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Artifacts

A collection of projects, write-ups, and explorations spanning product design, web development, data analysis, and healthcare.

FeaturedProjectHealthcareDataPyaarProject

Drug Name Normalizer

A client-side web app that normalizes messy medication names to standardized generic names using the NIH RxNorm API. Built with Next.js 15, TypeScript, and TailwindCSS. Solves a real healthcare data problem, converting 2-4 hours of manual drug mapping into a 2-minute automated process.

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ProjectFeaturedPyaarProject

LinkedIn Notes

A Chrome extension that adds private notes and color-coded tags to LinkedIn profiles. All data stays local in the browser, no servers, no accounts, no tracking. Includes a CRM dashboard, quick search popup, and JSON export. Built with WXT + React.

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ProjectHealthcareFeaturedPyaarProject

FDA Devices MCP Server

An MCP server that gives AI assistants structured access to FDA medical device databases, 510(k) clearances, PMA approvals, adverse events, recalls, and device classification. Built with TypeScript, includes synonym expansion and source links.

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ProjectCuriosityPyaarProject

Logo Letterhead Tool

A web tool for generating branded PDF letterheads with logo placement. Uses pdf-lib for PDF generation, sharp for image processing, and ML-based background removal. Per-page control over logo position and size. Built with Next.js.

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PYAAR Radio

A personal DJ music app with 41K+ tracks, DuckDB WASM for in-browser SQL filtering, Camelot harmonic mixing, and a daily auto-sync pipeline from YouTube Music. Built with Next.js, React 19, and Tailwind.

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FeaturedResearchHealthcareData

Unlocking Healthcare Insights: First Look at Snowflake's Synthetic Dataset

Snowflake released a Synthetic Dataset that could be a nifty way to test out POC’s for searching through structured EHR Patient Data

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PyaarProjectFeaturedProjectTooling

PDOS

A Notion-native operating system for the ops manager of a small team — projects, role-by-role workstreams, launch cadence, and a contacts rolodex in one workspace. An optional Bridge layer connects it to WhatsApp, Slack, or Telegram; Spoonerism's spoonbot is the first Bridge fork.

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ProjectHealthcareVisualizationFeaturedPyaarProject

SaMD Clearance Visualization

Interactive visualization of FDA 510(k) clearances for Software as a Medical Device (SaMD). Explores regulatory trends, predicate device networks, and clearance timelines across product codes.

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FeaturedResearchProjectHealthcare

Optimal Vascular Access for Hemodialysis Patients

When’s the best time to start a patient on hemodialysis? Too soon could lead to costly revision surgeries, too late could risk infection. Nephrologists and patients need more data to understand the schedule for a patient starting hemodialysis

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HealthcareDataThoughts

Clinical Data Stewardship: A Rant

“Why are these column values null?”

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ProjectCuriosityPyaarProject

NTS Extractor

A web app that extracts tracklists from NTS Radio show pages. Flask backend scrapes NTS pages and uses bracket-counting JSON extraction to parse tracklist data. Brutalist design aesthetic. Built with Python and vanilla JS.

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ProjectFeaturedHealthcareDataPyaarProject

FDA CRL Analyzer

Analyzes 202 FDA Complete Response Letters (2020-2024) to extract regulatory intelligence, deficiency patterns, therapeutic area trends, and sentiment. Uses DuckDB for fast SQL analytics and Parquet for efficient storage. 8 deficiency categories, 7 therapeutic areas.

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CuriosityHealthcare

Make Health Tech Great Again

More than 60 companies pledged to work collaboratively to deliver results for the American people. This database is tracking the efforts and recent achievements of each of the organizations. The apps will assist in the delivery of key services to beneficiaries including: Diabetes and obesity management, the use of conversational AI assistants to help patients check symptoms, navigate care options, schedule appointments, and among other tasks; and tools to “kill the clipboard” by replacing paper intake forms with seamless digital check-in methods

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Thoughts

Ways to Disrupt Healthcare

musings on healthcare problems

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CuriosityThoughts

Why Write?

