Open to work

hi, santosh here.

been here for years

I'm a software engineer and computer science student from Coimbatore. I enjoy building useful products, especially where dependable backend systems and applied AI meet.

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Coimbatore, IndiaBackend · AI · Product

01 / About

I like learning by building the whole thing.

I started by hacking around on the internet and kept following the questions deeper: how data moves, where systems fail, and what makes software feel trustworthy. I now build end-to-end products with a particular interest in backend engineering, real-time systems, and useful AI.

I'm graduating in May 2026 and looking for a team where I can learn quickly, own meaningful work, and keep raising the quality of what I ship.

Tech I work with

  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Node.js
  • Hono
  • PostgreSQL
  • Prisma
  • Redis
  • Python
  • Docker
  • pgvector
  • Vercel AI SDK

02 / Selected work

Things I've built, and what made them hard.

01 / Applied AI · 2026

SCRIBE

A RAG knowledge workspace designed to answer with sources—or abstain.

  • Citation-backed answers
  • Asynchronous ingestion
  • Per-user isolation

Next.js · PostgreSQL · pgvector · Gemini · Vercel AI SDK

SCRIBE landing page showing its document ingestion and cited-answer workflow
SCRIBE · product capture01 / 03

02 / Backend systems · 2026

Ledgerly

A private ledger that turns raw bank text into structured transaction records.

  • Deterministic parser
  • PostgreSQL RLS
  • Aggregate-only AI insights

Next.js · Hono · PostgreSQL · Prisma · Better Auth

Ledgerly sign-in page describing private transaction extraction and tenant isolation
Ledgerly · product capture02 / 03

03 / Real-time systems · 2026

PingMe

Anonymous, short-lived chat rooms backed by Redis TTL.

  • No account required
  • TTL-based expiry
  • No persistent chat history

Next.js · TypeScript · Redis · Upstash · Bun

PingMe landing page offering private ephemeral chat rooms
PingMe · product capture03 / 03

03 / Activity

A little evidence from lately.

GitHub contributions

@marsh15 · last 12 months

The contribution calendar appears here when the production GitHub token is connected.

View GitHub

Listening

Spotify

The playable last track appears here after the Spotify credentials are added.

Coimbatore time

WeatherConnects on deploy

Visitors · 30dConnects on deploy

Site statusAll systems normal

04 / Experience

A short record.

June — August 2024

Generative AI Training Intern

CoralflowAI · Coimbatore

Built Python stock-data dashboards and improved product workflows through iterative feedback with the team.

Graduating May 2026

B.E. Computer Science and Engineering — IoT, Cyber Security & Blockchain

SNS College of Engineering

CGPA 8.0 / 10. Studying computer science with IoT, cybersecurity, and blockchain.

Read my résumé
“If you put 10,000 hours in a thing you'll eventually become expert at it, so the question should be: am I putting 10,000 hours of work in this thing?”
Andrej Karpathy