# Sunil Band — Frontend Engineer

> Frontend Engineer based in Pune, India. Building high-performance, accessible web interfaces with React and Next.js. Currently at Gamezop, working on platforms serving tens of millions of monthly users.

## About
Sunil Band is a Frontend Engineer (SDE-1) at Gamezop, Gurugram. He specializes in React, Next.js, TypeScript, and performance optimization. He has ~2 years of production experience shipping interfaces at scale, including a 50% bundle size reduction, a 70% improvement in user engagement, and a full Next.js Pages Router to App Router migration. Previously interned at Cryptonet Technologies, Digiventry Technologies, and Appyhigh.

## Skills
- Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, Three.js, React Three Fiber
- Backend: Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, Firebase, JWT, OAuth, REST APIs
- Tools: Figma, Docker, Redis, Lighthouse, Web Vitals, Git, Payload CMS

## Pages
- [Home](https://www.sunilband.com): Portfolio overview and hero
- [Projects](https://www.sunilband.com/projects): Case studies of shipped work
- [Blog](https://www.sunilband.com/blog): Frontend engineering articles and build logs
- [About](https://www.sunilband.com/about): Background, experience, and principles
- [Uses](https://www.sunilband.com/uses): Tools and setup
- [Guestbook](https://www.sunilband.com/guestbook): Visitor messages
- [Links](https://www.sunilband.com/links): All social and contact links

## Selected Projects
- [Thock Mania](https://www.sunilband.com/projects/thock-mania): Free typing test with realistic mechanical keyboard sounds, global leaderboard, Google sign-in, and deep customisation. Built with Next.js 16, React 19, Supabase, Web Audio API.
- [SnipShip](https://www.sunilband.com/projects/snipship): Tool to turn code into beautiful shareable screenshots. Built with Next.js, Zustand, Highlight.js.
- [sunilband.com](https://www.sunilband.com/projects/sunilband-com): This portfolio — dual-personality theme, AI blog, OAuth guestbook, WebGL2.

## Contact
- Email: sunilbandwork@gmail.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/sunilband
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sunil-band
- Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India