Election Nepal Data Portal
Deep interactive electoral visualization platform covering 7 Provinces, 77 Districts, 165 Parliamentary seats, and 753 Local Units with choropleth GeoJSON maps and historic voter tallies.
Crafting Resilient Software &
Civic Digital Systems
Hi, I'm Grisma. Working in Nepal's public service and crafting software as an authentic passion. I engineer high-performance web applications, civic and financial calculators for Nepal, and explore modern edge architecture.
Kathmandu 27.7° N Wed, Nov 11, 2026 • 15:38 NPT
Celestial Sky & Moon Phase
Real-time astronomical lunar illumination and solar ephemeris computed for Kathmandu coordinates.
Tithi:
Dwitiya (द्वितीया)
Lunar Illumination: 4% • Nakshatra: Mula (मूल)
Kathmandu Sun: 06:21 – 17:13
Edge Architecture
AstroPress: Headless WordPress Engine
Decoupled bridge connecting WordPress authoring with Astro edge SSR, pure PHP SigV4 R2 media offload, and sub-150ms cache purging.
Flagship Systems
All 14 Projects Civic Platforms & Open Source
Handcrafted public digital goods, electoral analytics, and open-source infrastructure architected for Nepal.
TopNepali Digital Publishing Network
High-traffic news and public utility platform serving readers across Nepal. Architected with decoupled WordPress editorial authoring, 40+ civic tools, and high-speed Astro SSR frontends.
AstroPress Framework
Decoupled publishing suite pairing WordPress authoring with Astro SSR on Cloudflare Pages and Workers. Includes pure PHP SigV4 R2 offload without AWS SDKs and sub-150ms cache invalidation.
Nepali Typing Test PRO
High-precision in-browser typing examination benchmark supporting 4 layouts (Unicode, Traditional Preeti, Mangal, Romanized) with official PSC Loksewa speed grading and error deduction.
Nepal Constitution Explorer
Searchable bilingual digital edition of the Constitution of Nepal 2072, organized across all 35 parts, 308 articles, and schedules with instant client-side full-text search.
FontsDir & OpenType Compiler
Curated repository and web font CDN archiving 172 open-source Nepali and Devanagari typography fonts with live glyph inspector, unicode remapping, and CSS embed generators.
Public Lab
All 11 Tools Engineering & Data Utilities
Loksewa Score Simulator
PSC examination score calculator with official -20% negative marking penalty and merit rank analysis.
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Earth POV Sky & Moon Phase
Real-time Kathmandu Earth POV sky animation, Sun & Moon positions with day/night transitions, Meeus ephemeris, and Grahan simulator.
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CalculaTax (Dynamic 2083/84+)
Dynamic personal and married income tax calculator conforming to Nepal IRD fiscal acts, Social Security Fund (SSF), and CIT deductions.
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Bikram Sambat Calendar
131-year O(1) bit-packed BS calendar with dynamic Kathmandu astronomical Tithis, festivals, and public holidays.
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Nepali Date Converter
Instant bidirectional date converter between Bikram Sambat (BS) and Gregorian (AD) calendars with stress-tested accuracy.
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NRB Forex Tracker
Daily official foreign currency buy and sell exchange rates from Nepal Rastra Bank with interactive trendlines.
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Gold & Silver Rates
Federation of Nepal Gold & Silver Dealers bullion tracker and price calculator with Tola-Gram conversions.
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Kalimati Produce Index
Daily wholesale and retail market produce prices from Kalimati Fruits & Vegetable Board with category filters.
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Nepali Land Area Converter
Convert land cadastral metrics across Ropani-Aana-Paisa-Daam (Hilly), Bigha-Katha-Dhur (Terai), and metric square meters.
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JSON Dev Suite
In-browser RFC 8259 parser, collapsible tree explorer, syntax repair, and metrics with zero telemetry.
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QR Code & Optical Scanner
Vector SVG/Canvas QR generator with live camera optical barcode detector and customizable visual styles.
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Building resilient digital public goods for Nepal, crafted entirely from mobile Linux terminals on the edge.
Authentic Identity
Accountant first, builder by habit
I work in Nepal's public service and build open digital public goods as a self-taught craftsman. Without formal computer science schooling, I learned software architecture by building real utilities that solve practical challenges.
Current Role Nepal Public Service
Academic Degrees BBS • MBS (Ongoing)
Prior Public Role Pension Mgmt Office
Core Focus Civic Tools & Data
Origin Phikkal, Sindhuli
The Odyssey • 2000 to Present
The long way around was the way in.
Suspended along the Himalayan sacred cord originating from the valley Stupa. Every card is physically tied and hung along the continuous braided thread in the authentic 5 Lungta elements.
Himalayan Sacred Cord Origin • Stupa Spire
2000 - 2012 • Early Years
The Off-Grid Childhood in Phikkal
Born in Phikkal, a rugged rural village in Sindhuli often called the "Karnali" of Nepal's Inner Terai. Lived entirely off-grid with zero computer access, listening to radio broadcasts and without regular electricity. First heard that something called the "Internet" existed around 2010.
