Vijay Patel

I build distributed systems better than your favorite ai and ship products faster than your favorite ai, but i'm best known for fixing the family wifi.

Based in new york city, but my clawdbot/moltbot/openclaw is in us-east-1. Apologies for my agent's identity crisis.

Check out my work

Cakes by Ashni

March 2026

Migrated Cakes by Ashni's website from a standard Squarespace template to a bespoke website in 3 days.

Super Bowl Boxes

February 2026

Built an app < 24 hours before kickoff. Secured 50 users in under 6 hours. Your claude code harness could never.

Rajat Mahotsav Website

February 2026

A feature rich event platform for Secaucus Temple's 25th Anniversary Celebration.

Writing

Cloning Karpathy: Which AI Knows Him Best?

February 2026

I asked Codex and Opus to think like Karpathy when it comes to agentic coding, then had them judge each other's work.

Skills & Expertise

AI Tools

AI-assisted tools I use daily to design, build, and ship faster.

Claude / Claude CodeCodexCursorMCP ServersSkills / Rules / PluginsPlan ModeClaude Agent SDKCursor BugbotGreptileAgent Browser & Puppeteer

Technical

Core technologies I use to build and scale products.

Java & Spring BootPythonTypeScript & Next.jsMemcached & RedisAWSAgentic SystemsSystem OptimizationHigh-scale distributed systemsMicroservicesSystem Monitoring & Observability

Professional

How I work with teams, decisions, and execution.

Technical LeadershipCritical ThinkingAdaptability & ResilienceCommunication & CollaborationAgencyBias for ActionProduct MindsetDeep DiveProblem SolverStrong OwnershipCustomer ObsessionExplorative

Get in Touch

I'd love to hear about your ai agents & workflows, cool products/opportunities, or really anything else!

vijpatel7 at gmail dot com GitHub LinkedIn X