Vishal "Goblin" Gurung

Hey! I'm Vishal "Goblin" Gurung, a system engineer, open-source developer, and builder of things that make complicated systems simpler.

I enjoy exploring how things work under the hood, experimenting with ideas, and turning problems into tools. My interests sit somewhere between backend engineering, infrastructure, automation, and developer tooling.

I built SUTRA, and I contribute to open-source projects here and there, like Caveman. For more about me, you can read the projects or the writing.

Outside of programming, I'm usually exploring something new, working on a side project, or enjoying life in Japan.

Find me on GitHub or Instagram, or email hello@v1.monster. I keep a running list of recent pull requests too.

Projects

ACAP Video Encoder
Turns a JPEG sequence already on the camera's SD card into an H.264 MP4 on the camera itself — no frame ever leaves the device.
2026
SUTRA
An open-source tool-output compression layer that helps AI coding agents use less context without losing important information.
2026
RealityMap
Give it a project, see the architecture. Zero config, local-first, nothing uploaded.
2025

Elsewhere

github.com/g0GobliNinstagram.com/g0GobliNhello@v1.monster

Writing

Hello — I'm Vishal
Systems engineer in Japan, from Nepal. I build small tools around problems that annoyed me, and I write about the ones that turn out to be interesting.
5 Oct 2026
Caveman Had a Setting That Silently Did Nothing on Codex
Codex pasted its ruleset in as a literal string, so four separate ways of setting a mode went nowhere — including the one that turns Caveman off.
5 Oct 2026
I Tried to Fix a Small Codex Auth Problem in Caveman
A routing bug, a declined proposal, and a second PR adopted whole — the difference was scope.
1 Oct 2026

Elsewhere

github.com/g0GobliNinstagram.com/g0GobliNhello@v1.monster