Yash Bavadiya
Shipping tools 41K people use; Qt/C++, web, extensions
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Personal site built with Next.js 16 and TypeScript, fully containerized with a 3-workflow CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions → Docker Buildx → GHCR → DigitalOcean VPS via SSH). Custom canvas particle system with wind/gravity physics, GSAP scroll animations, and native View Transition API theming. Includes a blog with custom MDX plugins, Clerk auth, Neon Postgres via Drizzle ORM, and a Node/Express sidecar proxying Spotify, WakaTime, and GitHub APIs.
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Open-source contributor to Kdenlive (KDE's video editor, 41K+ monthly Flathub installs), selected for Google Summer of Code 2026 from 1,200 global applicants. Shipped 20 merged contributions across Kdenlive and upstream repositories in C++/Qt; including resolving an 11-year-old bug (#352409) via a union-of-intervals gap-detection algorithm nobody had solved before. Currently building the RGB curve editor, gradient editor, and speed ramp widgets, working directly under lead maintainer review.
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AI-powered README generator that runs automatically on every git push via GitHub Webhooks; built with a friend, live in production. Architected a Redis (BullMQ) job pipeline with exponential backoff and fault tolerance, achieving an 85% success rate across 959+ automation runs for 50 users and 68 active repositories. Cut AI token costs by 70% through source file filtering before prompt construction, and orchestrated 4 services with Docker Compose behind an Nginx reverse proxy with zero-downtime deployments via GitHub Actions.
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Chrome extension that renders GitHub file previews inline via hover; no clicking through to a new tab. Built with TypeScript and the GitHub GraphQL API, live on the Chrome Web Store with 88% month-over-month growth in international installs. Implemented a SHA-keyed cache with debounced fetching to stay under GitHub's 5,000 req/hr rate limit, and optimized the bundle via Webpack to cut package size by 60% while passing Web Store security review.
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