Parth Kabra

Currently

Software engineer @ Wayfair

Links

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Contact

parth.kabra@gmail.com

+1 (857) 334 2427

About

Full-stack engineer building at the intersection of AI, product, and UX. From tools used at scale to AI-powered consumer products, I like turning ideas into software people actually use. Read more

Work

Wayfair	2025–now
Alignable	2024
Boston Red Sox	2023
Ninja Van	2022
Singapore Armed Forces	2019–2021
H3Zoom.AI	2018

Projects

Hyperlocal: Collaborative map-making for day trips and events; Google Docs, but for maps
Command-F: Inventory app to help you find things using computer vision
CivicConnect: Platform to build chatbots to enhance constituent engagement
Husker: Information portal and links aggregator for Northeastern University students
NextBus SG: Bus timings in a simplified manner

Categories

All, AI, Astro, Blog, CLI and Terminal, Computer Science, Firefox, Git, HTML, JavaScript, LeetCode, Mac, Meta, Money, NextJS, Origami, Python, TypeScript, UI and UX, VS Code

Posts

Now

2026/04 Working on a personal agent that lives in a VPS and improves itself

Microblog

2026/04 Agent-driven development

I’ve been trying to make this mini version of Hyperlocal agent and test friendly. One way is by making all storage and state live in the URL.

I just asked Claude Code to “test Hyperlocal as a non-technical user … make a Boston day trip plan”. The best thing was that it just shared the URL of the map it made, so it was easy to debug.

And of course, building for agents means you’re building for humans. Good DX for agents = good DX for humans.
2026/04 Self editing HTML

I wish it was easier to make “self-editing” HTML files. I should be able to have a single HTML file, open it, put text in the inputs/textareas or wherever, save it, and have the HTML file itself update with that content.

Chrome gets close, but if you open a regular HTML file directly as file://, you don’t get file system access. You have to serve it from localhost/HTTPS instead of just opening the file.
2026/04 CMS image compression

I was trying to make a micropost for Hyperlocal, and my own CMS blocked me from doing so because the image was too big! I don’t remember asking my agent to do this, so I was impressed, but annoyed too. One prompt later, and I added client-side image compression. I might spin this into its own tool.
2026/04 Revive Hyperlocal

Trying to make a simple tool to “revive” Hyperlocal. It should work in the browser without any signups or database. Someone should be able to open the page, map out a few points, lines, areas, and share the link.

I got a basic version working. Users can add points, lines, name them, give them colors, and find their addresses.
2026/04 What happened to Hyperlocal?

I’ve always wanted a map app that’s like Google Docs but for maps. I started Hyperlocal but didn’t go that far because most people didn’t understand what it was trying to solve. To be honest, I think it’s trying to solve a laundry list of slightly related problems too.
2026/04 Thread helpers

My CMS is pretty good! It’s nice that I can make “one-off” edits for things that are useful to me. For example, in my micro blog, I have threads. Managing threads was annoying on mobile, so I added a thread viewer on the side.

If the microblog post is a part of a thread, it shows you all the posts and makes it easy to continue that thread!
2026/04 Simple media editor

I got a simple media editor for my CMS working!

You can upload images, then click them to copy the markdown image syntax like ![](/images/media-editor-demo.png).
2026/04 Basic auth might not be the best idea

On iOS Safari, I cannot have my login details remembered, so I’ll have to enter my password every time. I can’t seem to get Safari’s password manager to work with this either, so I might have to think of another simple way to have “just for me” auth.
2026/04 Basic auth for a personal CMS

Basic auth works great! Only thing, I wonder if I can save my auth state and not have to enter my username and password every time. I remember iOS Safari having issues with this.
2026/04 CMS media editor

Having a text-only CMS is easy, but I really need the ability to upload and manage images. My current image storage is pretty well-defined: this microblog post is in /content/microblog/2026/{slug}.md, and its images will be at /public/images/microblog/2026/{slug}/. Let’s see what Claude can do!