Prashant Jacob - Portfolio

Software Engineer building privacy-first tools, web scraping architectures, and AI integrations.

Projects

• Browser PII Shield: A privacy-first, local JavaScript SDK designed to secure user privacy in the browser. Cleans noise, chunks text, redacts sensitive personal data client-side.
• CAG (Feedback-Learning Retrieval): A lightweight layer over a retrieval system that learns which chunks produce good outcomes. Built with Python and FastAPI.
• Transcript Extractor: A privacy-first Chrome extension that pulls Udemy course transcripts in one click and exports them for RAG pipelines.
• ScrapeWizard: An AI-powered CLI that analyzes websites and generates real Playwright web scrapers.

Blogs

• The Waiting Game — How to Handle Chrome Web Store Review Limbo
• Web Scraping Resilience
• Strategic Web Scraping

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