Navi Mumbai, India

Hey, I’m
Vivek.

I build .NET apps for work and smaller things for myself. Here are a few of those things, plus notes on what I’ve learned along the way.

Explore my projects
Gateway of India, Mumbai

01 / From my GitHub

Things I’ve made

01 / Windows · C#

PC Part Price Tracker

I built this when GPU prices were sky-high. I wanted one place to check which cards were in stock, compare prices across Indian retailers, and see when a card dropped below what I was willing to pay.

View the tracker on GitHub

How the tracker works

  1. Add a product link and set your target price.
  2. The app refreshes the listing every minute.
  3. The price turns green when the part is in stock and below your target.
Original PC Part Price Tracker window with saved listings
Original app screenshot from the GitHub README

02 / Android · Kotlin

Dracula Tic-Tac-Toe

You play the computer on a dark board with pink Xs and cyan Os. I built it in Kotlin with Android Studio.

View the game on GitHub
Empty tic-tac-toe board with a pink New Game button
New game
A full board of pink Xs and cyan Os with the message Game Drawn
Draw against the computer

02 / Notes from work

Writing

I write about problems I’ve had to solve, starting with a .NET API that kept timing out under load.

Vivek Gawande

Off the clock

A bit about me

I studied computer engineering at Mumbai University. Away from work, it’s usually chess, music, or a movie.

More about me Résumé (PDF)

Off the clock / Chess

I crossed 2200 in blitz.

I love playing chess. I play as HutchPlaysChess on Chess.com, and recently hit a personal best of 2203 in blitz.

HutchPlaysChess on Chess.com
Chess.com blitz rating chart showing a climb past 2200 and a high of 2203
My blitz rating on Chess.com, November 2026

Off the clock / Music

On repeat

Off the clock / Film

Favourite movies

  • Inception

    A dream within a dream within a dream. Is the ending still a dream?

  • Interstellar

    A marvelous adventure through space and time.

  • Fight Club

    The less you know going in, the better.