2021 — 2022
Self-taught
First lines
Started with HTML, CSS and a stubborn curiosity. Built small pages, broke them, rebuilt them — and discovered that the browser is a remarkably generous place to learn.
HTMLCSSJavaScript
Open to freelanceIndia · 18 · Student · building in public
Building theweb withfeeling.
Aryan — Adept across the stack — happiest in the backend. 18, a student, and building in public.
Based in
India / IST
Focus
Backend & interfaces
Status
Open to freelance
Mode
Student / builder
Node.jsExpressTypeScriptReactNext.jsMotionThree.jsPostgreSQLRedisDockerREST APIsVercel
01Selected work
Selected work.
Four projects, chosen for the problems they solved rather than the screenshots they produced. Backend bones, considered surfaces.
More experiments live in the details — and in the repos. If you want to see a specific piece of the system, ask.
Request the full index02About
A student by day,
a builder by obsession.
18, self-taught, and more interested in the details than the title. I care about the space where a solid backend meets an interface you can feel.
Profile / 018--:-- IST
A.
Full-stack
Backend-firstEst. 2021
Backend-firstEst. 2021
Aryan
Full-stack developer & vibe coder
Age
18
Base
India
Mode
Student
Made with intentVol. 01
The short version
A self-taught full-stack developer who lives in the overlap between logic and feel. I build APIs that stay out of the way, interfaces that invite a second look, and small details that make software feel alive.
Most comfortable in Node.js and Express. Equally at home in React, Next.js and a canvas full of moving parts. Currently studying, shipping side projects, and getting a little better every day.
Right now
- Studying, and learning in public
- Building full-stack side projects
- Taking on select freelance work
The approach
Understand the problem properly. Build the smallest honest version. Then keep polishing the parts people actually touch.
“Taste is just attention, repeated.”
03Stack & mindset
Tools I think in.
Not a list of logos. A set of layers I understand well enough to reach for the right one — and to adapt when the next one arrives.
01Where I do my best thinking
Backend architecture
APIs with clean seams, data that behaves, and error paths that were considered before launch day.
Node.jsExpress.jsTypeScriptREST APIsJWT & sessionsWebSocketsPostgreSQLMongoDBRedisPrisma
aryan@studio — zsh
aryan@studio:~$ npm run ship
→ validating routes ............ ok
→ connecting postgres .......... ok
→ warming redis cache .......... ok
ready in 412ms▍
02Where the idea becomes felt
Frontend with feeling
Interfaces built from real components, real type-safety, and an unreasonable amount of care for the last ten percent.
ReactNext.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSMotionThree.js
03Mindset
Adept, not attached.
Tools change. The ability to adapt doesn't. I optimise for understanding the layer underneath, so the next framework feels familiar before the docs do.
Fundamentals travel well
04The workshop
The quiet tools
The quiet tools behind every deploy — version control, containers, APIs tested by hand before they are trusted.
Git & GitHubDockerVercelPostmanLinuxSupabaseCloudinary
05Deliberately unfinished
Still
learning
learning
Deliberately unfinished.
The interesting part of being self-taught is that the syllabus never ends. Right now, these have my attention.
RustBunAI toolingSystem designShader basics
Compare notes04Journey
The path so far.
No shortcuts, no mythology. Just a fairly typical self-taught route — with an unusually high tolerance for reading documentation.
2022 — 2023
Node.js & Express
The backend shift
Found the part of the web that felt like home: routes, middleware, databases and the quiet satisfaction of an API that returns exactly what it promised.
Node.jsExpressMongoDB
2024 — Present
Freelance & collaborations
Building for others
Moved from tutorials to real requirements. Shipped full-stack projects, learned to ask better questions, and started treating deployment as part of the design.
Full-stackAPIsVercel
Now
18 · building in public
Student, still shipping
Balancing study with side projects and client work. Getting more deliberate about design, performance and the craft of making things feel inevitable.
Next.jsThree.jsMotion
Edu
IndiaComputer science student — Present
Studying while building — the classroom and the terminal teach different halves of the same thing.
04.1How I work
01
Clarity over cleverness
The best code reads like it was obvious all along. I optimise for the person who arrives next.
02
Details are the product
A 200ms easing curve and a well-named error message are not decoration. They are the experience.
03
Ship, then refine
Real feedback beats imagined perfection. I would rather hold something honest than describe something ideal.
05Contact
Have an idea?Let's make it real.
A product, a backend that needs untangling, an interface that deserves more care — or simply a good conversation about the web. My inbox is open.
Write directly
Elsewhere
The inbox above is the quickest way in.
Open to freelance
India · --:-- IST
Form / 001No backend. Just email.