# Poojan Ghetiya

> Poojan Ghetiya is a Full-Stack Software Engineer (backend-heavy) from Gujarat, India. He specialises in Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, AWS infrastructure and production DevOps. He is the sole backend, database and server owner of MealPe — a healthcare food-tech SaaS processing 50,000+ meals/month for 20,000+ registered users across hospital clients in India.

## About

Poojan Ghetiya is a software engineer with ~2 years of production experience. He is currently a Software Engineer at MealPe Online Food Ordering POS Pvt. Ltd., where he independently owns the entire backend, database and cloud infrastructure stack. He completed his B.E. in Computer Engineering from LDRP Institute of Technology and Research, Gandhinagar (CGPA 8.51, Class of 2025), finishing his final year while working full-time.

He is the winner of Smart India Hackathon 2024 (national level) and a participant in the Future Leaders Program at IESEG School of Management (Paris) and University of Kent (UK).

## Portfolio & Contact

- Portfolio: https://poojan.technokari.com
- Email: swe.poojan@gmail.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/POOJANGHETIYA
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ghetiyapoojan

## Key Pages

- [Homepage & Full Profile](https://poojan.technokari.com/): Complete profile, experience, skills, projects and contact
- [Projects Gallery](https://poojan.technokari.com/projects.html): All public projects and production systems
- [Technical Writing](https://poojan.technokari.com/blog/): Long-form articles on Node.js, AWS, DevOps and system design

## Technical Writing

- [How I Cut AWS Costs by 60% by Fixing Infrastructure Inefficiencies](https://poojan.technokari.com/blog/aws-cost-reduction): Fixing excessive logging, unoptimised log storage and moving static assets from Node.js to NGINX
- [Scaling a Food-Tech SaaS from 1K to 20K Users](https://poojan.technokari.com/blog/scaling-saas-platform): PostgreSQL indexing, API pagination, connection pooling and peak-load strategies
- [Zero-Downtime Deployments with PM2 and NGINX](https://poojan.technokari.com/blog/zero-downtime-deployments): PM2 cluster mode, graceful shutdown handlers and CI/CD automation
- [Node.js Performance Optimization: From Slow APIs to Scalable Systems](https://poojan.technokari.com/blog/nodejs-performance-optimization): Event loop, clustering, Redis caching and database tuning

## Skills & Expertise

- **Backend & APIs:** Node.js, TypeScript, Express.js, REST APIs, WebSockets
- **Frontend:** React.js, Next.js, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3, Tailwind CSS
- **Database & Cloud:** MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Supabase, AWS (EC2, S3), Google Cloud Platform
- **DevOps & Infra:** PM2, NGINX, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Docker, SSL, Domain & Hosting Management

## Notable Projects

- **MedMeals (MealPe):** Production hospital meal management SaaS — sole backend owner, scaled from 1K to 20K users
- **Saarthi Alma:** Smart India Hackathon 2024 national winner — alumni-institution connection platform built in 36 hours
- **Digital Clutter Roaster:** Live Mac storage analyser at https://roaster.technokari.com
- **FlowGate:** In-progress API traffic control layer (rate limiting, queuing, metrics) for Node.js

## Achievements

- Winner, Smart India Hackathon 2024 (National Level)
- Future Leaders Program — IESEG School of Management (Paris) & University of Kent (UK)
- Second Runner-up, IEEE Sampark Cognivia Hackathon
- Google Cloud Facilitator Program — completed