“Patience and deep curiosity formed before ever touching a screen.”
2013 • First Contact
The 2G Keypad & The Two-Month Email Quest
First hands-on exposure to mobile data on a basic 2G feature phone. Learned how mobile data works by calling Nepal Telecom (NT) customer support to have WAP/GPRS APN settings delivered over SMS, illuminating the "G" and "E" status indicators. Spent nearly two months deciphering what an email address and inbox were before successfully signing up for Facebook.
“Foundational networking protocols understood from raw cellular carrier signals.”
2014 - 2015 • First Code & First PC
Wapka.mobi & First Desktop at Age 15
Built mobile wap-pages directly inside keypad phone browsers using Wapka.mobi, figuring out hyperlinks, page hierarchies, and markup. In 2015, completed high school (SLC), acquired a Nokia N70 running Symbian OS, and moved to Sindhuli Sadarmukam (district headquarters) where, at age 15, encountered, touched, and operated a physical Windows desktop computer for the very first time.
“Understood the web as linked documents before knowing how desktop operating systems worked.”
2016 - 2018 • Dissection
Dissecting Blogger XML on Student Mobile Data
Attended college for +2 Science explicitly without Computer Science classes. Spent evenings on limited student mobile data packs dissecting Blogger XML and HTML templates tag by tag to learn layout engines, CSS cascades, and responsive design. Built and moderated large-scale Facebook student communities with zero expenditure on paid courses or hosting.
“Read existing source code line by line instead of watching tutorials.”
2019 • DNS & Edge
The .np Domain & Cloudflare Discovery
Registered first free .np ccTLD via Mercantile (register.com.np) and hosted on InfinityFree. Initially assumed a domain was an entire website, quickly mastering the distinct roles of registration, DNS, and hosting. Faced with free SSL requirements that demanded CNAME verification while register.com.np only allowed authoritative nameservers, discovered Cloudflare, routed DNS through it, and unlocked edge SSL. Documented the workaround on grisma.com.np.
“Understanding DNS and edge routing early laid the groundwork for modern edge architecture.”
2020 - 2024 • Public Sector & Scale
Public Sector Automation & Business Degree
Appointed as a Computer Operator in the Government of Nepal (Pension Management Office under Ministry of Finance, BS 2077–2081). Replaced hours of manual ledger entries with custom Python and Bash automation scripts that remain in daily production use. Concurrently earned a Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) in Accounting and Economics and founded TopNepali, scaling it with Google AdSense.
“Systems thinking bridges business economics, public administration, and lean engineering.”
2024 - Present • Edge & Civic Tech
Cloudflare Workers, Tiered SSG & Civic Engines
Pioneered zero-cost, high-performance civic platforms and typography systems for Nepal: Nepali Typing Test PRO (4-layout speed benchmark with Loksewa grading), FontsDir & OpenType Compiler (172-font binary outline conversion), TopTools (40+ production calculators and dual-system land engine), Flashare WebRTC P2P transfer, and Election Nepal (1,445+ SSG pages). Entire workflow engineered natively in Termux on Android using Astro and Cloudflare edge micro-JSON architectures with zero Cloudflare CI minutes consumed.
“The best code is the code you never wrote. Edge caching and flat data scale infinitely.”
Modern Horizon Anchor • Cloudflare Edge
Technical Writing
All Articles Recent Articles & Insights
Top Disposable Temporary Email Services in 2026: Why 'No-Login' & Edge Privacy Are the New Standard
Explore the best disposable temporary email services in 2026. Learn why traditional burner inboxes fail, how data brokers harvest personal inboxes, and why modern zero-login edge architectures like TempMail are redefining online privacy, spam protection, and real-time OTP verification.
Sep 6, 2026 Read
Complete Guide to Nepal Income Tax Act 2058: Slabs (FY 2083/84 & Historical), Salary Breakdown, Deductions, TDS & Corporate Tax Architecture
An exhaustive, master-class guide to Nepal's Income Tax Act 2058 (2002). Explore the modern unified FY 2083/84 tax slabs, multi-decade historical tax evolution, 12-month payroll schedule (Statements 3 & 4), allowable deductions (EPF, CIT, SSF, Insurance), 5% tech freelancer tax, final vs non-final TDS, corporate tax rates, and statutory penalties.
Sep 5, 2026 Read
Complete Guide to NEPSE Trading Charges: Broker Commission, SEBON Fee, DP Charge & Capital Gains Tax (CGT)
Trading in the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE)? Discover every hidden fee, tiered broker commission, SEBON regulatory charge, and Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rate with step-by-step mathematical examples and our interactive calculator.
Sep 4, 2026 Read
Civic Infrastructure & Reach
Built in Nepal. Connected Across the Web.
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Whether you need consultation on Cloudflare edge deployments, government data workflows, or custom civic applications, I am always open to conversation.