Aditya

Aspiring Software Developer | Focused on Simple, Maintainable Systems

Projects

maKneeTrack — Expense Tracker (CLI)
Java-based console expense tracker built using a clean 3-layer architecture. Implemented secure CRUD operations with JDBC, prepared statements, and SQLite. Designed for clarity, extensibility, and correctness. [GitHub]
EduTrack — Classroom & Student Management Backend
Spring Boot REST backend for managing classrooms and students using MongoDB. Built with Controller–Service–Repository architecture, dependency injection, and well-defined data flow. [GitHub]

Articles

I Learned Open Source the Hard Way
A firsthand account of failing publicly in open source and learning the value of ownership, correctness, and trust.
Automating a Daily Task Instead of Repeating It
A small automation project that replaces fragile daily work with a simple, failure-aware system using Python and GitHub Actions.
Article 3 — Coming Soon
Writing about simplicity, systems, and engineering discipline.

Philosophy

I value clarity over cleverness and simplicity over unnecessary abstraction. Good systems should be easy to understand, easy to extend, and difficult to misuse.

“An idiot admires complexity, a genius admires simplicity.”
— Terry A. Davis

Values

Contact

Email: aditya.h.chavan@gmail.com

GitHub: @aditya8242

LinkedIn: Aditya Chavan