Akash
Fullstack Engineer | Rust · TypeScript
Mumbai, IN--°C

Summary
I’ve earned $7.2k+ through open-source contributions and bounties.
Currently building independently across web, trading infrastructure, and developer tooling.
Solana Fellow at Superteam, building and learning with the global Solana community.
Previously supported developer and community operations at Storacha.
Open-source contributor with Protocol Labs Dev Guild, working on developer tooling and community-led technical projects.
I care about useful software, precise technical writing, and products that stay simple under pressure.
Open to fulltime opportunities.
GitHub activity
- merge: v1.1 feature stack into main (sizing, change_path, setup, reliability) in AkashJana18/herdr-scratch
- feat: reliability hardening for popups, doctor, and list output in AkashJana18/herdr-scratch
- feat: setup onboarding writes recommended Herdr keybindings in AkashJana18/herdr-scratch
- feat: change_path cwd sync for bare-shell popups in AkashJana18/herdr-scratch
- feat: popup sizing (resize/fullscreen/reset) in AkashJana18/herdr-scratch
- fix: capture is silent — buffer audio before resampling so sound is actually recorded in AkashJana18/miccli
- fix: hotkey not firing — rewrite input via CGEventTap & statically link ONNX Runtime in AkashJana18/miccli
Projects
EdgeRunner is a deterministic, low-latency trading engine for sports prediction markets
Persistent scratchpads for Herdr, paving the way for floating utility panes.
GIF to ASCII terminal renderer cli in Rust. Tutorial video in the link below:
Ai assistant made with copilotkit ai
My personal development environment and terminal configuration for macOS
Modern portfolio website built on NEXTJS with aceternity ui
A macOS-inspired portfolio built with GSAP.
Writings
Latest- Superteam CTF v2: A Beginner’s Journey into Solana Security
- PayPal Froze $50,000 of a Startup’s Money.
- How to Add Filecoin Mainnet to MetaMask, Stay Safe, and Cash Out on Binance
- Bridging OrbitDB with Storacha: Decentralized Database Backups
- Storacha VES: Verifiable Encrypted Storage Made Simple
- DocumentSigner️: Tracking System using Storacha, UCANs and IPNS.
- ShareBox: UCAN-Powered File Sharing Platform Built on Storacha
- SecretShare : Secure, One-Time Access to Secrets (Built with UCANs + Storacha️)
- TARDIS-SN : My Pre-GSoC Journey, Codebase & Guide
- If you are looking to learn oops concept in fun way do check this out!
- Object-Oriented Emotions
- Conquering the Setup Loop with Daytona