Smit Bharat Patil
Full Stack Engineer and entrepreneur. I built the Verve website in two nights and help the community grow, from the first sign-up to the finish line scan.
2 nights
to build the Verve site
~₹10,000
from turning free runs into paid events
5+
products shipped
What I do
As Director of Growth & Technology at Verve, I own two things: the product and the pipeline. On the product side that means the website, ticketing, payments and race-day tools every runner touches. On the growth side it means launching runs, pricing seats, and getting the word out so the community keeps showing up.
Product
Ship and maintain ververun.club end to end.
Growth
Run launches, early-bird pricing and announcements.
Operations tech
Tools that make race day smooth for the crew.
What I've built for Verve
The club's whole digital home, built and shipped run by run.
Registrations and payments
Run sign-up with Razorpay checkout, a webhook so tickets never depend on the browser, seat holds, and early-bird price tiers that step up on their own.
QR tickets
Every registration gets a real QR ticket and a confirmation email, ready for race day.
Race-day scanner
An admin scanner that checks runners in from a phone camera, with instant beep and green-screen feedback.
Server-timed races
Start and finish times come from the server, so results are fair and feed pace analytics.
Leaderboard and profiles
Runners are ranked by distance then pace, with streaks, stats and profile photos.
Community and gallery
A community feed with announcements and comments, plus run-wise photo albums with a lightbox.
Built with
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- Supabase
- PostgreSQL
- Razorpay
- Vercel
Beyond Verve, I am Founder & CEO of Examlytics, an AI-powered exam-prep platform for India's competitive entrance exams, a Full Stack Engineer at NEXelite Media, and Tech Lead at Kronicle DebSoc and Kamakshi & HeForShe. I study Computer Science at KIIT and Data Science at IIT Madras.
Growth, not just code
From the mystery-drop reveals to early-bird tiers that reward the first runners in, I shape how each run launches: the pricing, the countdowns, the announcements and the link previews you see when a run is shared.
Want to see more of my work?
My personal site has my projects, writing and how to reach me.