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Ishwaq Ekhande Team Lead RSVP Approved

Indie Hacker at Self employed
Backend + agent integration. Wired up Baileys (@whiskeysockets/baileys) for live WhatsApp ingestion with HMR-safe global singleton, exponential-backoff auto-reconnect, and disk-persisted message cache. Built the Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite agent loop with structured-output schema (callout / quote / countdown / link emphasis selection) using @google/genai. Authored the MCP stdio server (@modelcontextprotocol/sdk) exposing list_plants / get_plant / tend_plant / observe_plant tools. Storage layer, API routes, and overall architecture.
Hello! I am Ishwaq, I graduated as a B.tech cse student last year and went on to work for Amazon as an FTC. I realised my passion lies towards building and not just solving tickets and pushing minor commits. This current era, where vibecoding + architecture/design knowledge builds everything, was the exact signal I needed to pursue what I love. Now I am trying to follow in the steps of other digital nomads and Indie hackers.
I love building. The entire cycle of ideation, scope, design ,creation and shipping has been something I have been interested in a very long time. I am now looking to learn more niches of AI and also looking to learn what my peers are currently experimenting on.
Two things I'm currently messing with. ZeroDay: web app + cli that takes a git repo and tag range and spits out release notes, changelog, twitter thread, dev log and a bunch more formats. Bring your own anthropic key, runs in your browser, nothing stored. Janus: mobile lead manager for real estate agents, fully on device. closed testing on play store, going live soon. both solo-built. Neither one ships your data to my server.

Samarth Bachate RSVP Approved

AASE at Accenture
Data ingestion + game mechanics. WhatsApp .txt export parser (handles DD/MM and MM/DD formats, multi-line messages, iOS bracket vs Android dash separators). iMessage chat.db reader via better-sqlite3 + AppleScript send. Plant-state derivation logic (warmth 0–100 from days-since-last-message, two-way balance, response-time signals). Game loop (XP / level / energy / streak / warmth transitions). Mock data + fallback observations when the agent is rate-limited.
Samarth Bachate is an AI Engineer at QuantaSIP Geomatic Informative Solutions Pvt Ltd, where he focuses on research and development. His work involves developing and fine-tuning machine learning and NLP models, implementing end-to-end ML pipelines, and working with GenAI ecosystems like LangChain and LLMs. Samarth also builds APIs with FastAPI and has experience in technical architecture and model optimization. Previously, he built responsive websites using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. He is looking for knowledge sharing, community, friendships, and potential co-founders.
NLP, deep learning, machine learning pipelines, model fine-tuning, model deployment, GenAI ecosystems, LangChain, LangGraph, LLMs, FastAPI, technical architecture, model optimization, R&D workflows, full-stack development, knowledge sharing, technical co-founders, business co-founders.
Developing and fine-tuning machine learning and NLP models at QuantaSIP Geomatic Informative Solutions. Implementing end-to-end ML pipelines for data preprocessing, training, and deployment. Working with GenAI ecosystems, including LangChain, LangGraph, and LLMs, while building APIs with FastAPI. Previously built responsive websites using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Current work involves technical architecture and R&D as an AI Engineer focused on model optimization and deployment workflows.

Sagar Pande RSVP Approved

A SDE at Bridgenext
Frontend + generative-UI rendering. Implemented the A2UI subset: 12 declarative node types (callout, quote, countdown, link_card, mini_timeline, bullet_list, action_button, etc.) and the React <A2UIRenderer> switch. Hand-illustrated the SVG plant characters with state-driven faces, eyes, expressions, and posture per state (sapling/healthy/mature/wilting/ready/dying). Modal layout, onboarding sheet, ambient-orb scene, Fraunces+Inter typography, Tailwind 4 theme.
Sagar Pande is an Associate Software Development Engineer at Bridgenext. He has 2 years of experience and studied Computer Science Engineering at I2IT Pune.
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