const kaushik = {
name: "Kaushik Samadder",
role: "Full-Stack Developer",
location: "India 🇮🇳",
building: ["Stacy", "Nordstern"],
stack: ["React", "Node", "Rust", "Python", "TypeScript"],
learning: "always",
motto: "ship it, then make it better",
};- ⭐ Nordstern — payments infrastructure linking Indian bank rails (UPI · IMPS · NEFT) to on-chain settlement. Think a compliant on/off-ramp for moving money between banks and blockchains. · TypeScript · Node.js · Postgres
- 🤖 StacyVM — an open-source Go runtime that runs untrusted code safely in sandboxes. Swap the isolation backend — Docker, Firecracker, gVisor — with a single line of config, and cold starts boot in ~28 ms. · Go · open-source
🏆 Outside of building, I like jumping into hackathons — grateful to have come out on top of 8 so far (~$7,850 in prizes).
a few highlights
- 🥇 1st — Uniswap Incubator ($2,750)
- 🥇 1st — Tech Fairness ($2,000)
- 🥈 2nd — Core Hacker House India ($1,500)
- 🥉 3rd — Loops HackerHouse ($800)
- 🥈 2nd — Stellar Residency ($350)
Languages
Frontend
Backend
Databases
ML & Data
Tools
I'm open to collaborating on interesting projects — reach out anywhere below 👇



