Rishi Nair✦ Portfolio

Rishi
Nair

Engineer · Creator · Hackathon Addict

RN
Based inToronto, CA

Full-stack engineer by day, creative coder by night. I build developer tools, make generative art, and maintain an unhealthy number of side projects. Currently obsessed with local-first software and pushing the web platform further than it wants to go.

Skills
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Rust
  • WASM
  • Three.js
  • GLSL
  • WebGPU
  • Node
  • Python
  • Figma
  • Design Systems
Experience
01

Senior Software Engineer @ Edgeform

2021 to now

On the framework team shipping features used by millions of developers. Led the WebGPU rendering pipeline and the local-first sync engine.

02

Product Engineer @ Loom-ish Studio

2018 to 2021

Built design-tooling and the in-browser canvas editor from scratch.

Selected Work
Riffle

Riffle

Creator · 2023

A local-first note tool with realtime sync and zero servers. 1M+ npm downloads.

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Plotter

Plotter

Solo · 2022

A WebGPU generative-art playground. Won Hack the North.

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Grain

Grain

Designer & dev · 2021

A risograph-style photo filter built on WebGL shaders.

Field Notes

Field Notes

Photographer

Street photography from a year of travel, shot on a single 35mm lens.

Interests

Generative art, Lo-fi production, Street photography, Coffee

Awards
  • GitHub Star (2023)
  • Hack the North — Winner (2019)
  • 1M+ npm downloads (2022)
  • Awwwards Honorable Mention (2023)
Education
B.Tech · Computer ScienceUniversity of Waterloo
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