Nitesh Babu
I turn complex # P R O B L E M S into elegant # P R O D U C T S .
Senior Software Engineer · Built websites used by millions · Crafting fast, accessible web experiences.
Trusted by teams at TCS, Shell, DRDO , ICICI Bank, ONS, ClerksWell & more.
C A S E S T U D Y
A L L C A S E S T U D I E S →
BetterIcons for Umbraco
How I built a custom property editor that brings 200,000+ icons to Umbraco CMS, from problem identification to open-source release.
Problem
Umbraco CMS ships a limited icon picker, only ~400 icons, no external icon search, stuck with them.
Approach
Built a Preact based picker mounted via Angular (v13−) and Lit (v14+), integrating 200K+ icons from Lucide, Tabler, FontAwesome, and more.
Outcome
Open-sourced on GitHub & NuGet. Adopted by the Umbraco community. One-line install, zero config.
T O O L S I U S E
Tools I Use
Backend
Frontend
CMS
Strapi Databases
Cloud
UI Frameworks
Testing
CI / DevOps
Machine Learning
AI Tools
B L O G
C H E C K O U T M O R E →
- 7 May 2026
Cloudinary Media Hosting with Umbraco: My Practical Setup Guide
How to connect Cloudinary as an external media provider in Umbraco, offload your uploads to the cloud, and serve optimised images without touching a single line of template markup.
R E A D M O R E → 6 min read - 10 March 2026
Umbraco Cloud or Azure/AWS/GCP for Umbraco Sites? A Developer’s Honest Take
A practical guide comparing Umbraco Cloud to leading cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), with cost breakdowns, implementation steps, and why it’s the optimal choice for Umbraco CMS hosting.
R E A D M O R E → 9 min read
P R O J E C T S
M O R E P R O J E C T S →Built an AI-powered RAG application using React, TypeScript, FastAPI, PostgreSQL (pgvector), Redis, and LLMs. Users can upload PDF documents and query their content through a conversational interface powered by semantic search and context-aware responses.
Listen to Your Tunes
Built a full featured Spotify like app using Next.js with a complete signup & login flow. Users can play music, create and manage playlists, follow albums and artists, and like/unlike tracks, covering most core Spotify functionality.
Umbraco.Community.BetterIcons is a modern, powerful property editor for Umbraco CMS that provides access to 200,000+ icons from popular icon libraries. Built with React for a smooth, responsive user experience.
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Hi, I’m
Nitesh Babu
I'm a Senior Software Engineer who turns ideas into fast, functional, and beautiful digital experiences. I've built and shipped everything from high-traffic CMS-driven platforms using Sanity, Strapi, KeystoneJS, Contentful, Payload, and Umbraco to full-scale apps used by millions, always focused on performance, accessibility, and clean architecture.
With over 5 years of experience, I blend creativity with engineering precision to solve real-world problems through code. When I'm not building, I'm writing about what I've learned or tinkering with something new.