Kavin Desi Valli
Waterloo CE '28
I'm a Computer Engineering student at the University of Waterloo and a software engineer, currently at Replicas (YC P26). Before that, I worked on the v0 team at Vercel, built developer tooling at Helicone (YC W23) — LLM observability, multilingual SDKs — and embedded full-stack systems at Arcturus Networks. I ran LiveCode247 (200K+ views) and help maintain Typewind.
Writing
Retiring the terminal, moving off LiveCode247, and starting fresh.
Projects
A browser-based 3D visualisation of the International Space Station in realtime. Won 2nd place at the NASA Space Apps regional round among 90+ teams.
The strictly typed companion for Tailwind CSS — write Tailwind with the full power of TypeScript. Core maintainer.
A quiz platform for Goethe Institut × DPS Society, used by 9,000+ students across two iterations with a 99% availability rating.
The platform for Exun Clan's cryptic hunt — 1.5k+ participants and 50k+ attempts over two days.
A Chrome extension to connect with people during and after conferences. 2nd runner-up at Code Warriors soBig Hackathon 2021.
Live cricket news and scores from inside your editor, without breaking flow.