Mishal Shanavas

@mishalshanavas

Backend Developer & Cloud Enthusiast

Kerala, India

About

Hey, I'm Mishal. A backend developer. I work with databases and APIs, building with Python, Django, and MySQL. I'm into automation, proxies, and writing clean CLI flows that just work. Picking up Terraform and cloud infrastructure on GCP and AWS, and learning Rust and systems programming. When I'm not coding, I'm probably maintaining AUR packages, tweaking my Arch setup, or helping folks on Reddit.

Experience

AUR Package Maintainer

networkmanager-git · 2026 - Present

Maintain the networkmanager-git AUR package for Arch Linux. Migrated the build to meson and resolved libsoup3 compatibility issues so it builds cleanly against upstream.

Backend Developer - Intern

GTech MuLearn · 2025 - 2026

Built backend APIs for MuLearn's launchpad platform. Shipped JWT authentication, company onboarding flows, and job management with Django and MySQL. Worked alongside frontend and design teams to deliver features used by students across Kerala.

Projects

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Hyperledger Besu

Jul 2026Contributor

Fixed malformed raw transaction handling in the Java Ethereum client so empty RLP input returns JSON-RPC Invalid params instead of an internal server error. Added regression coverage across eight malformed payloads.

Java · Ethereum · JSON-RPC · RLP

Linux Foundation Hyperledger Fabric

Apr 2026Contributor

Merged a CI fix into the Linux Foundation's flagship enterprise blockchain framework, the same codebase running in production at IBM, Walmart, and HSBC. PR reviewed by core maintainers.

Go · GitHub Actions · CI/CD · Hyperledger Fabric

Terramine

Jun 2026Side Quest

Minecraft server deployed with infra-as-code on GCP. Terraform and Cloudflare handle networking and DNS, Caddy reverse-proxies, Docker Compose runs the workloads, backups land in Cloudflare R2.

Terraform · GCP · Docker · Caddy

G-Tech MuLearn

Mar 2025

Built APIs during my MuLearn internship: JWT authentication, company onboarding, and job management with Django and MySQL.

Python · Django · Database Design · MySQL

Skills

CPythonRustBashJavaScriptTypeScriptKotlinVue.jsReactNuxtTailwind CSSSCSSDjangoExpressNode.jsPostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBRedisFirebaseSQLiteDynamoDBAWSGCPTerraformDockerCloudflareLinux

Activity

Issues, merge requests, pushes, and comments.

Contributions

Open source · Hyperledger Besu: fixed malformed RLP transaction handling

Fixed eth_sendRawTransaction so malformed RLP payloads return JSON-RPC Invalid params instead of Internal Error, with regression coverage for eight invalid input shapes.

23d ago

Open source · networkmanager-git: AUR package maintainer

Took over maintenance of the orphaned networkmanager-git AUR package for Arch Linux. Migrated the build to meson and resolved libsoup3 compatibility issues so it builds cleanly against upstream.

1mo ago

Started role · AUR Package Maintainer

networkmanager-git · 2026 - Present

1mo ago

Launch · Mappix

Public launch of Mappix, a browser-based projection-mapping tool with structured-light calibration and real-time physics.

3mo ago