kartik.is
kartik · UAE · 2026

kartik is

I'm a programmer and design enthusiast, interested in working on how people make, share, and keep things alive on the internet. My comfort zone is compilers/runtimes, distributed systems, and p2p networking.

now workingremotely at an AI startup
learning aboutagent harnesses
writing atospress.co/kartik
02 · directory

where else

every page is a kartik.is/verb. some are still being written.
kartik.is/makingprojectskartik.is/readingbookskartik.is/writingessays · noteskartik.is/listeningmusickartik.is/watchingvideos · talkskartik.is/playingvideo games
03 · /making

things in the workshop

side projects i've worked on over the past few months
patchwork.live
kjm
LFO
ATTACK
DECAY
SUSTAIN
RELEASE
CUTOFF
RES
RATE
DEPTH
k cursork
j cursorj
m cursorm
output waveform
— 01launched

Jamboree

A multiplayer sound design tool with true peer-to-peer networking, SoundFont export, and live cursors/chat.

p2pmatchboxwebaudio
peers · 10
distributed peer network
— 02in dev

Cache

A distributed knowledge base. Members keep the "cache" alive by holding and re-serving it themselves (no servers involved).

p2pwebrtccrdt
myc:~/main.myc
BUILD
·lex
·parse
·borrow
·codegen
asm — ln
gc none
— 03wip

myc

A smaller C/better Rust. My take on a systems language simple enough to hold in your head, with some memory safety.

compilerssystemslanguage design