Introduce yourself - $whoami

Hi everyone, I am Avikalp.

I am a developer, an entrepreneur and a data scientist (AI and ML engineer, really). I love writing code to automate things in my life, and I like to share my learnings online (See the blog section of my homepage and my Medium articles).

I graduated from IIT Kanpur (CSE) and worked in Microsoft Research, before realizing that I am only ever going to be happy as an entrepreneur. I have only exclusively worked with startups since then.

I like to use technology for bringing social change and have been part and/or driver of various SDG-driven initiatives in the past, including SEE (Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprises) series of events, YSI Global (Young Sustainable Impact), Global Impact Network and Wedu.

I have written production code in Python, JavaScript, Go, Kotlin and Scala (across different companies) and I really obsess over the quality and maintainability of code. I got introduced to the open-source world by DGPLUG and have since fallen in love with this ideology.

I am currently running a startup called Vibinex which helps technical teams recruit talent in a simpler and more sustainable manner. We are building most of our software as FOSS, including a suite of productivity tools, starting with the project free-time.

Connect with me on Github, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Hello Everyone.
My name is Pranshu Kumar Agrawal. I am into Bitcoin development. I love to learn about Bitcoin and Cryptography and looking to become a Bitcoin Developer Advocate.
I regularly contribute to open-source projects and my latest contributions are to AppFlowy(FOSS Notion alternative) and Bcoin(Javascript Bitcoin Implementation).
I am active on twitter(@pkknowsnothing) and github(@impranshu) and I regularly write blogs(pkagrawal.me)

Thanks

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Hi all,

Sumod here. Founder of AutoInfer, we are still startup in exploratory stage. Previously led tech at TartanSense (Agri Robotics), Digital Aristotle (EdTech) among others. Haven’t put too much code, there are few more that needs to be cleaned and pushed.

User of open source tools for almost 20 years (even since we installed Debian Potato). FOSS Community and tools have been instrumental in helping me get where I am. Thanks to people like Atul Chitnis (foss.in/linuxbangalore), Pramode C E, Shakiman, Shuveb etc… and forums like Linux Gazette, TLDP. I got exposed to the world of FOSS and how writing software is a craft.

Tools I love: vim, off-late emacs, tmux, git

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Great to be part of this forum.

I am Saurav, an avid reader and techie, a father and a husband. Professionally, I am part of a specialized consulting firm where we work with clients on all things related video conferencing / live streaming solutions. I am working in this domain for last 8 years and primarily work with Javascript and WebRTC. I regularly work on Nodejs, ReactJs, PostgreSQL, WebRTC, web-sockets, signalling servers, media servers, recording servers, FFMPEG and WebRTC load balancers etc.

My company recently open sourced India’s first production grade WebRTC signalling server for integrating one to one video calling into any application / website with ease.

I love WebRTC media server Mediasoup the most. I use it on a daily basis in our in-house applications as well as client applications. It is one of the finest open source media servers in terms of performance and it is becoming better day by day.

I like to read about and tinker new open source technologies whenever I get some time.

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Hey,

I am Riya!

Newly joined FOSS United as intern to help steer Mon School
A community evangelist and developer with a vision!
Talks Python, ML and solving…

Check me out @riyapmathew :slight_smile:

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Hi All,
I’m an engineer by profession and an entrepreneur by passion. Having worked in the IT Industry for the last decade, I decided to work on my entrepreneurial journey.

In my recent journey as Founder and CEO at Sodaru Technologies, I’m working on the micro app platform called SOMOD (Serverless Optimized MODules) (https://somod.dev). With SOMOD the developers can create and share micro apps containing minimum features. Anyone on the SOMOD Platform can combine these micro apps to create their unique application.

I’m active in LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/raghavendra-kr

We can discuss on SOMOD in this topic

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Hey Everyone!

I am Karan Gandhi, currently an engineering student pursuing Computer Science.

I love to write software that is useful and makes life better, and possess a bug for hikes, treks, and cycling trips.

I haven’t done anything notable in the Open Source ecosystem yet, but I am on the track. I like control over what software I use, and FOSS fits that.

I’m always up for hacking and spontaneous nature trips!

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  1. Naveen, backend developer using Python professionally dabbling with FP languages otherwise.
  2. Have contributed to couple of open source projects in python ecosystem.
  3. Django, NGINX, requests library.
  4. Blogs.

profile can be found here

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Hello everyone, Surajeet here. I have been into writing software almost 5 years now. I enjoy writing software and I have made small contribution to Mozilla ny writing code for their build system in python.
I am looking to participate in this FOSS Hack 3.0, and I am open to listening to suggestions regarding different kind of projects I can work on.

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Hey everyone, I am Shrijith Venkatramana, founder at Hexmos. For the past 2.5 months, I have been working on publishing a FOSS alternative to tools like Postman/Insomnia (API managers).

My solution approach can be summarised as Markdown for APIs. So, it gave me an excuse to learn language parsing and build a parser from scratch :wink: Technicalities aside, using this tool, one can store APIs in plain-text files in git repos for collaboration. One can execute the API files either from the command line or editors, such as VSCode through extensions.

