Projects

Things I've built, tested, and can defend in an interview — pulled live from GitHub and curated by hand.

• fragments

  Cloud-native microservice for storing and transforming user data fragments — Node.js/Express, AWS (S3, DynamoDB, Cognito, EC2, ECR), Docker, CI/CD via GitHub Actions, 64 passing tests with 80%+ coverage.

  JavaScript
• code-review-agent

  A LangChain agent that reviews a Python file using real, deterministic tools (not the model's own guesses), then explains and prioritizes what it finds.

  Python
• ledgerlite

  Digital-bank core REST API built with Java 21 and Spring Boot 4: idempotent transfers, row-level locking, JWT auth, and a loan state machine.

  Java
• nikblog-image-mcp

  A real MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that closes the manual work in how I get a cover image onto Nik-Blog — from writing the Gemini prompt to the image landing live on the site.

  PythonMCPautomation5 notes →
• career-watch-mcp

  A real MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets an AI agent search for jobs on my behalf without ever touching the data itself.

  PythonMCP2 notes →
• terraform-practice

  Hands-on Terraform (IaC) practice on real AWS infra — 6 exercises, init→plan→apply→destroy, least-privilege IAM-as-code, remote state with S3-native locking, reusable modules. Real errors hit and fixed, not just clean code.

  TerraformHCLIaC7 notes →
• nikblog-mcp

  A real MCP (Model Context Protocol) server exposing my live portfolio (nik-blog) as callable tools — project list, notes, and project lookup by slug, with proper error handling and a streamable-HTTP deploy on Render.

  PythonMCP6 notes →
• leet-journal

  Real DSA/LeetCode practice in Python — not clean final solutions, but the actual journey: what I tried, what broke, and the fix.

  Python2 notes →
• nik-blog

  A portfolio and blog built as a real multi-layer application — a REST API with authentication, a public site, and a private admin panel, instead of a static page. The goal isn't just "a portfolio," it's a genuine full-stack engineering demonstration: a backend and frontend talking over REST, real auth protecting a real admin surface.

  TypeScript10 notes →
• langchain-practice

  Hands-on LangChain practice, from a plain model call to a real tool-calling agent.

  Python8 notes →
• k8s-practice

  Hands-on Kubernetes exercises, run on a local cluster. Each exercise is small and self-contained, and includes the manifests, the commands used, the observed output, and what it shows.

  Kubernetes7 notes →
• HC

  HC — Midnight Forge Dragon Terminal: a cyberpunk iPadOS work-hour tracker built with SwiftUI/MVVM, featuring voice commands, hand-gesture control, and Apple Pencil support.

  Swift
• data_structure_visualizer

  Interactive Streamlit app that visualizes algorithm execution step by step — editable inputs, autoplay controls, and exportable output as PDF, GIF, or MP4.

  Python
• CineVision

  A full-stack Movie & TV tracker with AI-powered recommendations and a Liquid-Glass UI.

  JavaScript