SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
Full-StackSoftwareEngineerwithanMCAfromJainUniversity,Bengaluru.Engineeringhigh-concurrencywebplatformsandnativeAndroidapplicationsusingNext.js,React,Kotlin,Node.js,andTypeScript.PublishedWordConnectonGooglePlay,architectingdistributedsystemswith95+Lighthouseperformance.
ThermalForge
Decarbonising cement and steel involves multimillion-dollar capital commitments where unverified fuel switching risks kiln freezing, refractory degradation, or double-counted emissions reductions. ThermalForge answers critical engineering questions with zero cloud exposure. Built in Rust 2021 with immediate-mode egui, it features deterministic Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) generation with interaction cascading (efficiency -> waste heat recovery -> fuel switching -> carbon capture), 3-fuel combustion stoichiometry (coal, biomass, RDF), 24-hour thermal stability projection simulating fuel moisture variability, least-squares kiln telemetry calibration with RMSE evaluation, a multi-plant local SQLite scenario vault, and zero-dependency vector PDF and CSV report generation.
Engineered ThermalForge as a self-contained, air-gapped native desktop workbench in Rust 2021 and immediate-mode egui. It combines deterministic thermodynamic mass and energy balances with least-squares calibration and sequenced MACC economics in sub-30ms execution loops with zero telemetry.
PromptMan
Choosing a model, tuning a prompt, and keeping spend under control are usually three disjointed tools and a messy spreadsheet. PromptMan unifies the workflow into a native desktop application written in Rust 1.95+ with egui. Runs OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Groq, Mistral, and local engines (Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, llama.cpp) side-by-side with live parallel token streaming, word-level diffing, judge model scoring, and hardware metrics (CPU, RAM, NVIDIA GPU sampling via nvidia-smi). Keys are securely stored in the OS credential store (Windows Credential Manager, macOS Keychain, Linux Secret Service) and runs are persisted in local SQLite. Includes promptman-cli for CI/CD test gates.
Engineered a native immediate-mode desktop application in Rust with sub-40MB memory footprint, zero web views, and zero background analytics. All telemetry, credentials, and conversation trees remain on the user's physical machine, accompanied by a headless CLI tool for CI test suites.
WordConnect
WordConnect is an active mobile startup engineered from first principles with Kotlin 2.0, Jetpack Compose, and Room SQLite. Features sub-10ms instantaneous chapter queries, background YouTube worship audio feeds, and multi-translation parallel reading with a 5.0 Google Play rating.
Engineered an offline-first architecture utilizing pre-indexed Room SQLite databases and a persistent Android Foreground Service with AndroidX Media3 ExoPlayer, ensuring uninterrupted devotional reading and audio playback.
AI Expense Tracker
AI Expense Tracker provides real-time financial observability and automated expense categorization. Architected on Next.js 16 App Router and React 19, the application features Supabase SSR with strict PostgreSQL Row-Level Security (RLS) guaranteeing tenant data isolation. State synchronization is powered by TanStack Query v5 and Zustand for optimistic updates, zero-latency transaction search, interactive monthly spend-velocity charts via Recharts, and dynamic CSV export.
Designed and deployed a responsive Next.js 16 web app backed by Supabase SSR and granular PostgreSQL Row-Level Security policies. Enabled optimistic state mutations with TanStack Query v5 and reactive visual telemetry with Recharts.
Media Downloader
Engineered to eliminate intrusive ads and fragile browser extensions when fetching media assets. Media Downloader wraps the powerful yt-dlp command suite into an intuitive, lightweight web application. Handles asynchronous download queues, automatic ffmpeg audio/video stream muxing, 320kbps MP3 extraction with ID3 metadata preservation, and automated server-side temp file lifecycle management to prevent disk bloat.
Architected a self-hosted Python Flask service leveraging yt-dlp core and native ffmpeg binaries to provide high-speed, direct-stream media extraction with automatic garbage collection.
WORDCONNECT:BIBLE&WORSHIP
FOUNDER & LEAD ARCHITECT • KOTLIN 2.0 • JETPACK COMPOSE M3 • ROOM SQLITE
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
TIRKEY/ACOUSTIC&DIGITALLAB
SINGER-SONGWRITER & COMPOSER • 24-BIT 44.1 KHZ HIGH-RES AUDIO • -14 LUFS INTEGRATED
Warm Fingerpicking
Shure SM7B Raw
45 Hz Resonance
Stereo Hall Decay
ENGINEERING IS RHYTHM.
DESIGN IS RESTRAINT.
The personal engineering principles, architectural discipline, and creative ethos of Ajay Tirkey.
“A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.”
Ibuildsoftwarethatfeelsasintentional,durable,andresonantasanacousticinstrument—immediatetothetouch,computationallydisciplined,anddeeplyexpressive.
Itreateveryuserinteractionasarhythmicscore.Trueluxuryindigitalarchitectureisthecompleteabsenceofunnecessaryfriction,visualnoise,andcomputationalbloat.
COMPUTATIONAL RIGOR
SUB-16MS DETERMINISTIC PERFORMANCEI architect software from first principles: strict type safety, predictable state machines, and zero runtime memory retention. Whether crafting Next.js React Server Components or Kotlin Android background services, I eliminate latency before writing a single line of business logic.
TACTILE SWISS RESTRAINT
INTERACTION AS A RHYTHMIC SCOREI eliminate aesthetic noise in favor of 0px brutalist edges, deliberate whitespace, and mathematical typographic hierarchy. Software shouldn't yell for attention; it should respond to human intent with the tactile snap, velocity, and certainty of a mechanical key.
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY FUSION
ENGINEERING • AESTHETICS • SOUNDI refuse the artificial boundary between code, visual architecture, and audio engineering. Holding an MCA degree while producing original studio records under TIRKEY gives me the rare vantage to build products where technical rigor, visual beauty, and emotional resonance exist in complete harmony.