previously, on a life in tech:
mahelikaa
web3 builder · solana developer · allegedly fine
this is the part where i'm supposed to say i'm passionate and results-driven. i'm not going to do that. let's just sink into it.
the days kind of run away from you.
you wake up. you ship a little rust. someone says "gm." a token does a thing. you don't really react. you just drift through it, wobbling slightly, like the day is happening to whoever's standing where you are.
underneath all the noise, though, the work is real:
- › shipping onchain programs in rust + typescript on solana.
- › defi primitives, protocol tooling, full-stack web3 apps.
- › currently sinking productively through the solana india fellowship.
[ the résumé nobody asked for ]
things i'm allegedly good at.
results may vary. mostly, lately, they don't. and then sometimes they really do.
[ previously on... ]
five episodes of slowly
figuring it out.
an onsite cohort for ~30 selected builders. six months, heads-down, no escape from l.a. (the good kind).
building. winning or learning, either way.
six weeks of rust and anchor. the montage episode.
the background thread. still running.
two years of ece. good backstory, wrong genre.
[ the work ]
[ coming soon ]
the part where i actually show you things.
[ the view from halfway down ]
you know, sometimes I feel like I was born with a leak, and any happiness that gets poured into me just drains out.
“it gets easier. every day it gets a little easier. but you gotta do it every day. that's the hard part. but it does get easier.”
[ you made it to the bottom ]
most people skip the intro.
you didn't.
that probably means something. i haven't decided what yet. but let's talk.
the sun's still up there, somewhere. look up. then let's build something good.
“the key to being happy isn't a search for meaning. it's to just keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense, and eventually you'll be dead.”
made at the bottom of the pool · © 2026 mahelikaa