# Purv Taparia — Personal Portfolio

> Purv Taparia is a student in Grade 5 at Chatrabhuj Narsee School, Mumbai, India. He is a young AI builder who ships apps with Claude Code, a 5× published author, two-time International Rank 1 English Olympiad winner, coder, newsletter blogger, Arduino-certified maker, and national-level roller skating competitor.

## About

Purv Taparia (born ~2016, Mumbai, India) is a prodigious student with achievements spanning academic Olympiads, creative writing, hardware engineering, and software development. He studies at Chatrabhuj Narsee School (cns.ac.in), Mumbai.

**Roles:** Student · AI Builder (Claude Code) · Published Author · Developer · Newsletter Blogger · Roller Skater

**Location:** Mumbai, India

## Key Achievements

- International Rank 1 — IEO English Olympiad, Grade 1
- School Rank 1 — IEO English Olympiad, Grade 2 (39/40)
- International Rank 1 — IEO English Olympiad, Grade 3 Level 1 (40/40)
- International Rank 1 — IEO English Olympiad, Grade 3 Level 2 (40/40, won ₹50,000)
- International Rank 2 — ICSO Cyber Olympiad, Grade 3 (39/40, won ₹8,333)
- 94th All-India Rank — IPM All-India Open Mathematics Scholarship Examination Mega-Final (Grade 2)
- 3rd Place — 3rd Mumbai Suburban Roller Athletics District Competition
- 5th Place — 3rd Maharashtra Roller Athletics State Competition
- 5th Place — 3rd Roller Athletics National Competition

## Certifications

- **Arduino Junior Certification** — Arduino Official, passed with 96%
- **Claude 101 Certification** — Anthropic Academy
- **Claude Code in Action Certification** — Anthropic Academy, perfect 8/8 quiz score — https://verify.skilljar.com/c/ghgqrf8euxh7
- **Claude Code 101 Certification** — Anthropic Academy, Sep 2026 (agentic loop, Plan Mode, Explore → Plan → Code → Commit, context management, CLAUDE.md, subagents, skills, MCP, hooks) — https://verify.skilljar.com/c/hdh53pci5vhz

## Published Books (5 total)

1. **10-Year-Old's Decode the Stock Market** — Finance / non-fiction, Amazon — https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0H1YGCL2D
2. **Dubai and a Futuristic City** — Adventure / sci-fi, Bribooks — https://www.bribooks.com/bookstore/dubai-and-a-futuristic-city
3. **The Tour to DigiDream** — Educational fiction, Bribooks — https://bribooks.com/bookstore/the-tour-to-digidream-by-purv-taparia
4. **Five Stories by Purv Taparia** — Short story collection, Bribooks — https://www.bribooks.com/bookstore/5-stories-by-purv-taparia/
5. **Graduation Day** — School-life fiction, Bribooks (first book) — https://www.bribooks.com/bookstore/graduation-day-6479ed2fbb7fb/

## Newsletter / Blog

Purv writes a newsletter on Beehiiv: https://tapariapurv.beehiiv.com

## Technical Skills

- Programming: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C++, Block Coding
- Web & App Development: React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, GSAP, Firebase, SQLite, Streamlit, Chrome Extensions, Git & GitHub, Vercel & GitHub Pages
- Hardware & Robotics: Arduino, ESP8266 / NodeMCU, NeoPixels, sensors & radar, breadboards & LEDs, 3D-printed enclosures
- AI: Claude/Anthropic, Claude Code (hooks, skills, commands), Google Antigravity, local LLMs (Ollama), Prompt Engineering, Veo 3.1, Nano Banana Pro
- Data & Finance: web scraping, PDF data extraction, REST APIs, stock market analysis, Excel (formulas, macros), PowerPoint
- Creative Writing: descriptive stories, essays & paragraphs
- Certifications: Arduino Junior (96%), Anthropic Claude 101, Anthropic Claude Code 101, Anthropic Claude Code in Action

