FAQ

Biraj Rai is a self taught software engineer and founder from Hetauda, Nepal. He builds web products and infrastructure and currently leads engineering at Shrepy as co-founder and CTO.

He leads engineering for Shrepy, a company he co-founded. He also takes freelance projects, writes about software engineering on his blog, and contributes to Nepal’s tech community.

He is based in Hetauda, Nepal, and works remotely with clients and teams.

Yes. He is open to freelance projects, founding engineering roles, and collaborations that make an impact.

He works mostly with TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, Python, PHP, Java, React and Astro. The full list is on the stack page.

TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, Python, PHP, and Java. He uses Go for backend services and PHP for Minecraft server software.

PostgreSQL. He has also used MongoDB, for example on the MineNepal server directory.

Docker, AWS, Linux, and CI/CD pipelines. He handles infrastructure and deployment for the products he builds.

Arch Linux is his main operating system. He runs it on an Intel i3 4th gen laptop with 8GB RAM and a 512GB HDD, and keeps an i5 11th gen laptop as a secondary machine.

On his own server, isolated from each other. He runs most of his tools and services on an 8 vCPU server with 32GB RAM, 400GB of NVMe storage, and 32TB of bandwidth, rather than on his laptop.

Two desktops, an Arch Linux laptop, an i5 11th gen daily laptop, an 8 vCPU server, and a set of peripherals and monitors. The full list is on the hardware page.

Nimantra, Shrepy, Bharosilo, MineNepal. Details are on the work page.

Shrepy is an all-in-one e-commerce platform for Indian businesses. It bundles storefront building, UPI and card payments, shipping, inventory, and marketing, and Biraj Rai is its co-founder and CTO.

Nimantra is an event discovery and hosting platform for Nepal. Users browse events by category, RSVP, and buy tickets with QR check-in, while organizers list events and manage guest lists.

Bharosilo is a business review platform for Nepal that Biraj Rai built from scratch, owning the backend, frontend, infrastructure, and deployment.

Web applications, Discord bots, and automation tools built end to end. He has worked with clients across web development and backend services.

He is self taught. He started with Minecraft servers at 9 years old, learned Java and web development by building and breaking things, and eventually moved into freelance and product work. The full story is on his blog.

No. Biraj Rai is self taught and did not go to college for computer science. He is currently in Class 12 studying science, with physics, chemistry, and computer science, while working as a software engineer.

DaPirates, MineNepal, Minecraft Nepal, 2N2F, Neppixel Network, Azerith Network, Celestial Network. The biggest was DaPirates, a Java survival server he founded that peaked at 120+ concurrent players.

Yes. GitHub, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Discord. All profiles are listed on the links page.

The easiest way is email at me@raibiraj.com.np. Phone and social options are on the contact page.

DaPirates was a Minecraft Java survival server founded by Biraj Rai in 2019 that peaked at 120+ concurrent players before it sunset in 2024.

He writes about software engineering, infrastructure, and building products, with a recurring thread on Minecraft server development. All posts are on the blog.

In 2015, when he was 9 years old. He moved to Java servers in 2017 and founded the DaPirates network in 2019.

MineNepal was a Minecraft server directory for the Nepali gaming community. It listed servers, tracked live player counts, and let players vote daily to rank favorites. It went live in October 2025 and wound down in 2026.

PocketMine-MP is open source server software for Minecraft Bedrock Edition written in PHP. It is what Biraj Rai first used to run Minecraft servers in 2015.

120+ concurrent players. It scaled from 15 to 20 regular Nepali players in the early days to a peak of 120+ before sunsetting in 2024.

It is built with Astro 7 using a typed data layer in src/data for all content, styled with SCSS, and built with Bun. It deploys to GitHub Pages from a push to main.

Yes. The feed is available at /rss.xml and lists every blog post.

All posts are on the blog page at /blog, sorted newest first. He writes about software engineering, infrastructure, and Minecraft server development.

me@raibiraj.com.np. It is the fastest way to reach him.

+977 9743620222. He is based in Hetauda, Nepal.

Yes. His Discord server is at discord.gg/B5tUEtB8TP, where he shares updates and connects with the community.

Nepal Time (NPT), which is UTC+5:45. He works remotely with clients and teams.

He started freelancing in 2021. His first month earned around Rs. 50,000, and he went on to build web applications, Discord bots, and automation tools for clients.

Building products that real people use, from idea to deployment, owning the code, the infrastructure, and the user experience.