About

Damodar
Kriplani

9th grader from Pleasanton, CA. I build systems that actually do things. Founder mindset, builder hands.

The story

Who I am

I started with FIRST Lego League and never stopped building. FTC software lead and main driver on Team 23304, now competing on FRC Team 7419 where I led impact video production for two regionals.

I build real infrastructure. Jarvis runs on GCP, Cloud Run, and PostgreSQL. Gesture control runs live on my MacBook using MediaPipe. These aren't school projects, they're products.

I also care deeply about Hinduism and Sanskrit, am part of TKS, and I'm documenting everything publicly at dmdbuilds.dev. The chaos is the content.

The timeline

2021
FLL — FIRST Lego League
First taste of robotics and competition builds
2024
FTC Team 23304 — Cyber Knights
Software lead and main driver. Built and drove the robot in competition.
2025
FRC Team 7419
Led impact video for Aerospace Valley and Half Moon Bay regionals. Competed at DCMP in Daly City.
2025
Started Jarvis
Personal AI OS on hybrid cloud infrastructure. Still building.
2026
Gesture Control + dmdbuilds.dev
Shipped gesture system, launched the brand, started building in public.
2026
TKS — Accepted
The Knowledge Society. Summer program for builders.
Gallery
⬛FRC Team 7419 — DCMP Daly City
FRC DCMP — Daly CityRobotics · Apr 2026
⬛Gesture control demo
Gesture Control DemoProject · 2026
⬛Impact video production
Impact Video — HMB RegionalFRC · 2026
⬛Clear Safe build
Clear Safe — Arduino BuildInnovation Nexus · 2026
⬛TAP Initiative volunteer
TAP Initiative — Castro ValleyVolunteer · Oct 2024
⬛FTC Team 23304
FTC — Cyber KnightsRobotics · 2024
⬛Desk setup / build environment
The Build StationPleasanton, CA
Tools
Cursor
Primary IDE
VS Code
Code editor
Figma
Design
Onshape
CAD
BambuStudio
3D Printing
GCP
Cloud infra
n8n
Automation
Discord
Comms
This summer

What's next

TKS program, Quarry Lane summer school (Chemistry), 4 hackathons (Blue Space, Milpitas Hacks, CSI Hacks, Cove Hacks), and shipping real products.

Jarvis to sellable MVP. Web design business for Pleasanton local businesses. Gesture control research paper. YouTube automation channel. Documenting everything.

Get in touch

Open to web design clients, research collabs, hackathon teammates, and anyone building interesting things.

Email: hi@dmdbuilds.dev


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