featured projects

mustel
Static analysis tool for AI coding agents. Runs Ruff, Bandit, and pip-audit with 21 custom YAML rules to catch issues before they reach the LLM. Cuts token usage by ~45%.

lazy footers
Bulk footer stamper for student PDFs and DOCX files. Upload up to 10 files, set the footer text, and download a ZIP. All processing happens in memory.

squeezy
Image compressor and PDF merger built with Flask. Compresses images up to 95% smaller using Pillow, processes everything in memory, and serves downloads via temporary UUID tokens.
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experience

- Creating and refining tasks used to evaluate and train large language models.
- Reviewing model outputs for quality, correctness, and consistency against defined rubrics.
- Identifying and fixing issues in tasks that fail evaluation, adjusting complexity, language, or structure as needed.
- Working in Ubuntu / WSL and Docker environments across the full task lifecycle from ideation to final submission on Snorkel, a platform used to improve models for OpenAI and Anthropic.

- Working on a web portal for AI literacy training for college professors.
- Managing releases, version control, and deployment pipelines.
- Built Next.js routes and internal Python CLI tools for code verification.

- Built a static analysis tool that runs Ruff, Bandit, and pip-audit for AI coding agents.
- Published on PyPI — 2,100+ downloads.
- Added an MCP server so agents like Claude and Gemini can run analyses directly.

- Built an LLM-based product scraper that reduced manual competitor review time from 4 hours to 1 hour.
- Created a Streamlit + Google Sheets dashboard for tracking intern workloads across the team.
- Evaluated 50+ AI tools for internal product decisions.

- Built an open resource site for engineering students — structured study materials, past papers, and curricula.
- Grew to 90,000+ page visits organically.
- Organized content by semester and subject for easy navigation.
skills
Languages
Backend & Web
AI & DevOps
Data
Tools
about
I'm Ameya Vinayak Kulkarni, a Python developer based in Mumbai. I work mostly on backend systems, APIs, and developer tools. I'm interested in DevOps and making AI tooling more practical.
I built mustel, an open-source static analysis tool for AI coding agents with 2,100+ PyPI downloads. I also run The Free University, a study resource site that's crossed 90,000 page visits.
Currently a second-year IT student at Thakur College of Engineering and Technology (TCET) and a software intern at the TCET Centre of Excellence.
currently
- SE IT @ TCET (Semester IV)
- Software Intern, TCET Centre of Excellence
- Founder, The Free University
- Maintainer, mustel on PyPI
interests
- Running (training for a half marathon)
- Football & jersey collecting
- Open source

