Portfolio — 2026
Every piece of great software is the result of a thousand tiny, deliberate design decisions. I’m the developer who wants to understand every one of them.
I’m drawn to the beauty of deterministic behaviour — systems where state is managed so precisely that outcomes are guaranteed. That thread runs through everything I’ve built: from a customer-facing Next.js platform tuned to a 97 Lighthouse score, to a compiler overhaul that took aerospace simulations from ten days to three and a half hours.
Now pursuing an MS in Computer Science at NYU, I’m working to bridge the gap between the chaotic nature of AI and the rigid reliability of systems engineering — using Nix and reproducible tooling to bring transparency and consistency to AI environments.
A MobileNet-V3–inspired model built for the diverse skin tones of the Indian populace: 95.2% accuracy on 12,000+ images, F1-score disparity across Fitzpatrick types held to 5% (baseline 25%), and 96.7% fewer parameters — 75 ms per image on a Raspberry Pi 5.
A semi-ephemeral, deterministic macOS system built with nix-darwin and impermanence, with SOPS-encrypted secrets for 10+ cloud providers. Machine setup time down 96%.
A unified cross-compilation system across Linux, Darwin, WSL and BSD targeting ARM, x86 and RISC-V. 100+ packages from a single source configuration, 87.9% first-try cross-build success, 45% faster foreign-arch CI.
An LLVM-backed just-in-time emulator for legacy Java ME games, running at 60 FPS where interpretation stalled, with a reproducible Nix toolchain that turns hours of setup into minutes.
An open-source, Markdown-based blogging system with Giscus comments and GitHub Actions deploys — 80% less manual publishing work.
A multi-format terminal file viewer for 100+ file types with rich graphics over the Kitty image protocol, composable with Unix pipelines.
Master of Science, Computer Science
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering
Led a 15-person team across four groups to ship the symposium site, a registration system for 1,000+ attendees, and a coding-challenge platform for 500 participants.
Ran a treasure hunt for 100+ students with 95% positive feedback — recognised as the most efficiently managed event.
Led health-awareness campaigns across 20 schools, reaching 500+ students.
Open to software engineering roles and internships in New York and beyond. The fastest way to reach me is email.
contact@surya.sh