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👨‍💻 Who Am I?

I'm Akhil Ram Shankar, a Math + CS student at UC San Diego 🎓.
I build systems-level projects, distributed backends, and emulators for fun.
When I’m not coding, I’m probably snorkeling 🏖️, watching F1 🏎️, or binging a show 🍿.

👉 Check out my portfolio

🚀 Featured Projects

raft-kv 🗃️ A distributed key-value store in Rust using the Raft consensus algorithm.
chip8-emulator 🕹️ A CHIP-8 emulator built in C++ from scratch — graphics, opcodes, timers.
Triton2Shop 🛍️ A fullstack TypeScript app for UCSD students to buy/sell items on campus.
NES-emulator-rust 🎮 A WIP NES emulator in Rust focused on low-level accuracy and performance.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Rust • C++ • TypeScript • Python • Go
React • Next.js • Docker • AWS Lambda • Airflow
Tokio • Axum • Firebase • SQL

💡 What I'm Working On

🧠 Building raft-kv – a production-ready Rust-based distributed key-value store
🔬 Exploring low-level emulation via NES and CHIP-8 architecture
🌍 Diving into open source (watching tokio, sled, and zellij)

📈 GitHub Stats

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🤝 Let's Connect!

I’m open to backend, infra, and systems SWE roles for 2025!
Always happy to collaborate, contribute, or chat tech 👇

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"Build things so good they become unignorable."

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  1. IEEE-TritonsRCSC/robocup-tritonbot IEEE-TritonsRCSC/robocup-tritonbot Public

    Repository for all TritonBot related files on the raspberry pi

    Python 5 3

  2. raft-kv raft-kv Public

    Distributed key-value store in Rust, built from scratch using the Raft consensus algorithm.

    Rust 5 1

  3. NES-emulator-rust NES-emulator-rust Public

    Building a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Emulator using Rust.

    Rust 5

  4. chip8-emulator chip8-emulator Public

    An attempt at creating my first emulator :)

    C++ 5

  5. Triton2Shop Triton2Shop Public

    An app for UCSD students to buy and sell second hand goods and services

    TypeScript 6 1

  6. AbdullahAshfaq/StitchWitch AbdullahAshfaq/StitchWitch Public

    Jupyter Notebook 6 2