Hi, I'm Yukti
I build developer tools for the AI era. I wrote zac, a coding agent from scratch in Zig, and cdesign, a marketplace that turns real websites into specs AI agents can build from.
Yukti Kholiwal

About

I'm a software engineer who ships fast, mostly building developer tools around large language models. I wrote zac, a coding agent built from scratch in Zig with zero dependencies, and cdesign, which scrapes real websites into installable design specs so AI agents build on-brand UI (shipped as an npm CLI). Before that I founded 9thgen.ai, a voice-agent platform now taking calls for paying clients. At Y Lift I inherited an undocumented production app, taught myself .NET and Blazor from scratch, and shipped a full platform migration in one month for 10,000+ monthly users at 99.8% uptime. Hand me an unfamiliar codebase and I'll get something working. (I also hold multiple years of US work authorization, so sponsorship isn't a near-term concern.)

Work Experience

Y Lift
Lead Frontend Developer

Lead frontend developer shipping new production features from scratch, often daily. Rebuilt the storefront (catalog, cart, checkout, auth) through a full migration from Flutter to .NET 8 + Blazor for an app serving 10,000+ monthly users at 99.8% uptime.

Mar 2025Present
9thgen.ai
Technical Founder

Founded and led an AI voice-agent startup that cut customer service costs by up to 80%. Launched on Vercel, processed 1,500+ calls in the first month, acquired 5 paying clients at an 11.6% conversion rate, and boosted customer engagement 150% through natural-language voice interactions. Owned end-to-end product development and cross-functional teams, cutting development time 40%.

Jan 2025Mar 2025
JerseySTEM
Software Development Engineer Intern

Built 8 RPA automation bots with Automation Anywhere, cutting manual effort 70%. Led development of an RPA bot to extract resumes from the iCIMS platform, improving efficiency 15%, and collaborated on automated testing that raised system reliability 20%.

Jun 2024Sep 2024

Education

Skills

I work across the whole stack of AI product development. On the model side I've built real-time voice pipelines, agentic tool-loops, and RAG-style workflows against the Anthropic, OpenAI, and OpenRouter APIs, and I wrote a coding agent from scratch in Zig. On the frontend I ship React, Next.js, and TypeScript interfaces. On the backend I've worked in FastAPI, .NET, and Postgres, and provisioned real cloud infrastructure with CloudFormation and the AWS SDK. The part I like most is the messy middle: taking a raw LLM capability and making it reliable enough for people to actually use.

FrontendPrimary focus

React 19Next.js 15TypeScriptJavaScriptTailwind CSSshadcn/uiFramer MotionReact FlowMonaco EditorBlazorResponsive & accessible UI

AI / LLM

Anthropic APIOpenAI APIOpenRouter APIAgentic pipelinesRAG-style workflowsReal-time voice (Twilio + GPT-4 Realtime)Prompt engineeringClaude CodeCursorCodex

Backend / Infra

FastAPIFlask.NET 9ZigREST APIsPostgreSQLDrizzle ORMMongoDBCloudFormation / AWSCI/CDVercelGit / GitHub

GitHub Activity

 
Projects

Some of the stuff I've shipped

A voice platform with paying clients, a coding agent written from scratch in Zig, and a bunch of things in between. Plenty more on my GitHub.

cdesign

A marketplace for design languages

Scrapes any website's CSS into an installable design spec so AI coding agents build on-brand UI. Shipped as an npm CLI with 20+ packages.

Next.js 15React 19TypeScriptTailwindClaude APICheerioVercel KV

zac

A coding agent that lives in your terminal

A coding agent I wrote from scratch in Zig, about 3,800 lines, one dependency-free binary that drives Claude, GPT, and Gemini from the terminal.

ZigSSE streamingVercel AI GatewayLLM tool-useGit

9thgen.ai

Real-time AI voice agents
Technical Founder

AI voice agents that take customer calls end to end and cut support costs up to 80%. Handled 1,500+ calls across 5 paying clients in the first month.

TwilioGPT-4 Realtime APIWebSocketsVercel

Plot

AWS deployment for humans

One-click deploys that run in your own AWS account, with Plot holding zero credentials. Provisions everything through CloudFormation, so it stays fully trackable and deletable.

Next.js 15React 19TypeScriptClerkNeon/DrizzleAWS SDK v3CloudFormationSTS / IAM

Orbit.build

AI-native development environment
Frontend contributor (~25% of frontend)

An environment where agents build and ship code on their own. I built the developer-facing React UI and worked on the pipelines under it, now at 200+ early users.

ReactTypeScriptAgentic pipelinesLLM APIs

ctx

Get back up to speed on any codebase in seconds

A CLI that scans a git repo and tells you where things stand: recent work, uncommitted changes, stray TODOs, and an AI read on what to do next.

TypeScriptNode.jsGitLLM API

Chrome AI Sidebar

Open-source browser extension

A privacy-first Chrome extension for instant AI on any webpage, wired to OpenRouter so you can plug in any LLM.

Chrome ExtensionsOpenRouter APIJavaScript

MindMap SaaS

Prompt-to-mind-map generator

Turns a prompt into an editable mind map you can expand and rearrange live, with Anthropic wired in to refine it through chat.

Next.jsReact FlowAnthropic API
Contact

Let's build something

Hiring, collaborating, or just curious? Reach out — I'd love to hear from you.

ykholiwal2711@gmail.com