About

I'm Kshitiz — I build software, work with data, and spend a fair amount of time in Linux and networking just to understand how systems actually work underneath the frameworks. I grew up in Kathmandu, Nepal, studied computing there, and now I'm in the UK doing an MSc in Data Science.

How I got here

I started with a BTEC HND in Computing in Kathmandu, then worked as a data science intern — cleaning, preprocessing, and visualising data for a small team, which is where I actually learned that data work is mostly about the unglamorous middle part, not the model. That’s what pulled me toward an MSc in Data Science rather than staying purely on the software side: I wanted the statistical grounding to back up the engineering instincts I already had.

Kitchen before code

Before most of this, I spent time working in professional kitchens. It’s not the main line on my CV, but it shaped how I work more than any course did — a kitchen runs on discipline, timing, and every station finishing when it needs to, or the whole pass falls apart. That’s a closer model for shipping software under real pressure than most engineering courses teach directly, and it’s part of why I care more about systems finishing correctly and on time than about looking clever in the middle of the process.

What I actually work on

Day to day that splits into data science and machine learning, full-stack development, and a growing interest in systems — Linux, networking — the infrastructure layer most people don’t think about until it breaks. I write about most of this on /blog, and the current state of all of it is on /now.

Outside of work: I read a lot — currently working through Nietzsche — and I shoot and edit travel photos and video when I get the chance. If you want the tools and setup behind all this, that’s on /uses.