🧵systems & yarn

about me 🧶

Systems engineer by day, film photographer and crochet crafter by night. Based in Chicago.

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Nimit Patel

Chicago, IL · UIC '27

Code×Crochet×Film

Hey, I'm Nimit.

I'm an Information & Decision Sciences student at UIC in Chicago. Most of my screen time goes into systems engineering, homelab experiments, and finding out what happens when you configure things as code instead of clicking buttons.

When I step away from the keyboard, I'm usually out with a 35mm film or mirrorless camera around the city, or crocheting blankets and scarves. Writing neat Terraform configurations and crocheting rows of granny squares honestly feel pretty similar: you pick a pattern, keep your tension even, and build something tangible one loop at a time.

I like practical tools, fast web pages, and systems that just work quietly in the background without waking anyone up at 2 AM.

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Skills & Tools

Infrastructure

Cloudflare 90%

Proxmox 85%

Docker 85%

Terraform 75%

AWS 65%

Languages

TypeScript 90%

Python 80%

Java 75%

Rust 50%

Tools & Databases

Redis 70%

MongoDB 75%

Git 90%

Linux 85%

My Journey

Fall 2027 (Expected) education

University of Illinois Chicago

B.S. Information & Decision Sciences

Focusing on enterprise networking, database systems, and infrastructure while running homelab experiments.

Jan 2026 – Present work

Front of House — Chick-fil-A

Schaumburg, IL

Keeping orders moving fast during peak rushes, handling POS registers without breaking a sweat, and training new hires on station workflows.

May 2026 education

Harper College

Engineering Sciences

Built my foundation in core math, computing, and problem solving before transferring to UIC.