AARAV
MEHTA

Engineer / writer · Pune · in continuous service since AUT. 2019.
Subject of the following five chapters, captured at 6 FPS on used tape stock.

CH·01

SUBJECT

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FILE / IDENTITY

Aarav Mehta, 25

Pune-based engineer + writer. Making things on computers since AUT 2019. Currently maintaining 3 active projects, shipping ~1 substantial object every six weeks, replying to mail in approximately 36 hours.

Subject reports stable cadence; no rotation planned for next four quarters.

READOUT · LIVE

YEARS ACTIVE: 7.6
BUILDS SHIPPED: 11
ESSAYS: 14
OPEN ISSUES: 03
REPLY P50: 36 h
STATUS: NOMINAL

CH·02

FILED PROJECTS

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[01]
THREADWELL v0.4.2

Opinionated long-form reader. Built in 6 weeks. Shipped to 40 private readers FEB 2025. Operational.

STACKTS / PG / BUN

SCOPE14,210 LOC · 6 WK

STATEOPERATIONAL
[02]
FIELDNOTES v2.1

Local-first writing tool for engineers. Open source. Daily driver. In maintenance.

STACKSVELTE / SQLITE / TAURI

SCOPE6,140 LOC · 24 WK

STATEMAINTAINED
[03]
MARGINALIA v1.0 FINAL

Study in editorial typography. 12 hand-typeset essays. Retired NOV 2024. Preserved as built.

STACKHTML / CSS

SCOPE3,016 LOC · 8 WK

STATEFROZEN

CH·03

TRANSCRIPTS

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// recovered text content from subject's writing volume. five most recent entries follow.

[00:08:14:02] 17 MAY 26 On knowing when a piece of writing is finished.
[00:08:42:18] 02 APR 26 The website as a small private museum of the self.
[00:09:11:05] 28 JAN 26 Notes on building software you have to live with.
[00:09:38:11] 14 OCT 25 In praise of the long maintenance period.
[00:10:02:04] 02 AUG 25 What I learned writing a tool for myself.

CH·04

CONTACT

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// SUBJECT WILL REPLY WITHIN ~36 H

MAIL: hello@aarav.me
WRITING: read.aarav.me
CODE: github.com/aarav
LOCATION: PUNE · 18.520° N · 73.857° E

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AARAVMEHTA

Aarav Mehta, 25

THREADWELL v0.4.2

FIELDNOTES v2.1

MARGINALIA v1.0 FINAL

AARAV
MEHTA