## Changelog (month by month, newest first)

- **Oct 2026** — Launched Hueframe, a 4K–8K wallpaper generator for desktop, iPad and iPhone (built with Claude Code) — https://hueframe.vercel.app — https://github.com/tapariapurv/hueframe
- **Sep 2026** — Launched Chip, a Duolingo-style investing app for kids (built with Claude Code) — https://chip-stock-coach.vercel.app — https://github.com/tapariapurv/stock-coach-v2
- **Sep 2026** — Open-sourced MarkItDown GUI, a local drag-and-drop GUI and API for Microsoft's MarkItDown (built with Claude Code) — https://github.com/tapariapurv/markitdown-gui
- **Sep 2026** — Earned the Claude Code 101 Certification (Anthropic Academy) — https://verify.skilljar.com/c/hdh53pci5vhz
- **Sep 2026** — Open-sourced Envoy, a private local-first AI workspace for Model UN (built with Claude Code) — https://github.com/tapariapurv/envoy
- **Sep 2026** — Open-sourced Indian Stock Data Hub (built with Claude Code) — https://github.com/tapariapurv/indian-stock-data-hub
- **Sep 2026** — Built Academix, a student performance dashboard with student, teacher, parent and admin portals (built with Claude Code) — https://academix-purv1.vercel.app — https://github.com/tapariapurv/academix
- **Aug 2026** — Earned the Claude Code in Action Certification (Anthropic Academy, 8/8) — https://verify.skilljar.com/c/ghgqrf8euxh7; built Market Alert Matrix (ESP8266 + NeoPixel market-move alarm); launched Logek (built with Claude Code) — https://tapariapurv.github.io/Logek; designed Velvet Pour — https://cocktail-site-lac.vercel.app/
- **Jun 2026** — Built Antigravity Usage Monitor (built with Claude Code) — https://github.com/tapariapurv/antigravity-usage-monitor
- **May 2026** — Built an Arduino UNO Radar System — https://youtube.com/shorts/xNrgtW_awv8; published "10-Year-Old's Decode the Stock Market" on Amazon (15 May 2026) — https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0H1YGCL2D
- **Mar 2026** — Earned the Claude 101 Certification (Anthropic Academy)
- **Jan 2026** — Built Neo-Pixel Game, an apple-catching arcade game on an 8×8 NeoPixel grid — https://github.com/tapariapurv/neopixel-game; started LiteWarden (Chrome extension, built with Claude Code, in progress) — https://github.com/tapariapurv/chrome-extension
- **Nov 2025** — Passed the Arduino Junior Certification with 96%; built an Air Quality Monitor during the Delhi smog crisis — https://youtube.com/shorts/qGbcmELwwhQ
- **Oct 2025** — Launched Rapid Games with Ridit and Devansh — https://tapariapurv.github.io/rapidgames
- **Jun 2025** — Published "The Tour to DigiDream" on Bribooks (5th Bribooks book) — https://bribooks.com/bookstore/the-tour-to-digidream-by-purv-taparia
- **Mar 2025** — Launched this portfolio — https://tapariapurv.github.io
- **School year 2024–25 (Grade 3)** — International Rank 1, IEO English Olympiad (40/40 at Level 1; 40/40 at Level 2, won ₹50,000); International Rank 2, ICSO Cyber Olympiad (39/40, won ₹8,333)
- **School year 2023–24 (Grade 2)** — School Rank 1, IEO English Olympiad (39/40); 94th All-India Rank, IPM All-India Open Mathematics Scholarship Examination Mega-Final
- **Dec 2023** — Published "Dubai and a Futuristic City" on Bribooks (4th book) — https://www.bribooks.com/bookstore/dubai-and-a-futuristic-city/
- **Jun 2023** — Published "Five Stories by Purv Taparia" — https://www.bribooks.com/bookstore/5-stories-by-purv-taparia/ — and his first book, "Graduation Day", at age seven — https://www.bribooks.com/bookstore/graduation-day-6479ed2fbb7fb/ (both Bribooks)
- **School year 2022–23 (Grade 1)** — International Rank 1, IEO English Olympiad

