About Suman Dey

How It All Started

Picture this: a curious kid with a basic PC and painfully slow dial-up internet, spending hours trying to figure out why his HTML wasn't working. That was me about a decade ago! I still get that same rush of excitement when I remember creating my first interactive login form - it was just HTML and JavaScript, but when it actually worked, I felt like I had unlocked some kind of superpower. Every bug I fixed felt like solving a mystery, and honestly, that feeling hasn't changed much.

What started as weekend tinkering gradually became my life's passion. I found myself naturally gravitating toward creating smooth, intuitive user experiences with React.js and TypeScript on the frontend, while getting equally excited about building the robust systems that power them behind the scenes. There's something deeply satisfying about creating something that works beautifully both for the person clicking buttons and for the servers handling thousands of requests.

The real learning happened when I started facing those 2 AM production issues (we've all been there, right?). Nothing teaches you about system architecture like debugging a performance bottleneck when users are depending on your application. Those high-pressure moments, the complex refactoring projects, and the responsibility of leading teams through tough technical challenges - they've all shaped how I approach development today.

But here's what really keeps me going: it's not just about writing clever code or using the latest framework. It's about the moment when someone tells you that the application you built actually made their work easier, or when a team member you've mentored solves a problem in a way that makes you proud. Technology is just a tool - the real magic happens when that tool helps real people do amazing things.