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xyzshantaram/README.md

Hi, I'm Siddharth. Most people online call me shantaram.

Full-stack web developer and designer with an emphasis on software for people.

My current project. Experiments in unobtrusive software for people.

✉️ Contact

Libraries and tools

  • campfire: a reactive web framework. Chainable DOM builder, reactive stores, no build step, no virtual DOM. Maintained since 2021.
  • luacheck-ts: a 22k-line Lua static analyzer ported to TypeScript, so it runs in the browser, Deno, and Node from one codebase.
  • stupid-simple-kv: a Rust key-value crate with order-preserving binary tuple keys and pluggable backends.
  • ink-editor: a WYSIWYG Markdown editor on CodeMirror 6.
  • etu: a time-clock and invoicing CLI for freelancers. I have billed my own contract work with it daily since 2024.
  • colle: a pastebin with syntax highlighting, Markdown rendering, and image previews.
  • macrolight: a tiny syntax highlighter, a TypeScript rewrite of asvd's microlight.
  • wizardkit: build a step-by-step wizard as a Deno script, served as HTML so the same script runs in a browser or a desktop window.
  • cf-alert: dialogs built with Campfire.

Talks

Talk at bitcoin++ Nairobi, 2026.

Earlier work I still like

  • Writers Jam: a weekly writing exercise and anti-social network. 361 posts and over 102,000 views so far. Source.
  • COVID-19 Resources: a live-updating resource finder built during India's second wave in 2021, backed by a Google Sheet so non-technical volunteers could keep it current. Source.
  • rite and rite-cloud: a distraction-free Markdown editor with a Rust sync service behind it.
  • pseudows: a Windows 98 style desktop environment in the browser, with a real window manager and a handful of working applications. Source.

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  1. pseudows pseudows Public

    A windows 98 clone environment written in JavaScript.

    JavaScript 5

  2. covid19-resource-site covid19-resource-site Public

    Website showing COVID-19 resource data.

    JavaScript 4 4

  3. rite rite Public

    your new distraction-free word processor.

    TypeScript 22

  4. etu etu Public

    TypeScript 5 1

  5. campfire campfire Public

    a cozy web framework

    TypeScript 21 1