I try to make everyone laugh or learn, and writing helps me do that

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ProjectDataCuriosity

Hebbars Kitchen Recipe Dataset

Web scraper that collected 4,094 Indian recipes from Hebbar's Kitchen with 95.3% data completeness. Structured dataset includes ingredients, prep time, cuisine type, and dietary tags. Demonstrates web scraping and data engineering skills.

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ProjectFeatured

Finance Dashboard

Full-stack personal finance tracker with JWT authentication, multi-account support, and transaction tracking. Built with Next.js 15, PostgreSQL (Neon), and Prisma ORM. Deployed on Vercel.

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ProjectDataFeatured

TidyTuesday Agent

An AI agent that autonomously answers data analysis questions about TidyTuesday datasets. Uses a 5-step workflow: understand the question, load data into DuckDB, run SQL queries, interpret results, and format answers. 61 tests, domain-aware question interpretation.

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ProjectVisualizationFeatured

Kolam Tron

Generative kolam (Tamil floor art) patterns rendered in a Tron-inspired neon aesthetic. Uses knot theory for loop merging, multi-pass rendering with glow effects, and an animation state machine. Built with p5.js for DJ visual performances.

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ProjectVisualizationFeatured

Mudra Visualizer

A real-time hand-tracking visual instrument using MediaPipe and p5.js. Maps hand gestures (mudras) to four visual modes, particle trails, geometric halos, energy fields, and constellation maps. Uses One Euro Filter for smooth tracking and WebGL shaders.

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ProjectVisualizationDataFeatured

NBA Match Dashboard

An interactive NBA game analysis dashboard with D3.js hexbin shot charts, force-directed assist networks, and score timelines. Built with Next.js 15, React 19, and a Python data fetcher using NBA API V3 endpoints.

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FeaturedHealthcareProject

Innolitics Medtech Newsletter

Curating a biweekly newsletter for 750+ readers on FDA regulatory strategies for Software as a Medical Device (SaMD). Covers 510(k) submission tips, predicate device analysis, AI/ML guidance, and common regulatory mistakes.

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Project

Festival Playlist Generator

Upload a festival poster, get a YouTube playlist. Gemini Vision extracts the lineup; YouTube Data API fetches each artist's top tracks and stitches them into one public playlist.

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ProjectNotionTooling

Letterboxd → Notion: Bridging Feed-less Apps into a Personal Content Database

Using RSS as a universal adapter to mirror my Letterboxd film diary into a Notion database, a reproducible pattern for turning any app into a feed for your own "second brain," even when it has no official API.

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ProjectHealthcarePyaarProject

pyaar-dicom

A local-first DICOM annotation station for crowdsourcing radiologist validation of medical imaging datasets. Pairs Apple's newly DICOM-approved Studio Display XDR with Kitware's open-source viewer, the public sandbox runs on FDA-released synthetic mammograms; the local install keeps real PHI on the radiologist's own machine.

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PyaarProjectFeaturedProject

Pyaar Trivia

An open-source trivia hosting platform built for live pub quiz nights. Full-screen presenter mode, real-time scoring grids, AI-powered question generation via Claude, and support for multiple quiz formats including progressive reveal, video rounds, and picture rounds. Used weekly at venues across Atlanta and Chicago for 3+ years.

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MarkItDown Web

FastAPI web app that converts PDFs, Office docs, audio, and images to clean Markdown, a minimal black-and-white UI wrapped around Microsoft's MarkItDown.

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PersonalFeatured

Mridangam & Carnatic Music

15 years of mridangam performance bridging South Indian classical traditions with contemporary electronic and fusion contexts. Includes the Melakarta Web App for exploring all 72 Carnatic ragas and Kolam Tron generative art.

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ProjectFeatured

Dirty South Trivia

A recurring weekly trivia night side business in Atlanta, original question writing, comedic hosting, venue partnerships, A/V production, and data-driven audience retention.

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FeaturedResearchVisualizationHealthcareNotionProjectPyaarProject

Notion-Based Glucose Dashboard

A visualization of 14 days of my Glucose Data Collection (or yours if you want)

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