Nishal K

Role: Full-Stack Developer · Project Lead (Independent)

Responsibilities

• Made a noon-meal tracking app for Kerala schools with Malayalam forms and admin dashboards
• Built the frontend in React, Tailwind CSS, and Framer Motion for clerks who are not heavy tech users
• Ran the backend on Node.js, Express, and PostgreSQL for strength logs and meal reports
• Added export flows with validation so schools could drop the paper round
• Tested with real school workflows and kept fixing field layout and copy
• Keep nmhelper.in live and updated

Impact

• App in use for school meal tracking in Kerala
• Less daily paperwork for strength and meal counts
• UI in English and Malayalam for local staff

Role: Full-Stack Developer · Open-Source Project Lead

Responsibilities

• Put live web apps out under my name: NekoBeat, Otazumi, Publicolio, Musico, OtakuPulse, CarbonLint
• Built GitHub Stars Organizer, a Python CLI that sorts hundreds of starred repos into GitHub lists without a paid LLM
• Grew Otazumi into anime streaming with auth, reviews, mail, and watch parties
• Made Publicolio so people can turn a GitHub profile into a portfolio link
• Started NekoDroid, a browser Android emulator with a Rust core compiled to Wasm
• Work across React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, Rust, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL
• Handle my own repos, deploys (GitHub Pages, Netlify, Render), and bug fixes

Impact

• 60+ public repos on GitHub (nishal21)
• Live sites with users: otazumi.page, app.publicolio.qzz.io, musico21.netlify.app
• Pinned work covers music, anime, dev tools, and systems

Role: Backend Developer · Project Contributor

Responsibilities

• Wrote a Discord bot for anime/manga alerts, daily quotes, and trailer pings
• Hooked up AniList with rate-limited polling for new episodes
• Added a web dashboard so admins can set alerts per server
• Stored settings in MongoDB with Node.js and Discord.js
• Deployed bot and dashboard on Render (otakupulse.onrender.com)

Impact

• Bot running on multiple Discord servers
• Episode alerts run automatically instead of manual checks
• Built alone: bot, API, database, admin UI

Role: AMV Editor · Music Producer · Content Creator

Responsibilities

• Cut AMVs in Premiere Pro, After Effects, and DaVinci Resolve
• Made remixes and tracks in FL Studio, timing hits to the edit
• Planned each video around beat drops, pacing, and color
• Uploaded and kept track of edits and remixes on the channel
• Did thumbnails, titles, and the full upload workflow myself

Impact

• Five years of steady uploads
• Best video topped 80,000 views
• Channel built around AMV edits and remix production