Kanishk Kulshrestha

A ray tracer built from scratch in C++ that renders scenes using reflections, shadows, and physically based lighting.

• Recursive ray tracing
• Reflections & shadows
• Multithreaded rendering

A minimal text editor written in C for the terminal, inspired by early command-line editors.

• Text editing
• File saving
• Keyboard shortcuts

A terminal-based Spotify client for searching, queuing, and controlling music without leaving the command line.

• Spotify search
• Playback control
• OAuth login

A compiler for a custom programming language featuring lexing, parsing, and code generation.

• Lexer & parser
• AST generation
• Code generation

A Redis-backed distributed rate limiter designed to enforce API request limits across multiple servers.

• Redis-backed
• Sliding window algorithm
• Dockerized deployment

A VR surgical training simulator built for teaching hernia repair procedures through interactive practice.

• Interactive 3D surgical scene
• Tool selection & feedback