Hello world 👋
I'm Saiprasad Rao, a web developer based in Bengaluru.
I build backends, frontends, and whatever sits between them. Lately that's been AI tooling, and self-hosted experiments that probably shouldn't be running on old hardware.
Reach me at ✉️ saiprasadrao1234@gmail.com · GitHub · LinkedIn
📄 my resume
Experience
- 🚀 Backend Developer Intern at DevnovateJan 2026 - PresentBuilt and scaled an automated certificate generation and email system delivering 100,000+ certificates/day for devnovate.co.
Projects
- 🤖 Second Brain
A self-hosted AI assistant for automated message organization, intent-based task extraction, and semantic knowledge retrieval across Telegram and WhatsApp.
Live ↗ · GitHub ↗[Node.js] [SQLite] - 🤖 BlackBox
A self-hosted OpenAI-compatible LLM gateway providing authenticated GPT-style inference APIs with reliable Ollama orchestration, request observability, and usage analytics.
Live ↗ · GitHub ↗[FastAPI] [SQLite] - 🚍 Safar Saathi
Real-time bus tracking system with 3-second location updates, built for high-frequency data streaming.
Live ↗ · GitHub ↗[Node.js] [Supabase] [TypeScript] [Fastify] [REST API] - 🕵️♂️ ScamShield
AI-powered scam detection tool that extracts and analyzes text from screenshots using OCR.
Live ↗ · GitHub ↗[Next.js] [FastAPI] [Pytesseract] [NextAuth] [OCR] - 😊 Mood Diary
Privacy-first journaling app with local-only storage and instant mood insights.
Live ↗[HTML] [CSS] [JavaScript]
Stack
- languages — C++, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript
- frontend — React.js, Next.js, TailwindCSS, Three.js
- backend — Node.js, Fastify, Express, Spring, FastAPI
- databases — MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Supabase
- tools — Git, Docker, Swagger, Figma
Extras
- 🛠️ Technical Team Lead @ Udbhava
- 🥈 Top 10 — CodeFury 8.0 National Hackathon (UVCE)