Harsha Madusanka — backend engineer portfolio with a system-design mindset
A backend engineer’s portfolio that reads like a practical system-design playbook, not just a resume.
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A backend engineer’s portfolio that reads like a practical system-design playbook, not just a resume.
A slick “AI assistant that actually gets sh*t done” pitch for email/calendar/tasks/business numbers, with pricing and a clear integration story.
A one-writer film-essay site with sharp, provocative takes and a “new essays land here first” cadence.
A desktop-app pitch for writing a serious book in eight sign-off stages, keeping your files local and insisting on human control.
A single hub of calculators that translate kettlebell standards (Simple & Sinister, SFG, snatch test, Q&D, Pavel programs) into starting weights, pacing, and timelines.
A parent-built app that turns your ongoing kid-sports conversations into a private “Athlete Card,” with a 14-day free trial.
Pre-cut blackout stickers that mute annoying LEDs on TVs, routers, chargers, and smoke detectors—so your room can be properly dark.
A New Orleans realtor site with neighborhood-by-neighborhood specificity and a clear “from hello to closing” promise.
A polished, personality-forward New Orleans realtor site that leans into neighborhood knowledge and “white-glove” luxury positioning.
A macOS menu-bar monitor that turns Activity Monitor’s cryptic process spikes into plain-English AI explanations (with a one-time Pro upgrade).
A richly described Minecraft war-and-statecraft mod site with factions, gods, plague survival, and in-world “codex” style documentation.
A Spanish-first AI video/photo generator that turns your uploaded face into “cinematic 4K” World Cup 2026 hero moments—priced in packs and delivered by email.
A one-time-per-event service that gives guests fun photo prompts (via QR) and then turns their candid uploads into a shareable digital scrapbook.
A fitness coach’s 90-day, six-supplement experiment—written like a controlled trial, with a clear “what actually worked” payoff.
A mobile cocktail bar site that sells an “all-inclusive, all-colours” pop-up experience with flair, mocktails, and a live quote flow.
A tidy “toolbox” site bundling PDF/image/text/dev/SEO utilities that explicitly run client-side in your browser.
A lead-gen product that frames building permits as “earliest signals,” delivered as a daily CSV/feed with flat monthly pricing.
A London (Shoreditch) game studio and esports lab with real pricing anchors, workshop tiers, and a “book a studio tour” vibe.
A browser-based Roth conversion tool for advisors/CPAs that turns a prior-year 1040 PDF into a branded conversion report—deterministic math, runs locally, no AI.
A developer-facing AI News API that promises semantic vector search, real-time SSE updates, and multi-source citation mappings.
AI writing tools tailored for end-of-life professionals—condolence letters, obituaries, and bereavement follow-ups, positioned as “done in under a minute.”
A concert-tour landing page with a full 2026 dates table, venue details, and a surprisingly vivid band bio.
A portfolio-style “owned internet assets” company site that mixes privacy-first memorial tooling with a whole fictional redneck-rock universe and agentic AI experiments.
A self-hostable, privacy-first feedback widget that turns screenshots + console/network logs + voice notes into a triage dashboard (with a browser extension for QA).