Ritesh Diwan

Developer / Designer — India

Ritesh
Diwan.

I build digital products with a bias toward systems thinking, clean data architecture, and design that earns its place on the screen. Currently learning, always shipping.

Status Available
Location India
Currently Odin Project — JS
LinkedIn ritesh-diwan
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Selected Work

001 — 2025

SimplyCars.in

A technical car database for the Indian market. Bureau-grade spec sheets for every trim, variant, and powertrain — built around a relational data model linking manufacturers, brands, engines, and variants. Single-admin Firebase backend with a fully public-facing dossier system. Designed, architected, and shipped independently.

Firebase Firestore Vanilla JS HTML / CSS Live
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About

I'm a self-taught developer from India, building real products while working through The Odin Project curriculum. I don't wait until I'm ready — I ship things, break them, audit them, and make them better.

My approach is systems-first. Before writing a line of code I think about data models, user flows, and what the thing is actually trying to do. The aesthetic follows from the function, not the other way around.

I'm drawn to projects with strong editorial identity — things that have a clear point of view and commit to it completely.

  1. 01Ship real things. Side projects that go live teach more than tutorials.
  2. 02Design the data model before the interface. Structure outlasts style.
  3. 03Audit your own work. Trust but verify — including your own code.
  4. 04Aesthetic is not decoration. It is the product's argument for itself.
  5. 05Use AI as the hands, not the brain. The thinking has to be yours.
  6. 06Finish things. The gap between 90% and shipped is where most people stop.

Technical Stack

HTML CSS JavaScript Firebase Firestore Git Google Stitch Node.js (learning)
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Contact

Let's build something worth looking at.

Open to collaborations, freelance work, and conversations about products, design systems, or the Indian auto market.