feat: add new experiences and projects to portfolio

Author: dk-a-dev

public/images/samsung.jpeg

@@ -4,11 +4,30 @@ import ExpCard from "../components/ExpCard.astro";
 import BaseLayout from "../layout/BaseLayout.astro";
 import ExperienceHeader from "../components/ExperienceHeader.astro";
 const experiences = [
+  {
+    position: "Research Internship",
+    company: "Samsung R&D Institute India - Bangalore",
+    location: "Bangalore",
+    duration: "July 2025 - Present",
+    description: [
+      "Research: On-Device Predictive Model Integration for SmartThings Ecosystem",
+      "Samsung PRISMA research program participant focusing on predictive modelling and IoT integration.",
+    ],
+    technologies: [
+      "Machine Learning",
+      "IoT",
+      "SmartThings",
+      "On-Device Processing",
+      "Android-Native"
+    ],
+    logo: "/images/samsung.jpeg",
+    link: "",
+  },
   {
     position: "App Developer Intern",
     company: "Valsco Technology Pvt Ltd",
     location: "Remote",
-    duration: "July 2024 - October 2024",
+    duration: "July 2024 - September 2024",
     description: [
       "Developing a mobile application using Flutter to support a large user base in a university setting.",
       "Implementing performance optimizations and caching strategies to enhance app responsiveness.",
@@ -21,25 +40,31 @@ const experiences = [
       "Performance Optimization",
       "Payment Gateways",
       "OAuth2",
+      "Google Cloud Platform"
     ],
     logo: "/images/valsco.jpeg",
-    link: " https://www.valscotech.com/",
+    link: "https://www.valscotech.com/",
   },
   {
-    position: "App Lead and Inner Core Member",
-    company: "GDSC VIT Vellore",
+    position: "Applications and Projects Lead",
+    company: "Google Developers Group - VIT",
     location: "Vellore, India",
     duration: "July 2023 - Present",
     description: [
-      "Led Android Study Jams, delivering comprehensive instruction on Android development using Kotlin, with recorded sessions garnering over 300 views on YouTube.",
-      "Demonstrated leadership by organizing major tech events (Hexathon'23, WomenTechies'24, DeconstruCT.F'23), each drawing 200+ participants, enhancing event management skills and community engagement.",
+      "Led Android Study Jams on Kotlin development, generating 500+ YouTube views and organised tech events with 4000+ participants each.",
+      "Enhanced event management skills through organizing DevJams'24/25, Hexathon'23/24, WomenTechies'24/25, and DeconstruCT.F'23.",
+      "Conducted comprehensive workshops on Android Development",
+      "Developed and mentored team members on production applications including VITTY 3.0 and Riviera'24, ensuring code quality and timely delivery.",
     ],
     technologies: [
-      "App Development",
       "Android Development",
-      "Backend Development",
+      "Kotlin",
+      "Flutter",
+      "Firebase",
+      "Git/GitHub",
       "Event Organization",
-      "Community Engagement",
+      "Team Mentoring",
+      "Leadership",
     ],
     logo: "/images/gdsc.jpeg",
     link: "https://www.dscvit.com/team",
@@ -48,14 +73,17 @@ const experiences = [
     position: "Technical Manager and Core Member",
     company: "IEEE-VIT",
     duration: "July 2023 - June 2024",
-    location: "VIT Vellore",
+    location: "Vellore, India",
     description: [
-      "Maintainer of Hacktoberfest 2023 Repository opened by the chapter for volunteers to contribute",
-      "Conducted PyCamp, offline-sessions on python libraries.",
-      "Organised hackathons and workshops for the club, namely Hack-The-Hackathon'23 and SourceSprint'23",
+      "Maintained Hacktoberfest 2023 repositories and reviewed 20+ PRs across 2 projects for IEEE-VIT.",
+      "Delivered Python library sessions at PyCamp to 150+ participants and organized Hack-The-Hackathon'23.",
     ],
     technologies: [
+      "Python",
       "Project Management",
+      "Open Source",
+      "Hacktoberfest",
+      "Code Review",
       "Event Organization",
       "Community Engagement",
     ],
@@ -82,7 +110,7 @@ const experiences = [
   },
 ];
 const summary =
-  "Third year student currently pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science specialised in IoT at VIT Vellore. Passionate about building robust apps using Flutter and Kotlin. I am proficient in GoLang and Node.js for back-end development, Python, JavaScript, Firebase, SQL/NoSQL Databases. I am also good with using Github and Docker";
+  "Final year Computer Science student at VIT Vellore with 8.61 CGPA, specializing in full-stack development and mobile applications. Experienced in Flutter, GoLang, Python, and modern web technologies with hands-on experience in DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud platforms. Passionate about building scalable applications and contributing to open-source projects.";
 const technicalSkills = [
   "Python",
   "C/C++",
@@ -91,7 +119,16 @@ const technicalSkills = [
   "Astro",
   "Node.js",
   "JavaScript",
+  "TypeScript",
   "Flutter",
+  "Astro.js",
+  "Node.js/Express",
+  "FastAPI",
+  "Next.js",
+  "Docker",
+  "CI/CD",
+  "MongoDB",
+  "PostgreSQL",
   "Firebase",
   "Docker",
   "SQL/NoSQL DBs",

