# Projects By Saurabh Kumar Source: https://saurabh-kumar.com/projects/ > Fourteen years of things I've built: open source, client products, and community work. Most of it is Python and Django backends; lately it's AI agents. These days I lead engineering on [Rosey](https://meetrosey.ai), [Fueled](https://fueled.com)'s AI-native delivery platform. [Now](https://saurabh-kumar.com/now/) has the details. This is a selection. Smaller things live on [GitHub](https://github.com/theskumar), and some client work isn't public. ## AI agents and research Where most of my time goes now: retrieval with citations, evals, and memory for long agent sessions. - **[Agent Stuff](https://github.com/theskumar/agent-stuff)** (2026–now): My extensions, skills and prompts for Pi and Claude Code. Including review and handoff workflows. Role: Personal setup, shared. - **[Pi Pocket Blackhole](https://github.com/theskumar/pi-pocket-blackhole)** (2026): Compacts long agent sessions in Pi Pocket without a model call. It came out of my research on agent memory. Role: Author. - **[South Pole](https://www.southpole.com/)** (2026): AI for South Pole's Quality Management Framework. Answers registry questionnaires with page-level citations, then drafts the reports. Role: Research, architecture and working concepts. Answers with page-level citations. - **[IrisMD](https://www.irismd.com/)** (2024–2025): An AI-assisted medical scribe that turns live patient conversations into EHR notes. OpenAI's API beat self-hosted Whisper on cost and quality. Role: Started the codebase; transcription research. ## Developer tools Small tools that do one thing well. python-dotenv is the one that took off. - **[python-dotenv](https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv)** (2014–now): Loads environment variables from `.env` files. Written after a credentials leak. pydantic-settings and uvicorn depend on it. Role: Author and co-maintainer. ~580M downloads a month. - **[Dotfiles](https://github.com/theskumar/dotfiles)** (2013–now): My working environment. Including the [shell-startup audit](https://saurabh-kumar.com/articles/2026/05/how-i-optimized-my-zsh-startup-time/). Role: Personal setup, shared. - **[django-init](https://github.com/Fueled/django-init)** (2014–2024): Fueled's own, simpler take on cookiecutter-django. Role: Creator and main author. - **[cookiecutter-django](https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter-django)** (2013–2016): A production-ready template for new Django projects. Started by Daniel Roy Greenfeld; I helped maintain it. Role: Contributor and co-maintainer. - **[python-usernames](https://github.com/theskumar/python-usernames)** (2015): Checks that usernames are URL-safe and not reserved or abusive. Role: Author. ## Products and platforms Backends, APIs and architecture for client products, mostly at Fueled. The Motley Fool was independent work. - **C. S. Lewis** (unreleased) (2026): A CMS and an interactive mobile app built around his writing, not an e-book reader. Its Wagtail CMS links his works through the themes they share. Role: Technical lead, backend and infrastructure. - **[Christianity Today](https://www.christianitytoday.com/)** (2026): A backend that turns WordPress content into clean, fast APIs for their new mobile app. Role: Built it. - **Comoto** (unreleased) (2026): A React Native app for RevZilla, Cycle Gear and J&P Cycles that embeds their website. The team now builds on the architecture the spike set. Role: Led the technical spike. - **[The Motley Fool](https://www.fool.com/)** (2023–2026): Their premium subscription platform. A Next.js migration, a design system, and GraphQL over legacy backends. Role: Independent contract engineer. - **[Tony Robbins](https://www.tonyrobbins.com/)** (2019–2024): Two apps: Breakthrough, which streams video and audio, and the RPM Planner. The planner coaches by voice, with AI. Role: Backend engineer, then backend lead. - **[NationsBenefits](https://www.nationsbenefits.com/)** (2022–2023): The experience API behind their member apps. A GraphQL layer with its schema, docs and mock servers. Role: Started it and set the architecture. - **[Victoria's Secret Community](https://fueled.com/work/victorias-secret/)** (2022): A real-time community feed inside their mobile app. Role: Initial architecture and solution design. - **[Apple](https://fueled.com/work/apple/)** (2015–2017): Junction, a learning platform for Apple's EMEA carrier retail staff. A gamification engine and a multilingual CMS behind an Android app. Role: One of two main backend engineers. Also: The CRM data layer for [Goosehead Insurance](https://www.goosehead.com)'s app (2025), game backends for [EverFi](https://everfi.com) (2022), a patient portal for [Beacon Health System](https://www.beaconhealthsystem.org/) (2021), backends for [Alpas Wellness Centers](https://alpaswellnesscenters.org/) and [Omstars](https://omstars.com/) (2017), and Raw Mango. ## Health, education and civic tech Platforms for mental health, grant-making and tech literacy. - **[2NDFLOOR](https://www.2ndfloor.org)** (2024–now): An anonymous support community for youth mental health. Role: Rebuilt the backend and APIs. 6× community engagement after launch. - **[hypha](https://github.com/HyphaApp/hypha)** (2022–2025): The Open Technology Fund's platform for open calls, grant applications and reviews. Later the base for Urgent Action Fund's grants platform. Role: Core contributor. - **[Spoken Tutorials, IIT Bombay](https://github.com/Spoken-tutorial/spoken-website)** (2016–2018): The open-source Django platform for the Government of India's tech literacy initiative. Role: Tech lead, then technical program manager. ## Community The Python community in Delhi and India, and a Django book. - **[PyDelhi](https://pydelhi.org)** (2014–2018): The Delhi Python meetup. Role: Revived it and ran it for four years. - **[junction](https://github.com/pythonindia/junction)** (2015–2016): Proposal management for PyCon India and PyDelhi. The project is closed now. Role: Contributor. - **[Two Scoops of Django](https://www.feldroy.com/products/two-scoops-of-django-3-x)** (2015): The Django best-practices book by Daniel and Audrey Roy Greenfeld. Role: Technical reviewer, 1.8 edition. ## Before Fueled From school and college. - **Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University** (2009–2012): The university's new website, built on Joomla by a team of eight. Role: Lead programmer and designer. - **National Informatics Centre** (2010–2011): A web-based fingerprint enrollment and matching SDK, used in NIC's Prisons Management System. In C# and Matlab, in a team of three. Role: Two internships. - **Grievance management system** (2008): For the office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities. Role: Requirements; first data modules. - **Future Cities India** (2006–2007): A school team's plan for traffic during the Delhi Commonwealth Games. Role: Team lead. Runners-up; first prize for the 3D simulation.