It started with a computer.

Try it. Break it. Work out why.

I started teaching myself to code around sixth standard. YouTube, tutorials, documentation, and whatever I could find on the internet became my classroom.

What kept me interested was being able to make a computer do something I wanted. I would try an idea, break something, work out why it broke, and try again. That is still how I learn.

Two places to study. Plenty to learn.

I’m studying computer science at Scaler School of Technology and BITS Pilani in parallel. SST appealed to me because of its practical focus; the teaching, peers, and projects have given me more people to learn with.

BITS brings another academic perspective. My CGPA is currently above 9.0 in both programmes, but the learning also happens in projects, hackathons, and the things I build outside class.

An agency idea in a hostel room.

ParaPixel DigiServices started with a friend in a hostel room. We talked about starting a digital agency, looked at what we could offer, and decided to give it a go.

Since then, we’ve worked on social platforms, games, hospital systems, CRMs, websites, and custom software. Client work has meant understanding requirements, planning around deadlines, deploying, maintaining, and being responsible for what happens after delivery.

A project running on my laptop is a beginning. Getting it to work reliably for someone else is where a lot of the learning happens.

ParaPixel DigiServices ↗

Sometimes the classroom is a train.

Hackathons are one of my favourite ways to learn: unfamiliar problems, new teammates, a deadline, and an idea that has to turn into something you can actually show.

Hackathon notes and milestones ↗

When an event depends on the software.

I’ve also been part of the technical teams for Ascent and Yugaantar. Registrations, event workflows, attendance, food, merchandise, submissions, maps, media, and admin tools all connect to the same event. Working with the people running it has taught me how much the pieces depend on each other.

The Ascent case study keeps the technical details and team credits. The now page covers current work.

Python is home. I keep exploring.

Python is my strongest and most comfortable language. I also work with JavaScript and TypeScript, Java, C and C++, Go, Swift, and Rust, with different levels of experience in each.

My interests have taken me through full-stack software, AI and NLP, cybersecurity, games, automation, developer tools, and lower-level systems. An unfamiliar stack is usually a reason to investigate. I like learning enough of the fundamentals to build something meaningful with it.

A browser tab became a desktop.

My previous portfolio made the interface an experiment too: an Arch-inspired desktop with windows, a terminal, files and music. It is still live at arch.muneer320.tech. This site gives the writing more room; the earlier one invites you to explore. The story behind itfollows the window manager, virtual filesystem and Pocket interface.

One more chapter.

I love books. Artemis Fowl is one of the series that has stayed with me, and my reading goes well beyond one series or genre. Novels, different kinds of stories, and books that send me into a new subject all have a place.

There is usually another world to explore, another perspective to consider, or another chapter I want to read.

The sky was the first destination.

Being a pilot was my childhood dream. Flying felt like a way to get a little closer to space. Astronomy has had my heart for as long as I can remember.

Stars, galaxies, nebulae, black holes. The origins of the universe, string theory, relativity and special relativity. These are the kinds of questions I could spend a lifetime learning about.

A good question travels.

I enjoy debates, philosophical conversations, and writing. History, geography, politics and science are more reasons to open another tab. I like hearing a perspective that makes me question my own.

Tell me when the idea has a flaw.

I’m comfortable working independently, and I enjoy teams where people bring different skills and ways of thinking. Hackathons are a good reminder of how much can happen when those perspectives meet.

If an idea has a flaw, tell me. Explain what is wrong, suggest a better approach, and help me understand the reasoning. I would rather have a conversation that improves the work than agreement that gets us nowhere.

This is a snapshot. There is a good chance I’ll be exploring something different a few months from now. That is part of the fun.