I'm Sushil Buragute. I build software with a designer's eye.

I write code for a living and care about design more than I probably should. The work I like best sits where the two overlap: interfaces that feel obvious the first time you use them, built on code that stays that way.

Off the clock I read about whatever the web platform is doing next and help fellow devs on Sreetam's Discord. I also play chess, for the same reason I like debugging: it rewards thinking a few moves ahead.

Weekends? Meetups, mostly: tech ones for the ideas, board-game ones for the company.

The journey so far

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2026

πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» Joined Gojek as SDE 2 (Frontend)

Started off the year with a new adventure at Gojek, building scalable frontend systems for millions of users.

2025

🧱 Porter | Platform scale-up

Scaled the web booking funnel and integrated it with core order systems to improve booking volume and reliability.

2025

🌍 Porter | International expansion

Built a Next.js + Strapi i18n framework that made multi-country launches fast and repeatable.

2025

βš™οΈ Porter | Web platform revamp

Helped modernise the web stack from legacy Rails to Next.js + Strapi, pushing better performance, SEO, and conversion.

2025

πŸ€– Porter | Hackathon | Kalyani (conversational AI)

Built a real-time conversational booking assistant using streaming audio, cloud-native infra, and Gemini APIs.

2025

πŸ› οΈ Porter | Backend curiosity arc

Started contributing to an internal campaign-management backend service powering promotions across multiple touchpoints.

2025

✨ Project | kanban.sush.dev

Built a local-first Kanban board with React 19 + IndexedDB, offline-first, type-safe, and zero-backend friendly.

2025

✨ Project | habits.sush.dev

Built an offline-ready habit tracker PWA with streaks, heatmaps, and cross-tab sync, tuned for great Lighthouse scores.

2024

πŸš€ Porter | Promoted to SDE 2

Stepped into broader ownership across platform reliability, mentoring, and scaling user-facing web systems.

2024

πŸ“¦ Open Source | Strapi upload provider

Published a TypeScript Strapi upload provider adding Google Cloud Storage + CDN support (signed URLs, resumable uploads).

2024

🌐 Personal site | sush.dev

Redesigned my portfolio with a modern Next.js + Tailwind stack, MDX content, and a performance-first approach.

2024

☁️ Porter | Cloud migration

Migrated frontend services to GCP to reduce cloud costs while keeping performance and uptime intact.

2023

🧱 Porter | Web platform modernisation

Rebuilt porter.in from Rails to Next.js + Strapi, focusing on Core Web Vitals, SEO, and conversion.

2023

πŸ” Porter | SEO & performance wins

Improved search visibility on high-intent keywords through technical SEO fixes and performance discipline.

2023

🎁 Porter | Rewards launch

Shipped the Rewards webview end-to-end and worked closely with backend teams to land stable contracts.

2022

πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» Joined Porter as SDE 1 (Frontend)

Started my journey building and shipping user-facing web experiences at scale.

2022

πŸŽ“ Graduated

Completed my Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) from Savitribai Phule Pune University.

2021

🧠 Got comfortable with TypeScript

Type inference + static checks quickly became my default for building reliable UI at speed.

2021

✨ Shipped a product used by 6,000+ people

Designed and built an admissions portal for neoG’s 2022 cohort, supporting thousands of applicants end-to-end.

2020

🧩 Think Real | UI Engineer Intern

Worked on a design system and shipped end-to-end user flows across the product.

2020

🎀 Gave my first talk

Spoke at ACMxPCCOER about getting started in web development.

2020

🎨 Fell into UI design

Started noticing the details (typography, spacing, layout) and it quietly became a strength.

2019

🌱 Started learning web development

Found my lane. The web felt accessible, powerful, and instantly rewarding to build for.

2018

πŸŽ“ Started my engineering journey

Finally got to move from theory to building things that real users can touch and feel.