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Software Development and Data Automation · Building tools that make complex systems easier to navigate

systems. data. equity.

Technology should reduce friction, not create more of it.

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About✦✦
hi, I'm Shruthi :) Shruthi Senthilarasu

I learn best
by building.

I'm especially drawn to problems where the people who most need good software are often the last to get it.

I've been prototyping ways for startups and nonprofits to use AI and automation to simplify workflows and reduce operational friction. The technical setup can get complicated — but done well, it changes how a team operates entirely.

I work best in small teams where everyone wears multiple hats and the user is someone most software ignores.

"Good software quietly makes someone's work easier."

Stack

Python · TypeScript · JavaScript · SQL · Claude API · React Native · C · Git

Implementation-focused

Not just prototyping ideas — building things that actually get adopted and used by the people they're built for.

Systems thinker

Interested in the whole picture — how data flows, where friction lives, and what it takes to make complex processes feel simple.

Mission-driven

Drawn to organizations that care not just about what they're building, but who it serves.

Builder who writes

Writing is how I process what I build — the ideas, the failures, and the things that surprised me.

currently

  • Building a website for an Indigenous maternal health nonprofit in Montana
  • Thinking about how AI tools actually get adopted inside organizations
  • Writing about operational friction and why it matters more than features
  • → Open to internships & contract work now · Full-time from December 2026
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Projects✦✦

Saheli

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Built for users with no reliable internet and no margin for error

A map-first safety app that helps users locate safe, clean public sanitation infrastructure — offline-first design, real-time status markers, and emergency SOS access.

React Native · TypeScript · Supabase · Mapbox

SEO City Suite

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Replaced a manual 3-hour weekly process for a real client

An AI-powered tool that generates and audits local SEO pages for service businesses — built to automate a previously manual, time-intensive workflow.

JavaScript · Claude API · Vercel · React

Student Funnel & Equity Audit

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Identified where stopped-out students actually disappear

A data-first analysis of re-enrollment outcomes for stopped-out college students using statistical modeling and equity auditing.

Python · Pandas · scikit-learn · Jupyter

TinyShell

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Built to understand how operating systems actually work at the process level

A Unix shell implemented in C. Process creation, lifecycle management, piping, I/O redirection, and signal handling — the kind of project that changes how you think about everything above it.

C · Unix · POSIX · Systems

Trust-Aware SEO

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Most SEO tools miss the dimension of who a site actually serves

A web audit tool that surfaces patterns making sites easy for bots to scrape but hard for real users to navigate — SEO, UX, and trust exposure in one report.

Python · FastAPI · BeautifulSoup · Jinja2

LogLLM

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Manually classifying log lines is a systems problem, not a human one

An end-to-end NLP pipeline that fine-tunes DistilBERT to automatically classify system logs into INFO, WARNING, and ERROR — with a CLI inference tool and web demo.

Python · PyTorch · HuggingFace · DistilBERT
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Writing✦✦

I write in two registers — technical essays about systems and implementation, and personal essays about everything else. Both are how I make sense of the world.

Technical — Medium
publishedMay 2026

I thought I was building a map app. I was actually building for someone with 2% battery and no data.

On offline-first design, real constraints, and what Saheli taught me about building software that holds up under pressure.
draftMay 2026

Why operational friction matters more than flashy features

The tools that actually change how organizations work are rarely the impressive ones.
draftMay 2026

What nonprofits actually need from AI tools

Most AI tooling is built for teams with engineers, budget, and time. Nonprofits have none of those.
draftApr 2026

The hidden systems behind public safety infrastructure

Building Saheli made me realize how much critical infrastructure is either undocumented, outdated, or inaccessible.
Personal — The Unsent Letter Project

"Unsent letters from the in-between — of endings, beginnings, and everything that lingers."

May 2026

Boxes, Ballots, and the Power of Cinema

On Tamil cinema, Vijay's political debut, and how film has always been a site of imagination and resistance.
Oct 2025

Happy Birthday, Mr. President

On power, performance, and what it means to celebrate someone who was never really yours to celebrate.
Feb 2026

Ordinary

On the small, unremarkable acts of care that turn out to be everything.

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Contact✦✦

Let's build something useful.

I'm currently available for internships and contract work — and open to full-time roles from December 2026. I'm especially drawn to early-stage startups, civic tech orgs, nonprofits, and ed-tech teams. If that sounds like you, let's talk.

Available for internships & contract work now · Full-time from December 2026

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