Kochi, IndiaNo. 4 · Friday, 2 October 2026v0.4.0

Ajmal Roshan



Index

The work

Everything, production first. Each entry lists scale, stack and where to find it.

In production

Built and maintained by me, with real users.

10k+ applications / year

CUSAT Admissions Platform

University-wide admission system for the five-year integrated MSc programmes. Replaced paper workflows across more than eight departments.

Stack
Django, DRF, Docker
Live
fyugp.cusat.ac.in

3k+ students

Hostel Allotment System

Automated hostel seat allocation driven by a location-priority algorithm, with live dashboards for wardens and administrators.

Stack
PostgreSQL, DRF, Nginx
Live
hostels.cusat.ac.in

2k+ active users

Messy — Mess Management

Meal attendance tracking and automated monthly bill generation for hostel food services, scaled across multiple hostels.

Stack
Django, SQLite, Metabase
Live
messy.cusat.xyz
Code
github.com/ajuroshan/messy

200+ concurrent users

Sargam Fest Platform

Registration and event management for the university cultural festival, load-balanced behind Nginx for peak-hour traffic.

Stack
Django, PostgreSQL, AWS
Live
sargamcusat.com

Open source

Tools and hardware with public code.

RideLoop

Motorcycle telemetry: an ESP32-S3 logger with GPS and IMU streaming a live WebSocket dashboard to a handlebar-mounted phone.

Stack
C++, ESP32, WebSocket
Code
github.com/ajuroshan/rideloop

Dev Container

A reusable devcontainer with common developer tools, cloud CLIs, AI CLIs and an optional GUI browser session.

Stack
Docker
Code
github.com/ajuroshan/dev-container

Experiments & infrastructure

Built to learn, or to run everything else.

Homelab

Self-hosted server for databases and web apps with Dockerised deploys and remote access over Tailscale.

Stack
Ubuntu, Docker, Tailscale