I like making fun,
interactive things
with code.
I also talk &
write about it.
About Me
I'm Riyaz.18 years old.Curious about everything.
A first-year Mechanical Engineering student at BSA Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, running on curiosity and caffeine.
Nice to meet you
Meet Me
That's me — probably thinking about my next project, or what to cook for dinner, or how clouds work.
An 18-year-old from Chennai who codes, lifts, and questions everything. This portfolio is my digital home — raw, real, and always evolving.
What I Do
The things I obsess over.
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS, Azure, GCP, Linux, Docker. Built Ryzen Clouds — my own hosting company. From physical servers to cloud architecture.
Fitness Science
Training, nutrition, and recovery as a discipline. I track what I lift, what I eat, and how I progress — consistency over intensity.
Development
Full-stack development. Hardware, firmware, networking. Understanding systems from the ground up.
Creative Work
Photography, cinematography, video editing. The visual side of my brain that never stops creating.
Cooking
Nutrition-focused experiments. Making food that actually tastes good while hitting macros.
Always Learning
Singing, dancing, new technologies. My brain sees everything as a skill tree to unlock.
The Origin Story
How it all started.
The Tinkerer
Started by breaking things apart to see how they worked. Modified games, wrote scripts, learned that everything is hackable if you're curious enough.
The Deep Dive
Went from scripts to real programming. Lua, then Python, then everything else. Each language opened a new door.
Building Real Things
Started Ryzen Clouds. Handled real clients, set up real servers, solved real problems at 2 AM. Made mistakes that taught me more than any textbook.
The Gym Became a Classroom
Fitness hit different. Heavy sets, partials, stretch-focused movements. Recovery was bad, nutrition inconsistent, but I studied the process like my life depended on it.
Now
All of it merged. Tech, fitness, creativity — not separate paths, but one evolving identity. Still learning. Still breaking things. Still curious.
My Current Life
Beyond Code
I'm Riyaz Akthar, a first-year Mechanical Engineering student who somehow ended up spending a lot of my free time building software.
I'm naturally curious and like understanding how things work — whether that's a mechanical system, a Linux server, an AI model, or a piece of software running in production. I enjoy taking things apart, experimenting with them, and occasionally breaking them badly enough that I have to learn how to fix them.
Outside academics and development, I spend time training at the gym, exploring technology, experimenting with AI tools and infrastructure, and learning things simply because they interest me.
I'm especially interested in cloud computing, distributed systems, developer tools, AI, virtualization, and building products from scratch. I also enjoy turning ideas into real, working projects rather than leaving them as concepts.
I'm still early in my journey, but that's probably what I enjoy most about it — there's a lot left to build, break, learn, and discover.