Akash
Fullstack Engineer | Rust · TypeScript
Mumbai, IN--°C
Summary
I’ve earned $7.2k+ through open-source contributions and bounties.
Currently building independently across web, trading infrastructure, and developer tooling.
Solana Fellow at Superteam, building and learning with the global Solana community.
Previously supported developer and community operations at Storacha.
Open-source contributor with Protocol Labs Dev Guild, working on developer tooling and community-led technical projects.
I care about useful software, precise technical writing, and products that stay simple under pressure.
GitHub activity
- fix(avm): validate platform-tools version before path construction in otter-sec/anchor
- feat(scenarios): Alpenglow's 150 ms finality case (ideal) + architecture map in AkashJana18/solana-consensus-lab
- Feat/windows support in AkashJana18/zenbones-herdr
- fix(web): resize the canvas on layout changes, not just window resize in AkashJana18/solana-consensus-lab
- feat: Windows support with Git Bash in AkashJana18/zenbones-herdr
- chore: deploy web app to Vercel with analytics in AkashJana18/solana-consensus-lab
- fix(alpenglow): fault picker whale overshoot & dead-slot hero tx loss in AkashJana18/solana-consensus-lab
Projects
Persistent scratchpads for Herdr, paving the way for floating utility panes.
GIF to ASCII terminal renderer cli in Rust. Tutorial video in the link below:
Ai assistant made with copilotkit ai
Terminal voice dictation CLI, local Whisper STT, code-aware cleanup & smart text insertion.
Modern portfolio website built on NEXTJS with aceternity ui
An interactive, paper-faithful simulator that shows how a transaction moves through Solana consensus, side by side under TowerBFT and Alpenglow.
A macOS-inspired portfolio built with GSAP.
Writings
Latest- How to Change Your Herdr Theme
- Superteam CTF v2: A Beginner’s Journey into Solana Security
- PayPal Froze $50,000 of a Startup’s Money.
- How to Add Filecoin Mainnet to MetaMask, Stay Safe, and Cash Out on Binance
- Bridging OrbitDB with Storacha: Decentralized Database Backups
- Storacha VES: Verifiable Encrypted Storage Made Simple
- DocumentSigner️: Tracking System using Storacha, UCANs and IPNS.
- ShareBox: UCAN-Powered File Sharing Platform Built on Storacha
- SecretShare : Secure, One-Time Access to Secrets (Built with UCANs + Storacha️)
- TARDIS-SN : My Pre-GSoC Journey, Codebase & Guide
- If you are looking to learn oops concept in fun way do check this out!
- Object-Oriented Emotions