Please take a look at Lama2 at github and documentation site. I have also created a product hunt launch.

Please support me in Product Hunt if possible. And if you want to collaborate or try it out in your teams, let me know, I’ll be happy to help you through discussions :slight_smile: Any feedback from real-world usage will be appreciated.

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Hi all,

I’m Kani. Though technically I’m an engineer, I’m just a good enough coder in C++. Thats the extent of my programming languages. (I’m quite intimidated by all the coders here)

I have been a part of Aapti Institute ( a social impact firm dealing with tech policy) in the last 3 years during which I was introduced to Digital Public Goods and Digital Public Infrastructure. I’m hugely passionate about it and trying to understand it from all lenses.

I have joined this community to learn more about the intersection between DPGs and FOSS. I’m also looking to learn more of programming and contribution to FOSS, so please point to some resources if you know some :slight_smile:

Looking forward to learning loads !

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C++ programmers are intimidating enough for me! :slight_smile:

Ashish here.

Having experience in Software & Email Industry. Currently, I am working as a Senior Developer Advocate, India at Elastic.

Started journey with Software Engineer. Throughout the journey, I got the opportunity to work with great minds on various stacks, databases & programming languages. Worked with various types of use cases and contributed to solutions.

I have been wearing multiple hats as a startup guy so got a chance to work on system design, scaling, system architect, coding, maintenance, customer support & tickets, etc. It was not just tech but also marketing & Community engagement.

I am an Open Source fan & Love to contribute to the community. I like to speak about tech.

I am from Mumbai, India. This is my new spot to share my thoughts and findings of technology.

Keep sharing my learnings here https://ashish.one

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I am Mangesh Mane, I am a 17 year old geek from Solapur, India. I have been using the most famous Open Source Software which we know is Linux from almost 2.5 years now. Linux was the most fascinating thing for me back then in 2019-2020.

I am involved into FOSS by using these open source software everyday in my life. I am a theme designer, and I have my theme named Everblush posted to various open source softwares (including some closed source too :laughing:.

Ofc Linux is my favorite FOSS software.

It’s mostly HN (Hackernews), phoronix, and yeah all the cool kids use RSS Feeds, so do I.

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Hi!

I’m flyingcakes. Endeavour OS team member and among other things, past contributor to KDE. I’ve participated in GSoC and SoK. Will be part of Summer of Nix if accepted. Part time Linux user 2014 - 2019; full time since 2019.

I’ll be interning at Tower Research Capital this summer.

I like working in devops, packaging, system reliability etc.

My web home:

I occasionally write blog posts.

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Hello everyone,
This is Hari Krishna and I am a third-year engineering grad. I recently started exploring open source software, and I am particularly interested in Linux.I am eager to contribute to projects that are working to reduce the digital divide and make technology more accessible to everyone .

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Hello folks :raised_hands:

I am Prathik Shetty an open source developer and machine learning geek. I am a community maintainer at Mindsdb and Open source AI lead at TCET open source.

I advocate about Open source, Linux and ML.
I build and ship ML products :rocket: in hackathons those are fun.

I came here though FOSS United Mumbai. Thanks for introducing me to the FOSS community.

Btw folks there is an open source confrence at our college ( Thakur College of engineering and technology, kandivali, Mumbai) at 21st July. It will be a fun and interactive event with lightning talks and panel of FOSS people :magic_wand:

Would love to connect there :saluting_face:

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Hello everyone,
My name is Harsha, and I am a fifth-year BBA LLB student specializing in Intellectual Property Rights at Alliance University, Bengaluru. I opted for science during my pre university college, but somehow landed in law. Nevertheless, I didn’t lose my interest in software and technologies. That could be the reason for my interest in technology and telecom law. during the course while reading, I realized how west had influenced IPR at international level favoring certain industry. Started reading on open-source movements and was looking for people to collaborate and discuss, finally landed on this forum.
I see there are lot of tech people, if there are people from legal and policy background happy to discuss and contribute.
I’m willing to volunteer with any matter relating to law, Intellectual property, Patents, Research, or Tech policy that add value to the community.

Thank you
Harsha R

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Hi, I’m Swastik Baranwal, a software developer from New Delhi, India passionate about open-source contribution, Gopher, Pythoneer, and DevOps. I am a Compiler Design enthusiast constantly learning and exploring new technologies. I also enjoy writing blogs on Forem’s Dev.to the platform and am an organizer for FOSS United’s Delhi Chapter.

I specialize in several programming languages such as Go, Python, V, C, Bash, and C++, and I am currently learning TypeScript, JavaScript, and Rust in my free time. I am experienced in using tools like Notepad++, VS Code, Git, GitHub Actions, Gimp, Makefile, Jetbrains, Windows Console, and Jupyter Notebook. I am also expanding my knowledge of DevOps tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, and other related technologies.

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I’m Ramakrishnan Nataraj, an ERPNext Consultant for the last 7 years. I have a strong passion for open source and I’m excited to join this community. Looking forward to sharing my experiences and learning from all of you.

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