Tru Narla

About

Indian American software engineer, programmer, and social media content creator also known online as mewtru and known her coding comedy, software engineering skits, React and web development content, tech builds, cyberdeck projects, and her work on miniature gadgets which she shares on Instagram with over 370,000 followers, on TikTok with over 170,000 followers, and on YouTube with over 160,000 subscribers. She has also streamed content on Twitch.

Before fame

She studied computer science at Brown University from 2014 to 2018. She created early projects including an iOS game called AirMan, a restaurant navigation app called Food Compass, and a senior project that used Leap Motion technology to teach sign language. She then worked as a software engineer including at Discord before building a larger audience through tech content and programming videos. on TikTok and Instagram in 2021 and YouTube in 2022.

Trivia

She was a gameplay programming intern on the 2021 video game Psychonauts 2. She appeared as a guest on the web development podcast PodRocket and spoke at React Summit 2023 with a talk titled "Should You Use React in 2023?" She is a dog owner.

Family life

Her full first name is Trushitha. She was born in Hyderabad, India, and has been based in New York City, New York.

Associated with

She worked as a gameplay programming intern on Psychonauts 2 which featured voice acting by Jack Black.