Yash Pouranik

Backend Engineer & Maintainer at urBackend
Obsessed with developer experience & high-performance backend systems.

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800+
Active Users
8k+
PDF Downloads @CampusNotes
70%
Auth Speedup
40+
OS Contributors
4
npm Packages
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Infrastructure & Open Source 2025 — 2026
urBackend
Instant Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) Platform
  • Auth latency cut 70% with Redis cache-aside
  • AES-256-GCM encrypted DB connections + dynamic pooling
Node.js Redis MongoDB
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Developer Tooling & AI 2026
Errlocal
AI-powered Stack Trace Parser & CLI Debugger
  • Intercepts stack traces, streams AI fix suggestions instantly
  • Error session tracking across development cycles
Node.js Groq LLM CLI
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Developer Tooling & SDK 2025 — 2026
Kiroo
API Interaction Replay & Debugging Suite
  • Replay HTTP API calls without touching source code
  • Dual npm packages — @kiroo/sdk + @kiroo/cli
Node.js CLI SDK
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Production Web System 2025
CampusNotes
High-Traffic Academic Notes Platform — Google Indexed
  • 127 signups, 8,077 downloads — actively used in production
  • Google indexed for 'svvv notes', 'campusnotes' keywords
Node.js MongoDB Cloudinary
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Aug 18 4 min read
Why Telegram is Spending Crores for a New Web Domain Called .gram
An analysis of Telegram's strategic application to ICANN for the '.gram' TLD and how registry ownership prevents platform DNS disruptions.
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Jul 25 7 min read
I Had Zero Idea What RLS Was, So I Built It for MongoDB
A deep dive into row-level security primitives and how I implemented custom RLS filters directly inside MongoDB queries for urBackend.
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Jun 6, 2026 5 min read
We Needed Soft Delete in Our Open-Source BaaS
Why hard deletion breaks relational integrity in BaaS environments, and how we implemented recoverable soft-deletes without polluting queries.
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May 26, 2026 3 min read
Implementing a Redis-Backed Login Lockout System in Node.js
How to safeguard authentication routes against brute-force attacks using Redis sliding-window rate limiting and temporary lockouts.
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Mar 16, 2026 15 min read
Stop Guessing API Bugs: How I Built Git for API Interactions
The architectural design story behind Kiroo — capturing deterministic API traffic snapshots for seamless debugging replays.
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Focus

01. Backend & API Infrastructure

High-throughput REST APIs, Redis caching layers, MongoDB query optimization, and AES-256-GCM connection pooling.

02. Auth & Security Engineering

JWT & session auth, rate limiting, row-level access control, and atomic DB updates ($inc, $push).

03. Developer Tooling & SDKs

CLI utilities (Errlocal) and npm SDK packages (@kiroo/sdk) for stack trace parsing and deterministic API interaction replays.

Timeline
2026

Odoo Offline Hackathon 2026 — Selected

Selected among 2,500 students out of 20,000+ applicants nationwide for the Odoo offline hackathon.

2026

GSSoC'2026 — Project Maintainer

Selected to lead urBackend as an official open-source project, managing 40+ PRs from 25+ global contributors.

2026

2nd Place — National Technical Writing (Kiroo)

Authored a Medium article on API interaction replay systems for Kiroo and won 2nd place nationally.

2025 - July

MERN TA Intern — Apna College

Mentored 200+ engineering learners in Full Stack Development & Backend Architecture.

2025 - July

Solve for India Hackathon

Built GullyBazar in 48 hours — ranked Top 25 / ~800 teams at the Tutedude national hackathon.

Contact

Currently open for backend engineering roles. Whether you have a project in mind or just want to chat, feel free to reach out.