RPportfolio · 2026

The learner × builder issueNo. 01 · 2026

Rupak Pandey in a beige corduroy jacket, a black tee and tinted glasses, looking to his right.
Cover story · p. 04The boy whotook things apart.

From the editor

Curiosity got me into computers. Building things is what kept me here.

— Rupak Pandey

Rupak Pandey on a rooftop in Kathmandu in a brown leather jacket, the city blurred behind him.

Cover story

The boy who took things apart.

From a Computer Engineering class in Kathmandu to a full-time developer job: Rupak Pandey on curiosity, and on building for Nepal.

Photographed in Kathmandu

The interview

How did it start?
With curiosity. I was the kind of kid who took things apart just to find out what was inside, and a computer was the most interesting thing to take apart.
When did it get serious?
In class nine, when I moved onto the Computer Engineering track under TEVT. That is where I learned the fundamentals properly, from the hardware up to why a system is built the way it is.

“Curiosity got me into computers. Building things is what kept me here.”

What do you build now?
Web and mobile apps, at work and on my own. On my own time I build for problems specific to Nepal, where the tools either don't exist or don't fit.
And next?
Getting better at whatever I can't do yet. That part never really changes.
Rupak Pandey laughing in a brown leather jacket against a red wall.

The turning point

Matrika Technology, 2026. Three months as an intern, then the offer.

The road so far

  1. Class 9–12Computer Engineering under TEVTBal Uddhar Secondary School
  2. 2025Mobile App Development InternTeko Techs · 2 months
  3. 2026Bachelor of Information TechnologyPadmashree International College
  4. 2026Software Development InternMatrika Technology · 3 months
  5. NowSoftware DeveloperMatrika Technology · full-time

The full career →Every school →

The five

Five things he built

Picked from 28 public repositories

  1. 01Sajilo SawariA rental marketplace where the documents are the product.44 tables · 120 RLS policies
  2. 02Smart ExpenseTrack what comes in, see where it goes.156 tests passing
  3. 03Watch TogetherThe same film, at the same moment, in different places.4 ms drift between clients
  4. 04AstroNepalRashifal, on the desktop.Java Swing · desktop
  5. 05Employee ManagementWhere the fundamentals went in.Java · the starting point
Enter all five worlds →

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