Pushkar KurhekarPersonal site for Pushkar Kurhekar: projects, writing, and notes from work in progress.https://pushkar.io/SmartBlockhttps://pushkar.io/projects/smartblock/https://pushkar.io/projects/smartblock/Chrome and Brave extension for page-aware website time blocking with local Ollama classificationFri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuilding Pulse Deck: An Elgato Stream Deck System Info Plugin for macOShttps://pushkar.io/writing/pulse-deck-system-info-plugin/https://pushkar.io/writing/pulse-deck-system-info-plugin/How I built a lightweight Elgato Stream Deck plugin with accurate CPU/RAM metrics, live graphs, and clean macOS-focused UXSat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTPulse Deckhttps://pushkar.io/projects/pulse-deck/https://pushkar.io/projects/pulse-deck/macOS Stream Deck plugin for glanceable CPU, RAM, ping, battery, and uptime telemetrySat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTWindow Controlshttps://pushkar.io/projects/window-controls/https://pushkar.io/projects/window-controls/macOS Elgato Stream Deck plugin for fast app-window selection and multi-display movementSat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuilding a Simple Model Registry with S3 and DynamoDBhttps://pushkar.io/writing/model-registry-s3-dynamodb/https://pushkar.io/writing/model-registry-s3-dynamodb/Create a model registry to version, store, and retrieve ML modelsSun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTSnakepointhttps://pushkar.io/projects/snakepoint/https://pushkar.io/projects/snakepoint/Gesture-controlled Snake game that uses webcam hand tracking instead of keyboard inputThu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTRefactoring ML Code: From Notebooks to Productionhttps://pushkar.io/writing/refactoring-ml-code-notebooks-to-production/https://pushkar.io/writing/refactoring-ml-code-notebooks-to-production/Convert Jupyter notebooks into modular, testable, production-ready Python codeSun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTMailMatehttps://pushkar.io/projects/email-assistant/https://pushkar.io/projects/email-assistant/Chrome extension that turns long email threads into summaries, action items, and draft repliesMon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTBuilding an Asynchronous Image Classification Pipeline with AWS Lambdahttps://pushkar.io/writing/food-lambda-async/https://pushkar.io/writing/food-lambda-async/Create an async image classification pipeline using S3, SQS, and three AWS LambdasThu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTAWS Lambda Layers & Async Lambdas: Enhancing Your Serverless Projecthttps://pushkar.io/writing/aws-lambda-layers/https://pushkar.io/writing/aws-lambda-layers/Configure AWS Lambdas with layers to bypass API Gateway timeouts and add librariesWed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTFridge Foragerhttps://pushkar.io/projects/fridge-forager/https://pushkar.io/projects/fridge-forager/Recipe generator that turns available fridge ingredients into practical meal ideasTue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTFood Image Classifierhttps://pushkar.io/projects/food-image-classifier/https://pushkar.io/projects/food-image-classifier/Food image classifier that predicts among 101 categories from uploaded imagesWed, 13 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMTReal Time Sign Language Estimation Systemhttps://pushkar.io/writing/asl-py/https://pushkar.io/writing/asl-py/Real-time ASL alphabet detection from webcam input using computer visionWed, 06 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT