👋 Hey, I'm Aniket
I'm a Senior MLOps Engineer at Early Warning Services (Zelle), where I develop solutions for developing, monitoring, and testing fraud models in mixed on-premise and cloud (AWS) cluster computing environments with terabytes of financial data.
I also work on projects studying local media growth and monetization. Over 1000 local media operators read my newsletter Content Quant, which is built on Payload CMS using an email newsletter plugin I've developed. I'm also the founder of Local CMS, an AI-powered SaaS enabling local media operators to easily scrape events into an attractive, monetizable directory.
I have a PhD in Economics from Northwestern University.
Projects
Local CMS - AI-Powered Event Aggregation Platform
Built a full-stack SaaS platform that empowers local media operators to create comprehensive event directories. The system intelligently scrapes and parses events from diverse sources (Instagram, Facebook, web pages) using a hybrid approach of traditional scraping techniques and LLMs (GPT-4). Tech stack includes Next.js for the frontend, Convex for the backend, Langfuse for LLM evaluation and monitoring, and custom ML pipelines for data extraction and normalization. Check out the platform and see a live demo.
Payload Newsletter Plugin - Full-Stack Email Management
Created an open-source newsletter management plugin for Payload CMS that provides complete email infrastructure including subscriber management, magic link authentication, and integrations with Resend and Broadcast. Built entirely in collaboration with Claude Code, the plugin features React components, bidirectional sync, email preview/validation, and React Email templates. Currently powers the newsletter system for Content Quant reaching 1,000+ subscribers. View on npm or GitHub.
Content Quant - Local Media Newsletter & Platform
Founded and built Content Quant, a newsletter and platform focused on local media monetization and growth strategies, reaching over 1,000 local media operators. Featured as a speaker at the Beehiiv Local Newsletter Summit on ad sales, establishing thought leadership in the local media space. The technical platform leverages Payload CMS for content management, Convex for building a custom admin application, and Dagster for orchestrating data scraping pipelines that aggregate newsletter and geographic data.
Academic Economics Research
My dissertation at Northwestern University focused on the economics of media and economic history. My paper "The causes and consequences of medical crowdfunding" was published at The Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization in 2023, My paper "Subscription Revenue and Advertising Strategies on YouTube" is an R&R at Information Economics & Policy.