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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

SCN 01 / 00:00:14:08

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

SCN 02 / 00:02:48:11
  1. [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

  2. [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

  3. [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

SCN 03 / 00:08:11:22

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

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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