I grew up in Dhangadhi, Nepal — a mid-sized city in the far west of the country. Growing up there meant limited access to the kind of tech ecosystem you'd find in a big capital city, but it also meant I had to figure things out on my own, which turned out to be one of the best things that ever happened to me.
I was around 11 when I first got seriously curious about how the internet actually worked. Not just browsing it — I wanted to know what was behind it. How does a website stay online? What is a server? Who manages all of this? I started reading everything I could find, watching tutorials, and experimenting in my spare time.
The First Experiments
My first real project was SpiderMC — a Minecraft server I built and ran starting in 2023. It sounds simple, but running a Minecraft server community is genuinely hard technical and operational work. I had to configure server software, manage plugins, set up backups, handle player disputes, and keep everything running around the clock. At its peak, SpiderMC had over 1,200 active players. I learned more from that project than from anything else I'd done before.
SpiderMC closed in 2024. The honest reason: I didn't have enough team members, and I was running out of time as my other projects grew. I'd rather close something properly than let it run at half quality.
Building XyleHosting
In 2024, I founded XyleHosting. The idea was straightforward — I'd spent years learning how hosting infrastructure works, and I wanted to build a platform that was actually affordable and reliable for individuals and small businesses in Nepal and beyond.
The early days were brutal. I was handling support, infrastructure, billing, and sales all by myself. There were nights I spent debugging server issues until 4am. But clients kept coming, mostly through word of mouth, because I made it a rule to always be honest and always fix things fast.
Today XyleHosting has 2,000+ paid clients and a real team behind it. We offer game server hosting, web hosting, and VPS plans at xyle.host.
CoreX AI — A Side Road
Between 2024 and 2025, I built CoreX AI — an AI-powered search engine that grew to over 97,000 registered users and 100,000+ daily searches. It was an exciting project and I learned a huge amount about AI product development and infrastructure.
But like SpiderMC, CoreX AI closed — again because of team and time. Maintaining an AI product at scale requires dedicated engineers. I couldn't split my focus without both products suffering. XyleHosting was growing and needed everything I had. So I shut down CoreX AI properly and put my full energy into hosting.
Where I Am Now
I'm 100% focused on XyleHosting. Every lesson I learned from SpiderMC, CoreX AI, and years of late-night debugging sessions goes into making XyleHosting better. I'm building a company I'm proud of — one that genuinely serves its clients, treats its team well, and keeps growing the right way.
I'm still young, still learning, and still building. That's what keeps me going.