src/pages/experience.astro

@@ -3,54 +3,73 @@ import BaseLayout from "../layout/BaseLayout.astro";
 import ProjectCard from "../components/ProjectCard.astro";
 import ProjectHeader from "../components/ProjectHeader.astro";
 export const projects = [
+  {
+    title: "Artium",
+    description: [
+      "Platform for art discovery using Neural Style Transfer with VGG19 network to generate art in famous artist styles.",
+      "Integrated user authentication, artwork galleries, and social sharing features for enhanced user experience.",
+    ],
+    techStack: ["Next.js", "Flutter", "MongoDB", "VGG19", "Neural Style Transfer", "Git"],
+    link: "https://artium.dscvit.com/",
+    image: "/projects/artium.svg",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "LightSabar",
+    description: [
+      "Built production-ready Go REST API with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, JWT authentication, and Grafana/Graphite monitoring stack.",
+      "Implemented comprehensive testing suite, database migrations, and role-based permissions with 95%+ uptime through automated health checks.",
+    ],
+    techStack: ["GoLang", "PostgreSQL", "Docker", "CI/CD", "JWT", "Grafana", "Graphite"],
+    link: "https://github.com/dk-a-dev/LightSabar",
+    image: "/projects/lightsabar.svg",
+  },
   {
     title: "Liwid",
     description: [
-      "Implemented the Liwid library for live widgets/notifications on the Lock Screen, enhancing order tracking, food tracking, and stock notifications with real-time updates.",
-      "Made a Prototype for the Library as a app to demonstrate the features of the library.",
+      "Implemented Android library for live widgets/notifications on Lock Screen with real-time updates for tracking applications.",
+      "Developed comprehensive documentation and testing suite for seamless integration across multiple Android applications.",
     ],
-    techStack: ["Kotlin", "RestAPI", "Android Library"],
+    techStack: ["Kotlin", "Android Library", "Real-time Updates", "Documentation"],
     link: "https://github.com/dk-a-dev/Liwid",
     image: "/projects/liwid.svg",
   },
   {
-    title: "Rivera'24 App",
+    title: "Riviera'24 App",
     description: [
-      "Developed the official VIT Riviera'24 App for the annual international sports and cultural carnival, attracting 30,000+ students from 650+ colleges and featuring 100+ events.",
-      "Implemented an app that contributed to increased event visibility and engagement, despite the app having 100+ downloads",
+      "Official VIT Riviera'24 App for international sports and cultural carnival with 30,000+ students from 650+ colleges.",
+      "Implemented real-time event updates, registration system, and push notifications for enhanced user engagement.",
     ],
-    techStack: ["Flutter", "Dart", "Firebase", "Git"],
+    techStack: ["Flutter", "Dart", "Firebase", "Real-time Updates", "Push Notifications"],
     link: "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.ac.vit.riviera24",
     image: "/projects/riviera.png",
   },
   {
     title: "SoundCrowd",
     description: [
-      "A platform to manage shared spotify playlists during events",
-      "Admin based event creation and song addition management",
+      "A collaborative platform to manage shared Spotify playlists during events, enabling seamless music coordination for gatherings and parties.",
+      "Features admin-based event creation and song addition management, allowing organizers to control playlist contributions and maintain event atmosphere.",
     ],
-    techStack: ["Svelte", "TailwindCSS"],
+    techStack: ["Svelte", "TailwindCSS", "Spotify API", "Event Management"],
     link: "https://soundcrowd.dscvit.com/",
     image: "/projects/collabify.svg",
   },
   {
-    title:"Artium",
-    description:[
-      "Artium is a platform to Discover historic and contemporary art styles.",
-      "Users can create a profile, upload their work.",
-      "Utilizes Neural Style Transfer (NST), powered by a pre-trained VGG19 network to generate art in the style of famous artists.",
+    title: "Mentor: VITTY 3.0 - VIT Timetable App",
+    description: [
+      "VITTY is back like never before - meet VITTY 3.0. An Android app for your VIT timetable with 40,000+ total users, 4,000+ active users, 32+ GitHub stars and 5+ contributors.",
+      "VITTY makes scheduling simple and social. Features include Circles for connecting with friends, notes and files organization, instant empty classroom finder, iOS widgets, homescreen widgets, caching & offline-ready timetables, ghost mode, reminders, and in-app notifications."
     ],
-    techStack:["NextJs","Node.js","Express.js","MongoDB","TailwindCSS","Flutter","Provider"],
-    link:"https://artium.dscvit.com/",
-    image:"/projects/artium.svg",
+    techStack: ["Android", "Kotlin", "Jetpack Compose", "Room", "LiveData", "ViewModel", "QR Code", "Markdown", "Navigation", "Firebase"],
+    link: "https://github.com/GDSCVIT/vitty",
+    image: "/projects/vitty.svg",
   },
   {
     title: "Zitch",
     description: [
-      " Innovated a solution for the Google Developers SDG Hackathon, geared towards helping NGOs and the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals",
-      "Worked in a 3 person team using gRPC, Flutter and Classification Models to generate a heatmap of stray dogs in an Android App",
+      "Innovated a solution for the Google Developers SDG Hackathon, helping NGOs and the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals.",
+      "Generated a heatmap of stray dogs in an Android App using gRPC and Classification Models.",
     ],
-    techStack: ["Flutter", "Dart", "Firebase", "gRPC"],
+    techStack: ["Flutter", "Dart", "Firebase", "gRPC", "Classification Models"],
     link: "https://github.com/sidhant-sriv/zitch",
     image: "/projects/zitch.svg",
   },