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pankajtanwarbanna/README.md

Hey there! 👋

I'm Pankaj - a software engineer obsessed with building weird, fun, and occasionally useful things. I ship for laughs, learning, and the love of building.

When I’m not working on large-scale systems, I’m probably:

  • Debugging distributed systems for fun
  • Writing about databases and architecture on my blog,
  • Or shipping another side project I thought of at 2 AM.

My Side Projects That Got People Talking

🗣️ Scream to Unlock
A Chrome extension that blocks social media until you yell “I’m a loser”. The louder you scream, the more time you get to browse.
#1 on Hacker News • 2.5M+ views • Viral on Reddit

✈️ Boeing Flight Detector
A flight booking tool that flags Boeing aircraft — because safety (and drama).
Viral on LinkedIn • 250k+ views • Built in a weekend

📱 Teach Your Parents Smartphone
An app that teaches parents how to use WhatsApp, UPI and other apps via simulations. Born from a real-life family crisis.
Viral on Reddit • Actually helped my parents

💀 Cringe Guard
AI tool that blurs cringe LinkedIn posts in real time. No more hustle-bro trauma.
150k+ views • Weekend build • Open source

🖼️ Digital Photo Frame
Gave my dusty Android 4.4 tablet a new life with a custom photo display server.
400k+ views • Reddit loved it • Still running

Explore my other projects here.

Hey! I'm raising a tiny coffee fund to keep my creative projects (and my brain) running strong. If you’ve enjoyed anything I made, consider fueling the next one with a coffee or two. https://buymeacoffee.com/the2ndfloorguy

Also, I Write

My technical blog covers:

  • Internals of systems I'm curious about
  • Backend and infra breakdowns
  • Ramblings from the world of engineering
  • Blog read by 300K+ engineers worldwide
  • Featured by MySQL, Cassandra, JavaScript Weekly
  • Frontpage on Hacker News & Reddit

Professionally

  • Lead backend at 1Weather @ InMobi, powering weather data for 200M+ users
  • Built fintech systems that handle ₹1000 Cr+ disbursals
  • Love clean infra, elegant APIs, and systems that just don’t break

And lastly...

I have three cats: Kafka, Docker, and Mango.

They don’t code, but they do walk across my keyboard frequently.

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  1. nodekeeper Public

    🛠️ A 30x light weight alternative to nodemon to monitor your nodejs applications [NOT FOR PRODUCTION]

    JavaScript 84 2

  2. cringe-guard Public

    A chrome extension that filters out cringe content on my LinkedIn feed using AI.

    HTML 74 15

  3. scream-to-unlock Public

    A tool that blocks social media sites (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) until you scream `I'm a loser`. The louder you scream, the more time you get to browse

    JavaScript 75 6

  4. cric-code Public

    👨‍💻 A fake VS code, so you can browse live cricket score in your office (the way, programmers like).

    JavaScript 2 1

  5. PlacementMNIT Public

    🎓 Official Placement Portal : MNIT Jaipur

    JavaScript 72 49

  6. whiteboard Public

    📌 An Online Web based real time team collaboration whiteboard with extra features as drawing request, moderators etc.

    JavaScript 5 1