About / Sarthak Bystander

I build things to understand things.

I'm Sarthak Bystander — a student, developer, builder, and curious generalist interested in software, artificial intelligence, research, psychology, philosophy, and creative technology.

Open sourceAI & researchPythonWeb developmentPsychologyPhilosophyWritingCreative technology

The short version

A student who learns by building.

I spend a large part of my time learning through projects. I started with programming and gradually moved into open-source software, AI tooling, web products, research workflows, writing, and design.

I don't want to stay inside one narrow discipline. Programming is the tool I use to turn ideas into working systems, while psychology, philosophy, writing, and creative work give me different ways to look at the problems I'm solving.

The common thread is curiosity, experimentation, and making useful things.

What I build

Projects that turn curiosity into software.

I tend to learn by building. These are the projects and directions that currently define my work.

01 · LensDev

AI research without the busywork.

Lens is a local AI research agent that takes a query, performs structured research, and stores results in a persistent workspace. The project is built around reproducible research sessions rather than temporary terminal output.

PythonAIResearch
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02 · DevSnips

An open-source UI library for developers.

DevSnips is an open-source library focused on reusable UI components, templates, sections, and developer resources. The long-term goal is to make high-quality building blocks easier to discover and use.

TailwindReactVue
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03 · TechFlue

Practical websites and digital products.

TechFlue is an independent web and technology direction where I experiment with client websites, landing pages, e-commerce experiences, redesigns, maintenance, and practical software products.

WebNext.jsTailwind
04 · Writing & research

Thinking on paper.

I also write about technology, observation, psychology, and ideas. Writing helps me slow down, inspect assumptions, and turn scattered thoughts into something structured.

PsychologyPhilosophyWriting

How I think

The work is the learning.

I'm drawn to problems where there isn't an obvious answer. Building software gives me a way to test ideas instead of only thinking about them.

I care about open source because useful knowledge becomes more valuable when other people can inspect it, improve it, and build on it.

I also believe technical work benefits from looking outside technology. Psychology helps me understand people. Philosophy helps me question assumptions. Writing helps me communicate. Creative work keeps experimentation alive.

Build. Observe. Question. Repeat.

Tools & technologies

A practical stack.

The tools change as the problems change. These are the technologies I currently use or explore most.

PythonJavaScriptHTMLCSSTailwind CSSFlaskVueNext.jsNode.jsAI agentsWorkflow automationCloudflare PagesSQLiteGitHub

Technology

AI, software, open source, developer tools, UI systems, automation, data, and web development.

Ideas

Psychology, philosophy, observation, research, human behavior, writing, and how people make sense of the world.

Creative work

Music, drumming, sketching, cinematography, editing, design, and experimenting with different forms of expression.

Follow the work

Projects, code, and the things I'm currently exploring.

GitHub LensDev DevSnips DevSnips.site TechFlue