Ananthanarayanan Venkitakrishnan

Projects

• GoChat

  Realtime chat application written in Go with WebSocket support.

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  Sep 2025 – Present
  • Built a realtime chat application using Go and WebSockets.
  • Implemented concurrent message handling using goroutines and channels.
• Lox Interpreter

  A tree-walk interpreter and bytecode VM for a custom programming language.

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  Apr 2025 – Jun 2025
  • Built a tree-walk interpreter in Python for a custom programming language.
  • Wrote over 100 tests using Pytest and integrated CI workflows with GitHub Actions.
  • Additionally built a bytecode VM in C++ to improve performance and efficiency.
• Captcha Service

  Captcha generator service built with Nest.js.

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  Apr 2025 – Present
  • Built a captcha generator service using Nest.js and HTML Canvas.
  • Generates random text captchas with distortion for security.
• Uptime Monitor

  Full-stack web application for service uptime monitoring and performance tracking.

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  Jan 2025 – Feb 2025
  • Created a Full-stack web application to monitor uptime of various services and performance tracking.
  • Used BullMQ worker queue to schedule periodic checks.
  • Integrated Auth0 for authentication.
• Notes Semantic Search

  A local semantic search engine for markdown notes with vector similarity search.

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  Jul 2025 – Present
  • Developed a local semantic search engine using FastAPI to query markdown notes.
  • Integrated Milvus as a vector database to store and retrieve text chunks for similarity search.
  • Designed the system to support future extensions like RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and note syncing.
• Course Allotment System

  Student allotment system using Gale-Shapley algorithm for college counseling.

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  Sep 2024 – Oct 2024
  • Developed a student allotment system using the Gale-Shapley algorithm, used in KCET/JEE counseling.
  • Implemented the algorithm in C++ and Cython, improving performance by a factor of 50x.
  • Utilized Docker Compose for containerization, enabling scalability and easy deployment.
  • Implemented caching with Redis, and report generation with Celery workers and Reportlab.
• Docker Clone

  A toy Docker implementation using Linux namespaces.

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  Nov 2023 – Present

  Docker Clone
  • Created a toy container runtime using Linux namespaces.
  • Implements process isolation and resource limits similar to Docker.

Experiments

A collection of programming experiments and mini-projects. See full list at github.com/ananthvk/experiments

• C++ Raytracer

  A simple raytracer for rendering basic shapes with reflections.

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  • Implemented a raytracer in C++ with support for spheres, planes, and reflections.
  • Includes multi-threaded rendering for performance optimization.
• Image Filter

  Image filter system with dynamic plugin loading in C++.

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  • Built an extensible image filter system with dynamic plugin loading.
  • Supports loading filters as shared libraries (.so/.dll) at runtime.
• AI Agents

  Experiments with AI agents and LLM integration.

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  AI Agents
  • Explored AI agent architectures with LLM integration.
  • Basic agent framework for tool-calling and reasoning.

Challenges

Collection of solutions to programming challenges from Codeforces, CSES, Protohackers, Cryptopals, and Project Euler. github.com/ananthvk/challenges

• Protohackers

  Partial solutions to Protohackers networking challenges in Go.

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  Protohackers
  • Partially solved networking challenges including TCP servers, protocols, and system programming tasks.
  • Includes implementations for prime time, mean computation, budget chat, and more.
• Cryptopals

  Partial solutions to Cryptopals crypto challenges.

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  Cryptopals
  • Partially solved cryptography challenges covering XOR, AES, ECB/CBC, and various attacks.
  • Implementations of crypto primitives and attack techniques.
• CSES Solutions

  Solutions to CSES problem set challenges.

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  CSES
  • Solved competitive programming problems from CSES.
  • Covers dynamic programming, graph algorithms, and data structures.
• Codeforces

  Collection of Codeforces problem solutions.

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  Codeforces
  • Solved various competitive programming problems from Codeforces.
  • Covers algorithms, data structures, and problem-solving techniques.
• Project Euler

  Solutions to Project Euler mathematical problems.

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  Project Euler
  • Solved mathematical and computational problems from Project Euler.
  • Focuses on efficient algorithms and mathematical insight.

Education

Skills