# Naveen Gumaste

> Portfolio website of Naveen Gumaste, a DevOps engineer and web developer based in Karnataka, India, building performant web applications and reliable delivery workflows with React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Node.js, AWS, Terraform, Docker, and Vercel.

This site is a React single-page application (Vite + TanStack Router) with local MDX blog content, deployed on Vercel. Route-specific head metadata is prerendered, but visible page content currently requires JavaScript; this llms.txt file supplies machine-readable context for the canonical URLs below. All canonical URLs are absolute and served from the production domain https://naveengumaste.me. Public contact email: contact@naveengumaste.me.


## Primary Pages

- [Homepage](https://naveengumaste.me/): One-page portfolio introducing Naveen Gumaste with about, experience, featured projects, education, tech stack, blog, GitHub activity, gear/setup links, and a rotating quote.
- [Projects](https://naveengumaste.me/projects): Full list of selected web projects, including finance, crypto, utilities, AI task management, and an icon library.
- [Blog](https://naveengumaste.me/blog): Index of published engineering articles with reading-time and tag metadata.
- [Contact](https://naveengumaste.me/contact): Contact page with email, social profiles, and a message form.
- [Privacy policy](https://naveengumaste.me/privacy): Privacy policy covering analytics, cookies, local storage, and contact form data.
- [Changelog](https://naveengumaste.me/changelog): Versioned release notes for the site, grouped from git history using Keep a Changelog categories.

## Experience

- [Experience (homepage section)](https://naveengumaste.me/#experience): SWE Intern at Congle Innovations Pvt. Ltd (Feb 2025-May 2025), where Naveen built the frontend architecture for the CongleX Events ticketing platform, implemented pixel-perfect UI from Figma designs with React and Tailwind CSS, established a component-based architecture with Zustand state management, and collaborated with backend developers through code reviews.

## Featured Projects

- [KeySkills](https://naveengumaste.me/projects/keyskills): Open-source, portable skill suite for high-agency AI agents enforcing SEO, anti-slop frontend design, git hygiene, and codebase cleanup; built with Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Cloudflare, and Vercel.
- [KairoCal](https://naveengumaste.me/projects/kairocal): Indian brokerage and trading-charge calculator with contract-note precision and side-by-side broker comparisons; built with React, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS, and Zustand.
- [UniTools](https://naveengumaste.me/projects/unitools): Private, client-side suite of developer utilities, converters, and file tools; built with React, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS, and Web APIs.
- [Caravan](https://naveengumaste.me/projects/caravan): Interactive Indian retro cassette player and listening-room experience; built with React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Web Audio API, and motion.
- [CryptoZ](https://naveengumaste.me/projects/cryptoz): Real-time cryptocurrency analytics, charts, search, and watchlist application; built with React, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS, and CoinGecko API.
- [Orange Finance](https://naveengumaste.me/projects/orange-finance): Personal finance application for expense tracking, budgets, and cash-flow visualization; built with React, TypeScript, Vite, and Tailwind CSS.
- [Iconpedia](https://naveengumaste.me/projects/iconpedia): Searchable vector icon library with live SVG customization and JSX export; built with React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and SVG.
- [Aluca AI](https://naveengumaste.me/projects/aluca-ai): Task-management workspace with Kanban boards, priorities, milestones, and deadlines; built with React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and motion.

## Writing

- [From git push to EC2: a CI/CD pipeline on AWS](https://naveengumaste.me/blog/devops-pipeline): Published 2026-08-27; how KairoDash ships with Terraform, GitHub Actions, ECR, OIDC, and SSM.
- [Why Semantic HTML Matters: Breaking the div Habit](https://naveengumaste.me/blog/why-semantic-html-matters): Published 2026-06-30; argues that semantic HTML tags improve accessibility, SEO, and maintainability over div-based markup.

## Optional

- [Gear](https://naveengumaste.me/gear): Lists hardware, software, browsers, extensions, AI assistants, and MCP tooling used by Naveen; `/gears` is an alias.
- [Code Editor Setup](https://naveengumaste.me/setup): Describes preferred code editors, testing tools, editor themes, and extensions.