Hi there 👋! I'm Shashank. I am a Backend Developer, currently building distributed payment solutions at NPCI. I like tinkering, and writing code, some of which I have pinned below. Sometimes I play chess, and then I procrastinate.
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I am currently aiming to reach ELO 1300 blitz on chess.com ⚡. Here is an ascii tracker of my 100 previous chess.com blitz games.
# ♟︎ Chess.com Ratings Chart #
1146.00 ┤
1136.50 ┤ ╭─╮
1127.00 ┤ ╭─╯ ╰╮╭─╮
1117.50 ┤ ╭╯ ╰╯ ╰╮
1108.00 ┤ ╭╮ ╭╮╭╯ ╰╮╭╮╭─╮╭╮ ╭╮
1098.50 ┤ ╭╮╭─╮╭╮╭───╮╭╯╰╮╭╮╭╯╰╯ ╰╯╰╯ ╰╯╰──╯╰─────╮
1089.00 ┤ ╭╯╰╯ ╰╯╰╯ ╰╯ ╰╯╰╯ ╰╮╭╮
1079.50 ┤ │ ╰╯╰╮
1070.00 ┤ ╭╮ ╭╮╭───╯ ╰╮
1060.50 ┤ ╭─────╯╰─╯╰╯ ╰──╮╭╮
1051.00 ┤ ╭───╮ ╭╯ │││
1041.50 ┤ ╭╯ ╰╮╭╮╭╯ ╰╯╰
1032.00 ┤ ╭╮ ╭╮╭╯ ╰╯╰╯
1022.50 ┤ ╭╯╰╮╭╯╰╯
1013.00 ┤ ╭─╯ ╰╯
1003.50 ┤╭╯
994.00 ┼╯
Chart last updated - Fri Aug 29 21:19:48 EDT 2025