About
Hello, I’m Ayush Tripathi — a Systems Alchemist* on a mission to build meaningful, delightful tech.
I believe good tech is inspired by real-world experiences.
*Systems Alchemist - A curious mind who blends code, automation, and intelligence to transform raw ideas into living systems.
I know for a fact that software isn’t just about features — it’s about flow. As a Systems Alchemist, I combine structured logic with emergent behavior to craft systems that are more than the sum of their parts. From backend architecture and infrastructure automation to agentic AI workflows and LLM-integrated tools, I approach every build as a form of digital alchemy.
I love designing systems that:
- Think for themselves with LLMs,
- Act through autonomous agents and automation,
- Scale seamlessly using modern DevOps and infra tooling,
- & Serve real people with clean UX and product intuition.
I work at the intersection of creativity and code — where a script can trigger a cascade of intelligent actions.
My tools are varied — JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Redis, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS, and a growing toolbox of open-source LLM frameworks and agent orchestration layers. But tools come second.
What comes first is the intention to solve problems in clever, adaptive, and human-centric ways.
But why tech, Ayush?
I started in tech with a language very few people have heard of today — QB64. I was 11, had no computer of my own, no internet, just a book with a short chapter on loops and if-else. But I was hooked. I used to write entire programs in a diary, by hand, line by line, because I had no way to run them. I had to imagine how the logic would work — almost like mentally compiling code.
My dad used to work in Delhi and would visit every 5-6 months. He always brought toys or books, but I was just waiting for his laptop. That one week with the machine was like my version of Diwali. I’d plan for months in advance — full systems written down: a school attendance manager, a report card generator, everything. I remember manually creating 200 variables — one for each student’s name, roll number, marks — because I didn’t even know arrays existed.
When I turned 13, my dad gifted me a personal PC. That was a defining moment. I started tinkering with games like Road Rash — replacing textures, editing assets, and then running the game to see what broke or changed. That’s where my "fuck around and find out" nature really started shaping up, and honestly, it’s still serving me well.
At 17, I was assigned a project to build my school’s website. It had everything — fee structure, book lists, photo uploads, event galleries. That project gave me a taste of what it’s like to ship something real.
From there, things escalated — freelance gigs during college, then hackathons (I went on a 5-hackathon winning streak, which was wild), and eventually started a small agency. Ran it for 2 years, built products, earned well, and tasted the freedom of doing my own thing.
Post-college, I joined a startup full-time as a Platform Engineer & SDE. Started off like most — building core features — but over time, I became the “microservice guy.” Any new service that needed to be built — whether it was payments, Open Graph image generation, notifications — Ayush was the guy for it. I got to take ownership in infra, observability, microservices, automation, and even experiment with agentic workflows, LLMs, and fine-tuning open-source models.
What started with scribbled code in a diary has turned into a career I genuinely love — driven by curiosity, obsession, and that deep itch to build cool, weird, and useful stuff.
And honestly, this is still just the beginning.🚀