> dev shah
sophomore at UIUC · systems & networking.
now — research
- eBPF / XDP load balancer — kernel-level packet steering with Maglev consistent hashing (in progress)
- from-scratch HTTP server — in C, learning the stack end to end (in progress)
previously built
- Unlimited SAT — an SAT-prep platform with paying users
- OpenFix — agentic GitHub issue resolver
- Lofi-Study — a productivity site built around low-fidelity sound
- Bhojan — an AI calorie tracker
1st prize — AMD AI Design Competition · 2nd place — Fall CTF 2026 · chess ~1800 Elo
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XDP_PASS → maglev line runs a genuine Maglev consistent-hashing
table, the same algorithm as the load balancer I'm building: it pins you to a
stable backend, and if you kill one, only ~1/N of visitors move. Hover the
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