About me.

I got into technology in 2014 — a home computer, my first Android phone, and the slow realization that the things on the screen were made by people, and could therefore be made differently. That led to HTML. Then small websites. Then the question of what else was possible.

By 2016 I was building websites and selling small projects to friends and local businesses in Srinagar. It was the first time someone paid me for something I made. That changes how you see the work — it stops being a hobby and starts being something with stakes.

I tried everything: web development, programming, video editing, music. Not exceptional at any of it — but genuinely curious about all of it. Curiosity turned out to be the more durable skill.

After school I stepped away from technology for a while to explore other paths. It wasn't wasted time — the absence clarified what I actually wanted to do. I came back to building. By the time I founded OpenLoop in 2022, I had a rough map of what I was good at and what I wanted to build.

ViberNet came from a problem I lived with every day — Kashmir's internet has always been fragile. Slow, expensive, and at the mercy of decisions made far away. I decided to build the network I wished existed: fiber to the home, owned backbone, a local team that cares. StarterHost followed — affordable, no-nonsense hosting for people in Kashmir and across India just getting their first site off the ground.

Now I run all three. Still learning. Still making mistakes. This site is where I put it all down as honestly as I can manage.