Software Engineer · DevOps Enthusiast · System Designer

I build scalable systems
and beautiful products

With real users in mind. I think deeply about system design, scalability, and trade-offs. Every line of code ships with purpose.

15+
Projects Shipped
5+
Systems Designed
500+
Users Impacted

Projects

Case studies of systems I've designed and products I've shipped. Click to explore the engineering details.

Explain Bytes

Many engineers struggle to understand complex systems and concepts. Explain Bytes provides clear, concise explanations to help developers learn and grow.

Impact: Contributing to the community by providing clear, concise explanations to help developers learn and grow.

Next.jsTypeScriptNode.jsPostgreSQL

Collaborative Editor

Maintaining data consistency in real-time collaborative environments is notoriously difficult due to race conditions and network lag. This project leverages CRDTs and Yjs to ensure a fluid, conflict-free editing experience with guaranteed eventual consistency.

Impact: Users can collaborate on documents in real-time with others.

ReactTypeScriptNext.jsyjs

Anima

Finding an anime based on intent beyond keywords is hard. This app helps users discover new animes based on certain emotional arc, themes, or characters personality.

Impact: Anima helps users discover new anime based on their preferences.

Next.jsExpress.jsTypeScriptgraphql

Experience

A timeline of my journey building products at startups. Focused on ownership, speed, and impact.

Full-time
Jan 2024 - Present

Full-time
Oct 2025 - Mar 2026

Internship
Jan 2020 - May 2021

Internship
Jun 2025 - Feb 2025

Engineering Blog

Deep dives into system design, scaling challenges, and architectural decisions.

Designing Payment Systems That Never Fail

How we built a real-time payments platform with 99.99% uptime. Lessons on idempotency, eventual consistency, and graceful degradation.

System DesignPaymentsDistributed Systems
Jan 15, 2024
3 min read

Scaling WebSockets to 100K Concurrent Connections

The architecture behind our real-time collaboration feature. From single server to horizontally scaled infrastructure.

PerformanceWebSocketsScaling
Nov 20, 2023
3 min read

The Case for Boring Technology

Why I choose PostgreSQL over the latest database, and how 'boring' choices have saved countless debugging hours.

ArchitectureBest Practices
Sep 5, 2023
3 min read
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Testimonials

What colleagues, managers, and clients say about working with me.

“Exceptional Ui/Ux designing skills that greatly enhanced our society's online presence. Highly recommended for any project requiring top-notch design expertise.”
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E-Cell NITH
Designer and Developer at NIT Hamirpur
Mentor
“Professional and thorough, delivering outstanding results for app and website user experience.”
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App Team - College Club
Designer and Developer at NIT Hamirpur
Colleague
“Hard working and competitive. Attentive during grooming sessions to deliver quality Product.”
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Mayuri Gedam
Frontend Developer at Ctrlb
Manager
“Creative Design and Dev skills, significantly improving our Web user experience.”
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CSEC - College Society
Full Stack Developer at CSEC - NIT Hamirpur
Colleague

About Me

I'm Pratyush, a software engineer who thrives in the chaos of early-stage startups. There's something magical about building products from zero to one, wearing multiple hats, and seeing your code directly impact real users.

My engineering philosophy is simple: write code that scales, ship products that matter, and always think about the user. I believe the best engineers are product-minded—they understand not just how to build, but what to build and why.

I love diving deep into system design challenges. How do you build a payment system that never loses a transaction? How do you scale a real-time collaboration feature to thousands of concurrent users? These are the problems that excite me.

Startup-minded
Team player

How I Work

Design First

I think through architecture before writing code. Good design saves debugging time.

Ship Fast

Bias towards action. Get working software in front of users quickly.

Iterate

Feedback loops are everything. Build, measure, learn, repeat.

Measure Impact

If you can't measure it, you can't improve it. Data-driven decisions.

Currently Exploring

Distributed SystemsSystem DesignBackendOpen Source