Abhinav CillankiNotes on building software, open source, automation, and the things I learn along the way.https://abhinav.cillanki.comenGSoC: getting in, getting stuck, and building a loan-risk engineWhy I chose Mifos, what helped me get selected, and what I learned building a reactive loan-risk assessment microservice during GSoC 2025.https://abhinav.cillanki.com/blog/gsoc-reactive-loan-risk-engine/https://abhinav.cillanki.com/blog/gsoc-reactive-loan-risk-engine/Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTA bronze medal and a Nehru jersey: GC 2023–24Playing basketball for Nehru Hall, making the semifinals, and coming away from IIT Kharagpur’s General Championship with bronze.https://abhinav.cillanki.com/blog/iitkgp-general-championship-2023-24/https://abhinav.cillanki.com/blog/iitkgp-general-championship-2023-24/Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTSomewhere between a free-body diagram and a stack traceFrom turning beam problems into Python objects to exploring AI in thermal and fluid sciences.https://abhinav.cillanki.com/blog/free-body-diagram-and-a-stack-trace/https://abhinav.cillanki.com/blog/free-body-diagram-and-a-stack-trace/Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTRobots, football, and a very useful meeting excuseFrom a summer camp at eight to football-playing robots at KRSSG—and the people who made me want to be part of it.https://abhinav.cillanki.com/blog/robots-football-and-a-meeting-excuse/https://abhinav.cillanki.com/blog/robots-football-and-a-meeting-excuse/Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT