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Shagun
Mistry

Engineer. Filmmaker. Advocate for the animals. Three jobs, one life, no clean line between them.

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I am a curious person trying to make a useful, kind, decent life out of three things I love, building software, making films, and standing up for the animals.

By day I write code. Machine learning, web tools, applied AI the kind of work where you sit with a problem long enough that the solution stops being clever and starts being obvious.

By night, on weekends, in stolen hours, I am behind a camera. Short films, documentary fragments, a podcast on climate and capital. Filmmaking is how I work out what I think; code is how I ship it.

And underneath all of it is the case for the animals. I volunteer at the local shelter. I cook plant-based. I try to use whatever skills I have, code, camera, a stubborn voice, to make a quieter, more dignified future for the species we share the planet with.

  • A

    As Engineer

    I build software for a living and for fun, small useful tools, applied machine learning, the kind of systems that quietly run for years. Most days I am writing TypeScript, Python, or Go, somewhere between the database and the human staring at the screen.

    2024
    FlowCraft, text-to-diagram in the editor
    2024
    MyPodify, pre-production for podcasters
    2023
    CommitAi, VS Code commit assistant
  • B

    As Filmmaker

    A secret ambition I stopped keeping secret. I shoot short films and pieces on the side, light, grain, the careful grammar of a frame composed. I am especially drawn to documentary work and stories that need patience to surface.

    2024
    The Money Planet, podcast / video series
    2023
    Short doc, neighborhood rescue ops (in cut)
    ongoing
    Personal reels & shorts
  • C

    As Advocate

    I am an advocate for animals, the ones in shelters, in supply chains, in the quieter corners of the world. I volunteer where I can, donate where it matters, and try to use code and camera to do small useful things on their behalf.

    ongoing
    Local shelter, rescue & adoption support
    2025
    Shelter intake data, open tool (in draft)
    2024
    Vegan macro calculator, public tool