manan.open to work

hello, I'm Manan

I build web things with care & warmth. 

Associate Software Developer at DRC Systems, based in Gujarat, India. I turn fuzzy ideas into clean, fast, friendly software — and I sweat the small stuff so users never have to.

currently being afull-stack developer

note to recruiters

I'm open to work — and I reply embarrassingly fast :)

roleSoftware Dev
baseGujarat
stackReact · Node
coffeealways
take a slow scroll
Simplicity is the soul of efficiency.
Austin Freeman
01about me

A short letter,
instead of a bio.

Dear visitor,

I'm Manan Patel — a software engineer who likes the space where design meets engineering. I spend my days at DRC Systems building full-stack web apps with React, Next.js, Node and MongoDB, and my evenings breaking them lovingly to learn how they really work.

I believe good software should feel invisible — reliable enough to be trusted, smooth enough to be forgotten. That belief shapes everything from how I name variables to how a button feels when you press it.

When I'm not shipping features, I'm solving DSA problems, chasing contest ratings, or redesigning this very page for the nth time.

— Manan ✎

★ MANAN PATEL ★

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roleAssoc. Software Dev
companyDRC Systems
baseGujarat, India
stackReact / Next / Node
coffeeunlimited
statusOPEN TO WORK
TOTAL100% effort

thank you, come again!

everything you need to know, itemised

and counting!
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year shipping
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projects built
ouch, my brain
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DSA problems
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CodeChef rating
Details are not the details. They make the design.
Charles Eames
02my toolbox

Tools I reach for,
taped to the desk.

06

Frontend

ReactNext.jsVue.jsReduxTypeScriptHTML/CSS
06

Backend

Node.jsExpressJavaSpring BootPythonFastAPI
03

Data

MongoDBMySQLRedis
03

Tooling

DockerKafkaGit

hover the tapes to pause — the toolbox keeps growing

Make it work, make it right, make it fast.
Kent Beck
03things I've made

Pulled from
the project drawer.

01Roadmap

Roadmap

aka “InterviewMap

what it's for

An interactive platform designed to help developers prepare for technical interviews with structured roadmaps, curated resources, and progress tracking.

ReactNode.jsMongoDB
02Healzy

Healzy

aka “EazyHealthcare

what it's for

A healthcare management system streamlining patient-doctor interactions, appointment scheduling, and medical record management.

Next.jsExpressMySQL
03Varsity

Varsity

aka “University Management System

what it's for

A comprehensive system managing academic operations: student enrollment, course management, faculty assignments, and grade tracking.

ReactNode.jsMongoDB

…and some smaller experiments

Vibe

Social Media Clone

A feature-rich social platform with real-time posting, user profiles, and a dynamic news feed.

  • Real-time posting
  • User profiles
  • Dynamic news feed
reactreduxnodejs

Taskflow

Kanban Task Manager

A drag-and-drop task board inspired by Trello for organizing projects and team workflows.

  • Drag-and-drop boards
  • Trello-style lists
  • Team workflows
reacttypescriptcss

Markbot

Automatic Attendance System

An automated attendance tracking solution that streamlines classroom management using computer vision.

  • Computer-vision check-in
  • Automated tracking
  • Classroom dashboards
pythonjavascript

Driveway

Car Rental System

A vehicle rental platform with booking management, real-time availability tracking, and secure user authentication.

  • Booking management
  • Live availability
  • Secure authentication
javamysql

there's more where these came from —

rummage through my GitHub
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Alan Kay
04the journey

Chapters so far,
pegged on a line.

2021 – 2025

B.E. Computer Engineering

Gujarat Technological University

Four years of fundamentals — data structures, algorithms, and the discovery that I'd happily debug for fun.

2025 – Present

Associate Software Developer

DRC Systems

  • Yjs CRDT collaborative editing with conflict-free sync
  • Character-level AI offset reconciliation pipeline
  • SSE-based embedding progress streaming
  • Resilient WebSocket layer with JWT refresh
?

your company —
the next chapter

this spot is available
Whatever you do, do it well.
Walt Disney
05say hello

Every good story
starts with a hello.

Got a role, a project, or just a half-formed idea? Write to me — I read everything, and I reply embarrassingly fast.

— Manan

to: my next team

usually answers within a day ✔

p.s. — even if it's just to argue about tabs vs spaces, my inbox is open.