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Harsh Kapadia
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 * OTC
 * Hackathons
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HARSH KAPADIA


SOFTWARE DEVELOPER





ABOUT

I am Harsh Kapadia (he/him), a Software Developer. I have a keen interest in Web
Development, Computer Networking, Git and communities.

I have been enjoying learning more about computers at my current role as a Field
Applications Engineer at AMD, while trying to lead a more disciplined and
balanced life.

I like building projects, talking about my learnings in Tech, and writing about
Git and Networking protocols like TCP, SSH, TLS and Homa.

I started Our Tech Community (OTC) four years ago and we regularly conduct
events for all of us to learn more! Apart from that, I am a GitHub Campus Expert
as well.

I love reading books, listening to music, watching YouTube and Bird Watching!

Feel free to get in touch with me!

View my résumé.


EXPERIENCE

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Inc.
Field Applications Engineer
Jan 2024 - present
Austin, USA (In-person)
amd.com
 * Primarily working with AMD EPYC server processors.
 * Benchmarking systems and building internal tools to improve the productivity
   of the team.


INTERNSHIPS

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Inc.
Field Applications Engineering Intern
May 2023 - Aug 2023
Austin, USA (In-person)
amd.com
 * Built a web app to provision and manage Virtual Machines configured with
   debug software and scripts, user public keys, persistent storage and VNC to
   reduce server issue debug time by 10%, using KVM, Bash scripts, Express.js
   and React.js.
 * Benchmarked network bandwidth (iperf3), memory bandwidth (STREAM) and CPU
   performance (DGEMM) of servers.

NanoNet Technologies Inc.
Software Intern
Aug 2021 - Nov 2021
Remote
nanonets.com
 * Published two OCR and Image Classification SDKs to improve development time
   by 50%.
 * Enhanced documentation by enforcing the OpenAPI 3.1.0 standard and adding
   more code samples.
 * npm packages: OCR, Image Classification

GRT Global Logistics Pvt. Ltd.
Software Testing Intern
Dec 2019
Mumbai, India (In-person)
grtship.com
 * Tested their ERP software for errors and bugs.


PROJECTS

Git Graph

A web app to visualize the graphs that Git creates to connect Commit, Tree and
Blob objects internally.

Takes an existing repository to generate graph visualizations for local branches
and allows highlighting specific commits.

Web app, GitHub
React.js, GitHub Pages
Performance Comparison of TCP Versions

Compared Congestion Window size responses of TCP Reno, TCP CUBIC, TCP Vegas and
TCP BBR to network congestion.

Compared the fairness of two TCP versions running simultaneously on the same
connection.

Report, GitHub
GENI, Shell, R
Git Internals

A PWA documenting and explaining the internals of Git.

Explains the contents of the .git directory and the connections between Commit,
Tree and Blob objects.

PWA, GitHub
Asciidoctor Jet, GitHub Pages
OTC CatchUp

Created a web app for managing weekly OTC CatchUp Tech discussion sessions.

Hosts session summaries created using Asciidoctor Jet and manages session
joining links using Deta Base.

Currently helping manage active Open Source contributions to the project.

Web app, GitHub
Node.js (Express.js), Asciidoctor Jet, Shell, HTML, CSS, JS, Deta
HPS Gems

A JAMstack e-Commerce CRUD web app for selling raw gemstones.

Users can add items to their cart, place orders and view their shopping history
and profile.

Uses the Fetch API to connect with the PHP API and uses the Web Components API
to optimize rendering products.

Also available as an Android app called HYS Gems built using React Native.

Web app, GitHub
PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JS, Heroku
View All Projects


SKILLS

 * Web: React.js, Node.js (Express.js), Flask, HTML, CSS, JS
 * Databases: MySQL, MongoDB
 * Platforms: GitHub, Firebase, Heroku
 * Tools: Git, iperf3, Wireshark, Tcpdump, Asciidoctor Jet
 * Languages: JavaScript, Java, Bash, C, Python
 * CI/CD: GitHub Actions
 * Testbeds: GENI, CloudLab


TALKS

Git Internals - How Does Git Work!?
YouTube, Talk details
Git Basics - The basics of Git and GitHub!
YouTube, Talk details
View All Talks


OUR TECH COMMUNITY

Our Tech Community (OTC) is a Tech-loving open-to-all community that I started
in January 2020.

We conduct regular online and in-person events for all of us to learn more from
each other! We are now a community of over 500 members. We have conducted over
170 online events, talks and workshops, over four in-person meetups with more
than 70 attendees each and several other collaborations. More details can be
found in OTC's four year roundup.

Explore our events and join us!

OTC CatchUp

Weekly open-to-all online sessions to discuss various technologies and showcase
projects. We have held over 170 sessions. Join in!

Session summaries
OTC MeetUp

In-person meet ups to hold technical talks, meet new people and have good
conversations!

More details
OTC Talks

A series of lightning talks on Tech-related topics.

More details


HACKATHONS

TSEC Hacks
Organiser
2020 - 2022
TSEC, Mumbai, India (In-person)
tsechacks.tseccodecell.com
 * Organised three editions of TSEC CodeCell's TSEC Hacks.
 * Generated more than ₹ 1,30,000 in monetary sponsorship for TSEC Hacks 2022.
 * In-person editions (2020 and 2022): Over 200 participants each
 * Online edition (2021): Over 550 participants
 * Learnings: Managing Team Attitudes While Organising Hackathons

HackMIT
Mentor and Judge
2022 & 2023
MIT, Boston, USA (In-person)
hackmit.org
BostonHacks 2022
Speaker and Mentor
Nov 2022
BU, Boston, USA (In-person)
bostonhacks.com
 * Gave a talk on The Internals of Git.

TechTogether Boston 2022
Speaker, Mentor and Judge
Oct 2022
BU, Boston, USA (In-person)
techtogether.io/boston
 * Gave a talk on The Internals of Git.

HackHarvard 2023
Mentor
Oct 2023
Harvard, Boston, USA (In-person)
hackharvard.io
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