Engineering write-ups from real projects
Deep dives into the systems I have shipped — real-time AI agents, Solana launchpads, trading simulators, async backends and the infrastructure behind them. Synced live from blog.riteshbenjwal.in.
Building an AI-Powered Agent Chatroom with LiveKit and React
A real-time, audio-based AI agent chatroom built with LiveKit, React (Vite) and a Python backend — JWT room auth, live transcription and swappable agent personas.
Building a Course Subscription Platform Backend with Frappe Framework
Course discovery, purchases and subscriptions on Frappe (Python) plus AWS services — scalable APIs, a provider admin panel and chatbot-assisted support.
Building a Meme Coin Platform on Solana: A Technical Journey
A pump.fun-style launchpad on Solana: token creation, trading, staking with lock-ins, socket-driven live updates and Raydium listing once volume thresholds hit.
Supercharging Asynchronous Performance: Python FastAPI and OpenAI API Optimization
Replacing ThreadPoolExecutor with asyncio + aiohttp across a FastAPI/OpenAI pipeline and cutting ~2.5 minutes off end-to-end generation time.
My Journey as a Startup Consultant: Building a Multi-Sided Retail Management App
A three-sided retail platform for shopkeepers, customers and sales associates — multi-level commissions plus invoice OCR with ChatGPT and Google Vision.
Building a Stock Simulator Platform: A Technical Journey
A gamified trading simulator with an admin panel, live sessions and leaderboards — NestJS, Redis and BullMQ, containerised with Docker on a Linux server.
Building the Backend for a Food Delivery Platform: My First Professional Project
The Swiggy/Zomato-style backend I owned as a fresh engineer — orders, restaurants, delivery flows and the lessons that shaped how I design services today.
Building a Global Events Discovery Platform: A Technical Deep Dive
An events discovery and booking product with real-time interaction features, built on Next.js, TypeScript and AWS infrastructure.