## Projects

- **Envoy** — Private, local-first AI workspace for Model UN delegates: research vault with cited chat, AI drafting studio with Word/PDF export, opponent simulator, committee timers, teleprompter and shareable per-conference workspaces, running locally via Ollama (Next.js, FastAPI, ChromaDB, Ollama; built with Claude Code) [Sep 2026] — https://github.com/tapariapurv/envoy
- **Chip** — A Duolingo-style app that teaches kids investing through 22 chapters of lessons, spaced-repetition practice, streaks and leagues, a virtual fund of 14 real companies, and a parent and teacher dashboard. (JavaScript, Firebase, PWA, Vercel; built with Claude Code) [Sep 2026] — https://chip-stock-coach.vercel.app — https://github.com/tapariapurv/stock-coach-v2
- **Logek** — Adaptive vocabulary learning app with spaced repetition and gamification (React, TypeScript, Firebase; built with Claude Code) [Aug 2026] — https://tapariapurv.github.io/Logek
- **Indian Stock Data Hub** — Open-source research desk for Indian listed companies with local AI analysis and Excel/Word reports (Python, Streamlit, Ollama; built with Claude Code) [Sep 2026] — https://github.com/tapariapurv/indian-stock-data-hub
- **Academix** — A school performance dashboard with student, teacher, parent and admin portals: grades, assignments, KPI cards, performance charts, points, a focus timer and a study planner, on an Express and SQLite API. (React, Express, SQLite, Tailwind CSS; built with Claude Code) [Sep 2026] — https://academix-purv1.vercel.app — https://github.com/tapariapurv/academix
- **Market Alert Matrix** — ESP8266 + 16-LED NeoPixel ring device in a 3D-printed case that shows the market's live move from the previous close (one LED per 0.2%) and sounds a piezo alarm past 1% (ESP8266, C++, NeoPixels, APIs) [Aug 2026]
- **Hueframe** — A web app that generates 4K–8K wallpapers for desktop, iPad and iPhone in any colour, with 30 generative styles, live device previews, colour matching and lossless PNG exports up to 8K. (JavaScript, Canvas API, HTML, CSS; built with Claude Code) [Oct 2026] — https://hueframe.vercel.app — https://github.com/tapariapurv/hueframe
- **MarkItDown GUI** — Local drag-and-drop web GUI and REST API around Microsoft's MarkItDown that converts PDFs, Office files, images, audio, web pages and YouTube links to Markdown (Python, MarkItDown, JavaScript, REST API; built with Claude Code) [Sep 2026] — https://github.com/tapariapurv/markitdown-gui
- **Antigravity Usage Monitor** — Analytics dashboard for Google Antigravity (Next.js, TypeScript, SQLite; built with Claude Code) [Jun 2026] — https://github.com/tapariapurv/antigravity-usage-monitor
- **LiteWarden** — Chrome extension for local password management (JavaScript, Chrome APIs; built with Claude Code) [Jan 2026, in progress] — https://github.com/tapariapurv/chrome-extension
- **Air Quality Monitor** — Pocket-sized air quality monitor built during the Delhi smog crisis: MQ135 gas sensor + Arduino Nano, with a 128×64 OLED showing the live reading and a verdict like "Hazardous", in a 3D-printed case (Arduino Nano, C++, MQ135, OLED) [Nov 2025] — https://youtube.com/shorts/qGbcmELwwhQ
- **Radar System** — Ultrasonic sensor on a 180° servo sweeps the room while an Arduino UNO measures distances; a radar screen coded in Processing plots detected objects in real time (Arduino UNO, C++, Ultrasonic, Servo, Processing) [May 2026] — https://youtube.com/shorts/xNrgtW_awv8
- **Rapid Games** — Free online gaming platform built with Ridit and Devansh (HTML/CSS/JS, GitHub Pages) [Oct 2025] — https://tapariapurv.github.io/rapidgames
- **Velvet Pour** — GSAP-animated cocktail brand landing page (React, GSAP, Tailwind CSS) [Aug 2026] — https://cocktail-site-lac.vercel.app/
- **Neo-Pixel Game** — 30-second apple-catching arcade game on an 8×8 NeoPixel grid: a 3-LED paddle moved with push buttons catches falling apples (+1 per catch, −2 per miss), a second apple joins after 10 seconds and speed rises 3% each second; Arduino Uno in a battery-powered 3D-printed case with piezo sound effects (Arduino, C++, NeoPixels, Piezo) [Jan 2026] — https://github.com/tapariapurv/neopixel-game

## Links

- Portfolio: https://tapariapurv.github.io
- Resume (PDF): https://tapariapurv.github.io/assets/Purv%20Taparia%20-%20Resume.pdf
- GitHub: https://github.com/tapariapurv
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/purv-taparia/
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@decodewithpurv
- Newsletter: https://tapariapurv.beehiiv.com
- Email: tapariapurv+portfolio@gmail.com