low_level_dev & cs_engg

Sayujya
Apte

Low-level Programmer focused on architecture, performance optimization, and competitive programming

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LOCATION Vellore, IN

EDUCATION B.Tech. CSE

STATUS OPEN_TO_WORK

[01] ABOUT

Computer Science & Engineering student at Vellore Institute of Technology. I thrive on understanding how code works at the lowest level, and how software interfaces with hardware - from CPU instruction cycles to memory management to boot procedures.

My work revolves around building complex systems from the ground up. Whether its a 6502 emulator, a custom miniature x86 bootloader, or asynchronous logging frameworks, I focus on performance, accuracy, and deep understanding of the underlying architecture.

Active in technical communities, competitive programming, and hackathons. Currently exploring OS internals, compiler design, and optimization engineering.

Education

B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering

Vellore Institute of Technology | Jun 2025 - Present

SIH 2025 PARTICIPANT

Experience

Junior Core Committee Member

IEEE-CS VIT Student Chapter | Jan 2026 - Present

COMPETITVE CODING EVENTS

[02] PROJECTS

ZeroPage6502

Lightweight fully featured 6502 emulator built from scratch. Implemented instruction decoding, all addressing modes, flag behavior, and memory access, working directly from the original 6502 specification.

Emulation | Low-Level

Liftoff

x86 ASM, C

Minimal 32-bit x86 bootloader that brings the CPU from real mode to protected mode and transfers control to a C-based entry point. Includes a GDT built from scratch as well as manual memory layout handling.

Bootloader | OS Dev

atop

C, ncurses

Terminal-based system monitor inspired by htop. Pulls data live from /proc and renders it in a real-time TUI. Good exercise in Linux internals.

Linux | TUI

AsyncLog

C++

Asynchronous logging framework designed to eliminate I/O bottlenecks in multithreaded applications. Implemented using a thread-safe producer-consumer queue to keep logging off the critical path.

OOP | Concurrency

[03] BLOG

Dangling-else and the Most Vexing Parse: Classic ambiguities in programming languages

April 23, 2026

How ambiguous grammar in programming languages confuses compilers, spawns undefined behaviour, and forces language designers to make uncomfortable choices

Programming Languages