Akshit Talwar

About me

As a software engineer, I enjoy building products with code.

I've built Cryptare⏤a cryptocurrency portfolio management app that served 500+ WAUs and reached rank 6 on the paid section of the iOS app store.

I worked at Graphy by Unacademy and built an iOS app which served 50,000 MAUs. As a team lead, I helped execute 0-to-1 products like a live streaming player and a chat-based community product.

I've also worked on Futurecam⏤a computational photography app with cool modes like light trail videos, multi-timelampse and long-exposure.

I studied Computer Science at the University of St. Andrews and, with a direct 2nd-year entry, completed a 4-year course in 3 years.

In my free time I like to solve puzzles, read, exercise, and spend time in nature.

You can check out my Resume here and my code on Github.


Work

💻 FromTheTransistor ⏤ A project to build the modern computer stack from first principles. Includes building a UART, a synthesizable soft RTL 3-stage pipeline CPU, an assembler, bootROM, linker, ethernet controller, and an MMU.

💸 Cryptare (iOS) ⏤ App that offers cryptocurrency multi-portfolio management, customizable alerts, crypto tracking, and aggregated news. Built using Swift, Python, and Firebase.

🎥 Graphy (iOS) ⏤ Netflix for learning new skills. We gathered experts of various fields and asked them to create graphies to teach their learnings in a mobile-friendly format.

📸 Futurecam (iOS) ⏤ Computational Photography app with modes like Long Exposure, Light Trail Video, Timelapse, and 30FPS Burst.

📝 Dissertation ⏤ Script Identification of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs with 97% accuracy using a Convolutional Neural Network.

🎵 Mu - Youtube and Reddit Music web-app built using Angular2.

🌐 WikiAger ⏤ Chrome extension to add the age next to each mention of year in a Wikipedia article.

📚 GoodGen ⏤ Chrome extension that adds Libgen links to a book in Goodreads.

🇮🇳 ChangeIndiaWithUs ⏤ Built a forum to provide a platform for people to discuss their opinions and gather support on unpopular social topics. It also hosted a blog with user-submitted essays and news articles. Served 1000+ DAUs.


Contact

Feel free to DM me on Twitter or email me at akshittalwar at protonmail dot com.