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  2. [ OK ] Mounted ~/projects (5 repos).
  3. [ OK ] Reached target go, node, nvim.
  4. [ OK ] Loaded fonts: comic shanns, jetbrains mono.
  5. [ OK ] Linked blog feed.

gowtham login: guest

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Gowtham S

Gowtham builds tools for the terminal and the web.

  • software engineer @ cdw
  • go · typescript · linux
  • tamil nadu, in
guest@silentfellow: ~

❯ whoami gowtham s, software engineer. type a command or tap one below. `help` lists them all.

~/gowtham ❯ cat about.md

About

I write software the way I like to use it: fast, keyboard first, and small enough to read in one sitting. Most days that means backend services in NestJS and Go, data pipelines on Kafka, and the odd CLI or Neovim plugin when a tool I want does not exist yet.

now
software engineer at CDW, Chennai
shipping
backends, pipelines, CLIs, UI libraries
editor
neovim inside tmux, always
os
linux at heart, open source by default

~/gowtham ❯ git log --graph --all

work log

cdw

CDW Technologies India

Chennai, IN
Mar 2026 → now

  1. a1f3c9e(HEAD → cdw)Software engineer, full time
  2. 7be20d1Software engineering internMar 2026
  • Build and maintain NestJS backend services: REST APIs and the business logic behind internal applications.
  • Run the dev infrastructure: Docker environments, a Git repository migration, and database backup and restore through data sync endpoints.
  • Ship Apache Kafka pipelines for asynchronous messaging, parallel processing and data transformation.
  • Work in an Agile team with Scrum ceremonies, code reviews and steady feature delivery.

greencollar

Green Collar Agritech Solutions

Bengaluru, IN
Nov 2023 → Feb 2026

  1. 4c09aa2(greencollar)Software engineering intern
  2. 19e7f30Student intern
  3. 02d1b5cFreelancerNov 2023
  • Built responsive React and Next.js applications used by 500+ people every day.
  • Made the apps 40% faster with TanStack Query caching and leaner rendering.
  • Moved key pages to server side rendering, which grew organic traffic by 25%.
  • Shipped through code reviews and Scrum with a cross functional team.

~/gowtham ❯ ls -l ~/projects

things i built

  1. -rwxr-xr-x neovim plugin 2026 12 stars on GitHub

    nvim-db

    A tiny database client that lives inside Neovim.

    lua · neovim

    man nvim-db ❯: read the nvim-db page

  2. -rwxr-xr-x self-hosted app 2026

    trace

    Self-hosted, Markdown first notes for quick capture.

    go · typescript · react · docker

    fork of usememos/memos, with my additions

    man trace ❯: read the trace page

  3. -rwxr-xr-x cli 2025

    l2shift

    Spoof or rotate a MAC address in one command.

    c · linux · macos

    man l2shift ❯: read the l2shift page

  4. -rwxr-xr-x cli 2025

    cred

    Passwords and env files, encrypted with GPG, versioned in git.

    go · cobra · gpg · git

    man cred ❯: read the cred page

  5. -rw-r--r-- react library 2024

    abstract-ui

    Accessible React components, published on npm.

    react · typescript · tailwind css · storybook

    man abstract-ui ❯: read the abstract-ui page

~/gowtham ❯ tree ~/skills

toolbox

7 directories, 41 files

~/gowtham ❯ ls ~/docs

Resume: cat resume.pdf

one page, ats friendly, opens on google drive in a new tab

~/gowtham ❯ tail -n 4 ~/blog/feed.xml

notes & thoughts

read every post on blogs.silentfellow.dev ↗

~/gowtham ❯ cat ~/.achievements ~/.education

Achievements and education

# achievements

# education

Kongu Engineering College

B.Tech, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

2022 → 2026 · Tamil Nadu, IN · CGPA 8.9 / 10

~/gowtham ❯ mail -s "hello" gowtham

say hello

gowtham.sri@zohomail.in

© 2026 Gowtham S. set in comic shanns mono and jetbrains mono.

catppuccin mocha palette · next.js, gsap, lenis