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Aaditya Rai.

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Right now

Focus
OS dev & web security
Base
Nagpur, India
Availability
Open to opportunities

About

I build things to understand how they work, and break them to understand how they fail.

Right now that's shipping full-stack products, writing CTF writeups, and building an OS from scratch.

Systems & OS devWeb developmentEthical hackingCTFsSpace & astronomyLinuxNetworkingAI/ML

Currently learning

  • OS development (LarpOS)now
  • Systems programming (C & Assembly)now
  • Web security & CTFsnow
  • Gonow
  • Cloud & DevOpsnext
  • Deeper ML (TEJAS)next

Skills

Languages

  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • C
  • C++
  • Go
  • Assembly

Frontend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Framer Motion

Backend

  • Node.js
  • Prisma
  • PostgreSQL
  • REST APIs
  • RAG

Security

  • Linux
  • Networking
  • Nmap
  • Wireshark
  • Burp Suite
  • OWASP

Systems / OS

  • Virtual Memory
  • Paging & Segmentation
  • File Systems
  • I/O Management
  • Device Drivers (basics)
  • System Calls
  • Computer Architecture
  • Memory Layout

Tooling

  • Git
  • Bash
  • Docker
  • Vercel

Projects

Built to learn. Shipped to prove it.

CloudVitta

Featured

A usage-based billing platform for object storage that tracks storage consumption and automates billing based on actual usage. Designed, built, and deployed solo, live at cloudvitta.in.

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Stack

  • React 18 + Vite
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Node.js + Express
  • Prisma 6
  • PostgreSQL (Neon)
  • Razorpay
  • OCI Object Storage

osint-PhantomTrace

Completed

Python OSINT tool aggregating public data from 35+ platforms: username lookup, email breach check, WHOIS, EXIF extraction, and Google dork generation with HTML reports.

Python · OSINT

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VisionCommand

Completed

Real-time gesture-based OS control system using computer vision and ML.

Python · Computer Vision · ML

Code ↗

FlowGuard

Completed

Low-cost IoT flood early warning system using ESP32, hydraulic physics (orifice equation), and Isolation Forest ML to detect urban drain blockages in real-time.

Isolation Forest · IoT

Code ↗

CampusConnect

Archived

All-in-one campus platform connecting students, clubs, and administrators. Handles communication, events, and participation in one place. Built solo, later shelved.

LarpOS

Building

An operating system built from scratch.

C · Assembly

TEJAS

Building

AI-powered solar flare nowcasting and forecasting platform using combined SoLEXS and HEL1OS X-ray observations from ISRO's Aditya-L1 mission.

Python · ML

C2 Simulation

Building

Command-and-control simulation for studying attacker infrastructure in a lab setting.

Python

Timeline

  1. 2026

    Systems programming & low-level computing

    Went deeper into systems programming and low-level computer internals, memory management, OS fundamentals, and writing closer to the metal.

  2. 2024 — now

    Cybersecurity & systems deep dive

    Ethical hacking, network security, CTF competitions, and systems programming.

  3. 2024

    B.Tech CSE (IoT) at YCCE, Nagpur

    Started engineering. Expected graduation 2028.

  4. 2024

    Full-stack development

    Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and API design.

  5. 2023 — 24

    First real projects

    Dashboards, tools, and interactive apps. Shipped and deployed.

  6. 2023

    JavaScript & React

    Component architecture, state, and modern frontend patterns.

  7. 2022 — 23

    Web foundations

    HTML, CSS, JavaScript. First websites.

  8. 2022

    Started programming

    Python basics and computational thinking.

Education

  • B.Tech: Computer Science & Engineering (IoT)

    Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur

    2024 — 28

  • Higher Secondary (PCM)

    B.K. Birla College, Kalyan

    2022 — 24

Certifications & achievements

  • Ethical Hacking & Cybersecurity Internship

    VaultofCodes (2 months)

    2026

  • Introduction to Cybersecurity

    Cisco Networking Academy

    2025

  • Hackathon wins

    Participated in multiple hackathons, won several

  • Co-Head of Sports

    College Techfest

Security

Domains under active study.

  • Linux systems

    Internals, hardening, and privilege management.

    Bash · systemd · Permissions

  • Network security

    Protocols, packet analysis, and traffic monitoring.

    TCP/IP · Wireshark · Firewalls

  • Web security

    Injection attacks, XSS, and secure coding practice.

    OWASP Top 10 · SQLi · Auth

  • Cryptography

    Encryption, hashing, and key exchange.

    AES · RSA · TLS

  • CTF writeups ↗

    How I found the vulnerability, exploited it, and got the flag.

    Web exploitation · Forensics · Reversing

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Bookshelf

  • Deep Work

    Cal Newport

  • Code

    Charles Petzold

  • How Linux Works

    Brian Ward

  • Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir

  • Frankenstein

    Mary Shelley

  • Demian

    Hermann Hesse

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