Engineering Student | Builder | Lifelong Learner

karun@portfolio:~$ ./introduce_yourself

I build things with more curiosity than caution

I am Karun Lakshman, a CS student at NIT Calicut working across systems, core CS, web products, and side projects that start as experiments and end up as something people can actually use.

learning DevOps + DSA building AI and edtech ideas open to collabs
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karun@portfolio:~$ whoami

B.Tech CSE student at NIT Calicut

karun@portfolio:~$ ./focus --current

building ideas... compiling... done

> C / C++ / Linux / Bash

> JavaScript / SQL / Git / GitHub

> Figma / web interfaces / system thinking

> Char-device-driver

> IFRMS

> billing-system-project

> sharpening DevOps and core CS

> sketching AI and edtech ideas

> always up for project feedback

01 / about

About me

I am a B.Tech CSE student at NIT Calicut, and I usually learn by building. If something looks interesting, I would rather open it up, break it a little, and understand how it works than just read about it once and move on.

Most of my interest sits somewhere between core CS, systems-level work, practical web products, and strange side ideas that feel useful enough to chase. I like work that makes me think clearly, build carefully, and learn something real.

base

NIT Calicut

mode

builder + learner + occasional overthinker

interests

systems, web apps, AI tools, edtech, open collaboration

approach

learn fundamentals, ship projects, repeat

02 / stack

Tech I have been working with.

Systems + Core

C C++ Linux Bash DSA Core CS

Web + Product

JavaScript HTML CSS SQL UI Work Figma

Workflow

Git GitHub Project Iteration Shipped Side Projects Collaboration

03 / projects

Public work with actual repos behind it.

systems

Char-device-driver

public repo

A custom character device driver in C for Linux, built around low-level read and write handling rather than high-level abstractions.

C Linux Kernel Systems Programming
repo

web app

IFRMS

public repo

A web application for integrated fitness and resource management for gyms, built as a more complete application than a simple static UI.

JavaScript SQL DBMS
repo

product

billing-system-project

live frontend

A billing and POS-style website for small food stalls and businesses, with a deployed frontend and a backend still being pushed forward.

HTML POS Small Business Workflow
repo demo

portfolio

Karun-Lakshman.github.io

github pages

This site itself, rebuilt around the same terminal-inspired, builder-first tone used in my GitHub profile README.

HTML CSS JavaScript GitHub Pages
repo

04 / now

What I am pushing on right now.

current loop
  • Sharpening fundamentals in DevOps, DSA, and core CS concepts.
  • Sketching app ideas across AI tools and edtech.
  • Turning side-project ideas into real shipped code.
  • Open to collabs, study groups, and project feedback.

cd /home/karunlk

./learn.sh --mode=nonstop

status: building

05 / contact

Reach out directly or drop a note.