hey, i'm

Kishore Prabakar

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building scalable systems & ml apps

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01 / About

Hey, I'm Kishore — backend & AI developer from VSBEC-IT. Tech optimist. I build backend systems, play with AI/ML, and ship things that work. Currently into Backend Systems, DSA, Blockchain, and anything that scales or learns.

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02 / Skills

Backend

Node.jsExpress REST APIsGraphQL WebSocketsJWT Auth Rate LimitingJob Queues

Frontend

ReactJavaScript TypeScriptHTML / CSS

Databases

PostgreSQLMongoDB SQLiteRedis Raw SQL

AI & Data

Groq APILLM Integration EmbeddingsRAG PandasNumPy ML Basics

Systems & Tools

GitLinux DockerCLI Design TCP / HTTPCron Jobs

Blockchain

SHA-256Merkle Trees Blockchain basicsethers.js Solidity

Certifications

SQL — HackerRank React — HackerRank Google Data Analytics AWS Developer Associate

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03 / Projects

Brieflypinned

Paste meeting notes → AI extracts summary, action items, and key decisions. Full auth, session history, and templated prompts.

AI/MLReactNode.jsGroq APIMongoDB
Siftpinned

Drop Amazon product links → instant side-by-side comparison table. Price, rating, and features extracted automatically.

Web ToolsScrapingReactExpress
Link Vaultpinned

Bookmarking API with auto-scraping, tag system, and full-text search. Organised link management built for developers.

BackendExpressSQLiteCheerioREST
Auth Service

Standalone JWT microservice — register, login, refresh, revoke. Stateless auth with bcrypt and production-ready security patterns.

BackendJWTbcryptSecurity
Rate Limiter

Token bucket algorithm from scratch — no libraries. Configurable Express middleware with per-route window and limit settings.

SystemsAlgorithmsMiddlewareNode.js
SHA-256 from Scratch

Pure implementation of SHA-256 using only bitwise operations. No crypto libraries. Foundational for understanding blockchain hashing.

CryptoBitwise OpsAlgorithmsBYO
Semantic Search

Search documents by meaning using vector embeddings. pgvector backend handles chunking and nearest-neighbour retrieval.

AI/MLEmbeddingspgvectorRAG
Blockchain from Scratch

Block creation, chain validation, proof-of-work consensus — no libraries. Pure JS to understand internals without abstraction.

BlockchainCryptoAlgorithmsBYO
Commit Message Gen

CLI tool — pipe git diff to an LLM, get a meaningful, structured commit message in seconds. DevTool that earns its keep.

CLIAI/MLLLMDevTools
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04 / Blogs

philosophy 18 Jul 2025

No Sin to be feared of.

the idea of "sin" probably started as a way to stop people from hurting each other. but later, some people started using it for control and power.
business 11 Jul 2025

Making money with Open Source software

At first I thought open source is all charity. Maybe it came up with the "Free and Open Source" titles. Turns out it's a lot more interesting.
self 22 Jun 2025

Notes on Success — Part 1

Not luck, not "set clear goals". Self-interpreting what actually moves the needle over a long period of grit and drive.
misc 19 Jun 2025

First Blog

Just a vibe.

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05 / Reading List

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Clean Code Robert C. Martin

Changed how I name variables. Genuinely.

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The Pragmatic Programmer Andrew Hunt

DRY, broken windows, tracer bullets — concepts that stuck.

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Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari

Made me question everything I assumed was "natural" about society.

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Atomic Habits James Clear

Systems > goals. The 1% compounding idea is annoyingly true.

reading
Zero to One Peter Thiel

Competition is for losers. Still processing what that means.

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" Code and media are permissionless leverage. Build or die. — Naval Ravikant