[01] · index — 2026

discipline
Full-stack development
focus
SaaS · Product
AI-assisted build
based in
Delhi, India
28.6139° N, 77.2090° E
status
Open to founding
engineer roles · '26

Full-stackbuilder& indie hacker

I build products end to end and ship them to real users. Right now most of my time goes into zapin.fun, a SaaS I'm growing from zero, plus small tools that fix my own daily annoyances.

emailgithubxlinkedinzapin.fun
full-stackindie hackingsaasshipping fastbuilding in publicai-assisted buildfull-stackindie hackingsaasshipping fastbuilding in publicai-assisted build
[02]about — or, a manifestokeywords accented

I'mVikram—21,basedinIndia.I'mafull-stackdeveloperandindiehackerwholovesbuildingproductswithAI,especiallythepartwhereyouplansomethingfromscratchandwatchittakeshape.I'vebuiltafewproductsbeforewithoutreallythinkingaboutwhetheranyonewouldusethem—that'schanged.Inowtrytothinklikeacustomerlookingforasolution,notadevelopersolvingaproblemnobodyhas.RightnowI'mtalkingtopotentialcustomersforZapin,anAIphotosegregationandsharingplatform,onmywaytomyfirst10payingcustomers.Ialsolovebuildinginpublic—sharingmyprogressandideasasIgo,notjustthefinishedproduct.

[03]// now.logupdated monthly

A snapshot of what has my attention this month.

  • Building

    zapin.fun — chasing the first paying customer, iterating on onboarding daily.

  • Learning

    Growth and organic marketing loops, sharpening my content and video workflow.

  • Watching

    Indie hacker build-logs and YC startup school clips — figuring out the content side too.

  • Open to

    Founding engineer, full-stack or frontend roles — part-time now, full-time from mid '26.

[04]// the.receiptsshipped work

  • zapin.fun

    2026 — Present

    Founder / Indie Hacker

    • Building and shipping a SaaS solo, from idea to paying customers.
    • Running organic marketing and growth loops, talking to every early user directly.
    • Iterating on onboarding weekly based on what people actually do, not what they say.

  • Upwork

    2026 — Present

    Freelance Developer

    • Worked on a property tokenization platform from scratch, studied the market, and built an MVP for the client.
    • Handled the implementation of basic smart contracts and on-chain architecture.

  • Web3 Startup

    May 2025 — July 2025

    Backend Engineer

    • Worked on the v2 version of the app, an on-chain money splitting platform (like Splitwise for crypto).
    • Built the backend infrastructure utilizing Next.js and TypeScript.
[05]// engineering.logselected work
all projects →
tools i builtand use dailytools i builtand use dailytools i builtand use dailytools i builtand use daily
[06]// self.builttools i use daily
all tools →
[07]the.toolboxwhat i reach for

// 23 core technologies · 5 disciplines

languages

  • TypeScript
  • Solidity
  • Python
  • JavaScript

frontend · full-stack

  • Next.js
  • React
  • Node.js
  • Tailwind
  • WebSockets

web3 · infra

  • Push Chain
  • Sui Network
  • Hardhat
  • PostgreSQL
  • Walrus Storage

ai · agentic

  • Groq Llama
  • Gemini
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Multi-agent workflows

growth · ship

  • Vercel
  • Chrome Extensions
  • GitHub Actions
  • Reddit / X organic

// Also: Solidity / smart contracts

[08]// built.in.publicopen source · transparency

Built in Public

I ship in the open. Everything I build, from large SaaS projects to small utility scripts, is documented and shared with the community.

I share the highs and lows of growing zapin.fun openly on X, including what features broke and what numbers moved.

I also actively open-source the tools I build for myself—like ContextShot and Reddit Post Check—so other developers can use them.

philosophy
learn in the open
code
default to open-source
(How I work)
step 01 / 04

Talk

Talk to real users before writing code. The problems worth solving show up in conversations, not assumptions.

step 02 / 04

Build

Ship the scrappiest version that tests the core idea. AI-assisted tooling makes the gap between idea and prototype hours, not weeks.

step 03 / 04

Ship

Put it in front of people immediately. A feature nobody has used yet is a guess, not a product.

step 04 / 04

Iterate

Watch what users actually do, not what they say they would do. Kill what doesn't work fast, double down on what does.

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[09] · // contact

Building somethingworth shipping?

vikrams.builds@gmail.comgrab 15 min