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Product builder, open-source maker, and caravan-dwelling nomad.

Hey, nice to meet you. I'm Sanket, a product builder at heart who loves creating tools that empower developers and designers. I co-founded GeekyAnts and served as CEO for over a decade, helping scale it into a global design and development powerhouse. Today, my co-founder Pratik leads as CEO while I continue to support the team as a board member and evangelist.

I'm now building RapidNative at my new company Shaper Studio Inc, a prototyping tool for mobile apps, designed for builders, founders, product managers, and UX designers. I'm also writing Junior2Senior.dev, a first-principles playbook helping developers accelerate from junior to senior faster in the AI era.

Whether it's building companies, speaking at events, or designing systems, I love solving high-leverage problems that make teams faster and products better.

20k+
GitHub stars
500+
Team at GeekyAnts
8k+
Meetup members
100k+
Weekly downloads

Work

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Lifo

· active

An ultra-fast Linux-like OS in the browser

gluestack

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Universal, accessible component library and full-stack framework

Speaking

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keynoteReact Native Meetup & thegeekconf · 2025-01

State of React Native

Keynote introducing the explosive growth of React Native and GeekyAnts' contributions to the ecosystem.

conferenceReact India 2023 · 2023-10-15

WordPress-like plugins, but for Next.js

Join me on my journey of creating the Next.js WordPress-like Plugin System, an experiment that enhances Next.js applications by allowing easy installation and customization of plugins for features like Google Analytics, Social Login, and E-commerce.

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Mentions

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Bengaluru Man Sets Up Desktop in Coffee Shop During Floods

A viral tweet showing a group working from a café with a full desktop setup during Bengaluru floods. The post sparked widespread discussion about hustle culture, resilience, and remote work during challenging conditions.

Featured in · NDTV, Moneycontrol

The GeekVan: Building an Off-Grid Caravan for Digital Nomad Life

Sanket's self-designed, fully equipped off-grid caravan that serves as a mobile office and home. The caravan features solar panels, work setup, and everything needed for the geeky nomadic lifestyle. Frequently featured on @thegeekvan account.

Beliefs

Philosophy

Open source first

Building in public and contributing to the community creates trust, accelerates learning, and helps everyone move faster.

Happy people are productive

Creating environments where teams can thrive leads to better products and sustainable growth.

AI reduces human effort

Leveraging AI for design-to-code workflows lets us focus on high-leverage problems that make teams faster.

Challenge the norms

Experimenting with unconventional architectures leads to new perspectives and better solutions.

Chronology

Journey

  1. Age 8personal

    Discovered Computers

    Found love for computers and technology at a young age.

  2. Early Yearsmilestone

    Started Programming with QBasic

    Early experiments with QBasic, learning the fundamentals of programming and building small projects.

  3. 2013milestone

    Founded GeekyAnts

    Co-founded GeekyAnts as a freelancer, building a global design and development company from the ground up.

  4. 2016product

    Launched NativeBase

    Created NativeBase, a React Native component library that transformed GeekyAnts from a web shop to a mobile-plus-web powerhouse.

  5. 2018product

    Launched BuilderX

    Built BuilderX, a design-to-code platform that unifies design and development workflows with live collaboration features.

  6. 2020achievement

    Scaled GeekyAnts to 400+ People

    Grew GeekyAnts into a 400-500 person company through strong culture, open-source contributions, and focus on problem-solving.

  7. 2022achievement

    NativeBase Reaches 20k+ GitHub Stars

    NativeBase surpassed 20,000 GitHub stars with approximately 100,000 weekly downloads, becoming one of the most popular React Native libraries.

  8. 2023personal

    Built The GeekVan

    Designed and built a self-contained off-grid caravan for digital nomad lifestyle, complete with solar power and full work setup.

  9. 2023product

    Launched gluestack

    Released gluestack as the successor to NativeBase, a universal accessible component library and full-stack framework.

  10. 2024milestone

    Founded Shaper Studio Inc

    Started new company Shaper Studio Inc, focusing on building RapidNative and other developer tools.

  11. 2024product

    Building RapidNative

    Currently building RapidNative, a prototyping tool for mobile apps designed for builders, founders, and UX designers.

  12. 2024milestone

    Transitioned to Board Member at GeekyAnts

    Stepped back from CEO role as co-founder Pratik took over, continuing as board member and evangelist while focusing on new ventures.

Today

Current focus

  • BuildingRapidNative at Shaper Studio Inc.
  • WritingJunior2Senior.dev, a playbook for developers leveling up fast.
  • SpeakingAt conferences about React Native, AI, and design systems.
  • LivingAs a digital nomad in a self-designed off-grid caravan.
  • SupportingThe React Native community with an 8,000+ member meetup.
  • ExploringAI for code generation and user-first workflows.

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