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Computer Science and Mathematics graduate from the Pennsylvania State University
I like to build tools that solve real problems, and I’m passionate about the infrastructure that makes them scale.
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Work Experience
Software EngineerLoopNew York, NYJuly 2026 - Present
Special Projects DeveloperPenn State Thon™University Park, PAMay 2025 - May 2026
Software Development Engineering InternVitroPittsburgh, PAMay 2024 - August 2024Software Development Engineering InternVitroPittsburgh, PAMay 2023 - August 2023
Director of TechnologyHackPSUUniversity Park, PAJanuary 2023 - May 2026
Teaching AssistantThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PADecember 2022 - May 2026
Featured Writing
The Job Script Grew Up. Here Is How It Works Now.A visual tour of how my job-search script became a self-hosted pipeline: shared job data, careful filtering, distributed workers, recoverable batches, and boards that can explain their decisions.architecturepythonpostgresql
A Robot Arm That Follows Your CursorI put an interactive industrial robot arm on my homepage. Here is the short version of why, and the parts that turned out to be more interesting than I expected.three.jswebglroboticsHomelab: Current ArchitectureThe living reference for my homelab: six hosts, \~100 containers, SSO on everything, DNS as code, borg backups, and the honest cost table at \~$64/mo.homelabdockerinfrastructureMy Multi-Server Homelab: The Full ArchitectureThe full service map of my homelab: six hosts, \~100 containers, every stack and the wiring between them. The deep-dive companion to the overview post.homelabdockerinfrastructureThe Cron Job That Ran Three Times: Building Distributed Locks on Cloud RunWhen we deployed our HackPSU NestJS app to Cloud Run, every instance started firing the same cron jobs simultaneously. Hackers got triple cancellation emails and our sender reputation tanked. Here's how we built a distributed locking system with Firebase RTDB to fix it.nestjsdistributed-systemsfirebase
Weekend Project: Turning Wikipedia Into a Giant Network GraphWhat started as curiosity about Wikipedia rabbit holes turned into parsing 6.8 million articles and building a Neo4j graph database. Here's how I mapped the structure of human knowledge in a weekend.graph-algorithmsdata-visualizationpython
#### Interactive Experiments
Wiki Explorer: an Interactive Map of WikipediaThe Graph of LifeOne Billion CheckboxesWaiting in LineLoad Balancing, VisualizedTambola / Housie Game
Reading Log
Selected Projects
#### HackPSU Frontend
The Landing page for HackPSU that allows users to register for the event, view schedules, and more.
#### HackPSU API
The backend for HackPSU that powers the frontend and provides APIs for various functionalities.
#### Inventory Management System
A comprehensive inventory management system for HackPSU that tracks thousands of items across multiple event locations.
#### Warewolf
An inventory management system for Penn State THON that tracks thousands of items across multiple event locations.
#### Finance Dashboard
An automated finance management system for HackPSU that handles reimbursements, PDF generation, and email workflows.
#### POST (Point of Sale Terminal)
A point of sale terminal for THON that allows user to handle transactions, manage invoices and returns
Connect
Feel free to contact me at kanishksachdev@gmail.com