Patta
A mobile-first home for Indian card games. Private rooms, AI players, reconnect-safe sessions, and realtime play—built for the messy reality beyond the happy path.
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I build resilient systems and independent products.
Software Engineer II at Ciena, working across network optimization, distributed software, and product engineering.
Selected workProfile / 01
The work is technical.The experience should not feel that way.
I design and operate software where reliability, performance, and clear interaction all matter at once.
By day, that means network systems. Independently, it means turning small ideas into products people can actually use.
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Two products.Both live.
Bollywood
Heardle
A daily music game built around recognition, memory, and a few seconds of sound. Each miss reveals a little more of the track.
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Systems thinking.Product instincts.Production accountability.
Distributed systemsNetwork optimizationProduct engineeringRealtime multiplayerInteraction designDistributed systemsNetwork optimizationProduct engineeringRealtime multiplayerInteraction design
I care about state, failure modes, latency, and observability. I care just as much about the moment a person taps the screen and expects the software to respond.
That combination is the work: make the difficult parts solid, then make them disappear.
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