Nikhil Samuel

Side-gigs

Past

Wippet - AI Interview Prep Tool (demo)
  • Started working on Ruby on Rails, rebuilding existing webapps in 2018, then in 2023 moved to Next.js apps
  • I was trying to solve my own problems preparing for interviews and navigating career transitions
  • Built Wippet with Raahil, an LLM-powered companion that helps prep for interviews
  • Learnt on the job at WIP
  • Website
Circuit - Empowering Career Coaches (demo)
  • Career coaches needed better tools to improve their coaching effectiveness
  • Built Circuit from the ground up using LLMs to empower career coaches with the right tools
Resumo - Targeted resume builder AI
  • Candidates waste hours per application trying to align CV content, only to get rejected by ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems)
  • Built an LLM-powered tool that helps candidates adapt their CV to the job offer, while still maintaining truthfulness
  • Saves hours per application with smart customization
  • resumo.xyz

Current

Nudge - macOS notification daemon for Claude Code
  • When using Claude Code, you miss questions because you're not watching the terminal
  • Built a lightweight daemon that detects when Claude asks a question and sends a native macOS notification
  • Click the notification and your IDE/terminal comes to focus automatically
  • Runs as a background service that auto-starts on login (launchd)
  • Tech: Python, pync (macOS notifications), file monitoring, AppleScript
  • GitHub
swyp - The alert layer for AI
  • We spend hours manually monitoring websites for updates—job postings, product drops, price changes, event tickets
  • Building swyp to let AI watch the web for you. Ask once, get notified forever
  • Starting with job alerts, expanding to everything worth monitoring
  • swyp.dev
Voice Clone Assistant - Real-time AI brainstorming (GitHub)
  • Typing to AI breaks flow during brainstorming—you think faster than you type
  • Built voice-first AI assistant with <2s latency (push-to-talk → voice response) using your cloned voice
  • Tech: Whisper (STT), Ollama llama3.2:3b (local LLM), ElevenLabs (voice cloning), SQLite
Loom Voice Replacer - AI voice-over for demo videos
  • Recording Loom demos takes time, requires quiet environment, multiple takes if you make mistakes, and needs re-recording when products change
  • Building a desktop app that takes your exported Loom MP4 and replaces the audio with AI-generated narration using your cloned voice
  • Export video from Loom, paste script, generate professional voice-over in 30-50 seconds
  • Tech: Electron, FFmpeg for video processing, ElevenLabs for voice synthesis

Thinking About

  • Coming soon...