timeline
things i did, in chronological order. milestones, inflection points, and small steps along the way.
2026
- 03.102nd @ hiveschool[missed #1 by 1pt]1 of 16 selected nationally for hiveschool’s 5-day business buildcamp. team of 3: shipped an mvp, got 4 paying customers, 70+ signups, and 12k+ ig views in 1 day. took 2nd overall (missed 1st by 1 point).
- 02.10started invodex[co-founder · fintech]co-founded invodex.in, a fintech saas built during hiveschool buildcamp. tagline: "where tf did the money go? we know." launched the beta for trials, hitting 12k+ views and 1.4k+ interactions on day 1.
- 04.09writing poems[words]randomly felt the urge to start writing poetry. not sure why, but enjoying the process.
- 12.08the knowledge society[declined · $4k aid]accepted into the 10-month entrepreneurship program with ~$4k scholarship aid. declined to double down on building independently.
- 08.07instagram content[creator]started creating content on instagram. balancing consistency with academics and client work, ramping up actively.
- 13.06iip @ iim ranchi[batch 3]selected as 1 of 34 nationwide for the innovate and impact program by iim ranchi. built prototypes from scratch and pitched to iimr faculty.
- 18.05kyrax bot[open source]built a new discord bot called KyraX after taking a long break from bot development.
- 11.05whatsapp privacy bug[security]discovered a phone number privacy flaw on whatsapp. out of bounty scope so meta ghosted, but it appears to have been patched since.
- 17.03buildinganyways[founder]founded buildinganyways, building systems and branding for clients, alongside custom saas. profitable within 6 days.
- feb1st fail?[failed]shut down nextraforge after struggling to crack distribution and customer acquisition. first real failure, but taught me a ton.
2025
- 19.11starting up[30+ clients]at 15, launched a discord bot agency "nextraforge". shipped custom bots for 30+ clients with a 50%+ repeat rate and made great revenue.
- novdiscord bot fleet[50k–200k users]built multiple bots for fun, scaling them individually to 50k, 100k, and 200k+ users across active communities.
- octnextra bot[200k users]flagship bot reached 200,000 active users before sunsetting it to focus on agency client work.
- julfirst discord bot[origin]didn’t know how to code but designed things and iterated with specific requirements for every component until it worked. shoutout to lalith cuz i started building by seeing him.
- 23.0410th boards[99% · rank 1]scored 99% in 10th grade ap board exams, achieving school rank 1 and school’s all-time high.
2010
- 15.02day 0[born]hello world.