Kushal Srinivas

Writing

Detailed accounts of the products I’ve built — the decisions, the architecture, and the lessons.

Fresher Hiring in India — A Data Analysis of 5,000 Candidates

2025

A deep dive into 5,000 fresher job applications across 68 companies and 14 sectors. Salary trends, hiring funnels, skill premiums, college tier myths, and what actually gets you an offer.

Haven AI — An On-Device Voice Notes App with a Local LLM

2025

A voice-first productivity app where all AI runs on-device — Whisper for transcription, Qwen 2.5 for summarisation, task extraction, and semantic search. No data leaves the phone.

Nifty Strats — An Options Analysis Toolkit for Indian Markets

2025

30+ trading strategies, option chain visualisation, Black-Scholes P&L calculator, and an LSTM model — all built from scratch for NIFTY 50.

ESP32 Handshake Capture — A WiFi Security Education Tool

2025

A passive WPA/WPA2 handshake capture tool running on a $15 ESP32 with a TFT display. Protocol-level WiFi education.

BLE Scanner — A Bluetooth Security Auditor on ESP32

2025

Scans BLE devices, classifies them, tracks signal history, and flags vulnerable services — all on a pocket-sized ESP32 with a cyberpunk UI.

Promptly — A Chrome Extension for ChatGPT Power Users

2024

How we built a prompt library that lives inside ChatGPT, complete with personas and custom templates.

Everything Blog — Automating the Entire Publishing Pipeline

2024

From title to published post in seconds. Using Next.js and Notion as a headless CMS with zero manual steps.

Get Jacked Pro — Building a Fitness App People Actually Use

2024

A tracker with 873+ exercises, real-time logging, and gamification that keeps people coming back daily.