastructure / 2025

Firecracker-Powered AI Coding Agent

Sandboxed AI coding environment with VM-level isolation.

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Creative / Full-Stack / 2026

Conversational Portfolio

This experience you're interacting with right now.

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Full-Stack / 2025

Mystery Message — Anonymous Message Sending Platform

Share a unique link, receive messages without revealing the sender's identity.

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Chapter 06 — Connect

Start a Conversation.

The best work begins with a good conversation.