Journey

A timeline of my learning, projects, and milestones.

My Journey

A concise timeline of learning, community events, and engineering milestones.

2026

  • May 2026 — Continuing to build and refine backend projects (Uniauth, PixForge, Stranger).
  • Started building OmniPost — an open-source AI-powered social media management platform with LinkedIn OAuth, AI content repurposing, and a PostgreSQL-backed dashboard.
  • Learning advanced Linux administration, Docker networking, and exploring cloud deployment.
  • Exploring agentic AI workflows and LLM tooling as part of a broader DevOps learning path.

2025

  • Attended GDG "Build with AI" event at Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata. An inspiring session on building AI-powered applications, Google AI tools, and the agentic AI landscape.

  • Attended GDG/ML Kolkata event at Heritage Campus — Heartfulness Hall. Hands-on sessions on machine learning fundamentals, developer tools, and the local tech community.

  • Launched PixForge — a full-stack image upload API with S3/MinIO support and Docker containerization.

  • Launched Stranger — an anonymous real-time chat application using Socket.IO.

  • Launched system-log-script — a Linux Bash/Node.js utility for system health monitoring.

2024

  • Oct 2024 — Completed the Node.js Backend Development course by Hitesh Choudhary & Piyush Garg on Udemy.

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  • Began building Uniauth — a unified authentication library for Node.js backends covering JWT and OAuth.

  • Started seriously learning Linux (Ubuntu), Bash scripting, and Docker basics.

  • Completed 12th grade. Began self-directed backend engineering path.

Looking Ahead

  • Planning to pursue a diploma program while continuing backend engineering.
  • Goals: deeper DevOps, GitHub Actions CI/CD, cloud deployment (AWS/Railway), and contributing to open source.

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