# ATHARVA PATIL **Software Engineer · Founder · Product Builder** Navi Mumbai, India  |  [atharva.patil.cg@gmail.com](mailto:atharva.patil.cg@gmail.com)  |  Discord: `p4inz` GitHub: [github.com/p4inz-code](https://github.com/p4inz-code)  |  Portfolio: [atharvapatil.tech](https://atharvapatil.tech) --- ## SUMMARY Software engineer and product builder focused on desktop applications, developer tools, and systems programming. Founder of Northbyte Studios, where I independently design, build, test, and ship privacy-first software: currently an encrypted vault, two Linux distributions, and a compiled programming language. --- ## EXPERIENCE ### Northbyte Studios — Founder & Independent Software Studio *2026 – Present · Navi Mumbai, India (remote-friendly)* - Own the full product cycle myself on every product below: direction, architecture, engineering, UI/UX, testing, and release. - Every product ships on the same principles: no telemetry, trade-offs explained on-screen instead of buried in docs, free wherever the studio can afford it to be. ### Freelance — Web, UX & Brand *2025 – Present* - Independent client work in web development, UI/UX, and 3D/VFX visualization, including a full production website build for a performing-arts academy ([kalasadhana-navimumbai.in](https://kalasadhana-navimumbai.in)). --- ## SELECTED PROJECTS ### Nexus  ·  Encrypted Personal Vault *[github.com/p4inz-code/nexus-desktop](https://github.com/p4inz-code/nexus-desktop)*  ·  Mar 2026 – Present  ·  Windows Desktop - Engineered a Windows encrypted vault using AES-256-GCM authenticated encryption and Argon2id key derivation, with Windows Hello as a secondary unlock. - Zero telemetry, zero cloud: content stays encrypted at rest and exists decrypted only in memory while the vault is unlocked. - Rebuilt the entire v11 interface (lock screen, media browser, credentials, notes, settings, updater) without touching the cryptographic core underneath it. ### Mission OS  ·  Privacy-First Linux Distribution *[github.com/p4inz-code/mission-os](https://github.com/p4inz-code/mission-os)*  ·  2026 – Present  ·  Linux, GPLv3 - Building a privacy-first Linux distribution on Debian Stable and KDE Plasma, hardened automatically at install with no manual post-install script needed. - Shipped an Open Beta using a customized Calamares installer with Rust-based system services applied automatically after install. ### MINK  ·  Programming Language *[github.com/p4inz-code/mink](https://github.com/p4inz-code/mink)*  ·  2026 – Released v1.0.1  ·  Rust, Apache 2.0 - Designed and built a compiler from scratch: lexer, parser, type system, optimizer, and native code generator, producing standalone executables with no external toolchain. - 1928 compiler tests passing. ### Pursue OS  ·  Investigation-Focused Linux OS *[github.com/p4inz-code/pursue-os](https://github.com/p4inz-code/pursue-os)*  ·  2026 – Present  ·  Linux, Apache 2.0 - Building a Linux OS for OSINT, DFIR, and evidence-driven investigation work, centered on two flagship surfaces: an Investigation Terminal and an Investigation Browser with integrated Tor. ### Project Ascent  ·  2D Precision Platformer *[github.com/p4inz-code/project-ascent](https://github.com/p4inz-code/project-ascent)*  ·  Aug 2026 – Present  ·  Godot 4 - Directed a 25-level, 5-act platformer from first playable to a full campaign with cross-platform exports (Windows, macOS, Linux, Web) in about a week. - Built an 18-suite automated test process, including a reachability sweep that measures the player's actual jump envelope instead of trusting the configured jump height. - Shipped to itch.io with Xbox and PlayStation controller support. ### Additional Projects - **Kanvaz** — Electron visual reference workspace for VFX artists · MIT · v5.3.0, final release - **Obscura** — Luau AST toolkit for Roblox developers · MIT · v1.0.0, 340/340 tests passing --- ## TECHNICAL SKILLS **Languages** — C#, Rust, TypeScript, C / C++, JavaScript, Lua / Luau **Frameworks** — .NET 8, WPF, Node.js, Astro, Qt / QML, Debian Linux **Security** — AES-256-GCM, Argon2id, LUKS2, TPM, Secure Boot, Windows Hello **Tools** — Git / GitHub Actions, VS Code, FFmpeg, Cloudflare Pages --- ## EDUCATION **B.Sc. Animation**  ·  D. Y. Patil University, Nerul, Navi Mumbai  ·  2025 – 2028, second year in progress