Deeply curious about cybersecurity and the power of automation. I love the cycle of building and breaking things, since it's the fastest way to actually understand how systems work. Always on the lookout for exciting projects and opportunities to grow.

whoami K1ngM0nk — I break things to understand them, then build better ones.

"There are two types of people: those who read the docs, and those who read the source."

• 🔭 Currently a Full Stack Developer Intern @ Cybernaut Ed Tech, Chennai — working on a WebRTC-based real-time communication module
• 🎓 B.E. CSE @ SSN College of Engineering, Chennai (2023–2027) — concurrently pursuing a B.S. in Electronic Systems @ IIT Madras
• 🏴‍☠️ Sharpening offensive-security chops on CTFs and CryptoHack
• 🏆 Ranked 169th / 1,179 internationally in the Nite CTF cybersecurity competition
• 🌱 Currently exploring System Design, PQC (post-quantum crypto), and ML-driven security tooling
• 🤝 Open to collaborating on backend, distributed systems, or security-focused projects
• 💬 Ask me about C/C++, Python, Go, System Design, Networking, CTFs

I'm a Computer Science undergraduate with a strong interest in cybersecurity, systems programming, and automation. I'm currently pursuing a dual-degree path — a B.E. in CSE at SSN College of Engineering alongside a B.S. in Electronic Systems at IIT Madras — while working as a Full Stack Developer Intern at Cybernaut Ed Tech, where I'm building a WebRTC-based real-time communication module.

Outside of coursework and internships, I spend a lot of time on CTFs and CryptoHack, and recently ranked 169th out of 1,179 participants internationally in the Nite CTF competition. I'm currently exploring system design, post-quantum cryptography, and ML-driven security tooling, and I'm always open to collaborating on backend, distributed systems, or security-focused projects.

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Databases & Infra

Security & Tooling

• THINKER-AI — RAG AI assistant with real-time web search across 10+ sources; Sentence Transformers for semantic ranking (>85% relevance) and Gemini for cited answer synthesis; <300ms streamed responses via FastAPI WebSockets on a cross-platform Flutter frontend.
• ChallengeX — Polyglot microservices architecture: Go (Gin) for high-concurrency REST APIs, Python for background tasks, Redis caching, and an optimized PostgreSQL schema for real-time leaderboard aggregation and streak tracking.
• Food Delivery Application — Cross-platform GTK app with pathfinding-based routing (35% lower order latency), backed by a modular server handling 10K+ concurrent requests at 99.9% uptime.
• Air Quality Routing App (in progress) — Flutter app that optimizes running routes by air quality; custom ML pipeline (AOD + meteorological features → PM2.5 prediction), GraphHopper for AQI-weighted routing, PostGIS/TimescaleDB, FastAPI backend.

• 🏆 2nd Runner-Up (out of 50+ teams) at SRM Hack Summit 2025 — designed, prototyped, and pitched a novel software solution in a 36-hour hackathon
• 🎯 Finalist, State Hub round of SAP HACKFEST, a premier national hackathon
• 🔐 Ranked 169th of 1,179 international participants in the Nite CTF cybersecurity competition

Thanks for stopping by — let's build (and break) something interesting together 🔓