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┌─[harshith@dev]─[~]
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├── location    : hell i guess
├── degree      : B.Tech CSE @ CMR Technical Campus (CGPA: 8.52)
├── status      : 2nd year undergrad | Expected 2028
├── portfolio   : https://harshith-padakanti.vercel.app
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├── building    : GSSoC 2026 | NSoC 2026 (20+ PRs) | SSoC 2026
│                 LeetCode Discord Reporter — live | zero maintenance
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├── grinding    : LeetCode | CodeChef | Codeforces | SmartInterviews
│                 daily. consistency over everything.
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└── open to     : Backend Internships | OSS | Interesting problems

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◾ About

Backend dev. Hyderabad. 2nd year. I write code that works, ships, and doesn't need me to explain it.

Node.js | Socket.IO | Java | real-time systems | DSA daily.

Looking for backend internships. Summer/Fall 2026.

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◾ Open Source

Rocket.Chat

3 PRs into develop. Reviewed and consolidated by Gazzo into batch PR #39853 with 9 other contributors.

• #39455 — timestamp parsing inside formatted text. it was broken.
• #39737 — test coverage for isNodeOfType guard. had none.
• #39733 — emoji behavior tests in reducePlainTexts. also broken.

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GSSoC 2026 — ongoing

SkillsSphere AI — socket status indicator, dead code removal, light mode fixes across classroom UI. #556 · #579 · #592 · #600

GSoC Org Finder — corrected mentor contact info for a dozen orgs. someone had to. #544 · #549 · #583 · #590 · #639 · #643 · #649

Reframe — memory leak on export failure. CDN hints for FFmpeg. #310 · #311

Eventra — localStorage draft persistence. toast was in the wrong place. #1256 · #1194

Cara — button text wasn't visible. #255

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NSoC 2026 — 20+ PRs merged

UI bugs. Backend logic. API pagination. Response envelopes. URL state encoding. Form drafts. Resume parsing. AI inputs. JavaScript, TypeScript, Python.

it got done.

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SSoC 2026 — selected

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◾ Featured Projects

Project	Description	Stack	Link
Open Chat App	Real-time rooms, password-protected, typing indicators, 100-user cap	Node.js Express Socket.IO	Live ↗️ · Code
LeetCode Grind Tracker	Full-stack tracker with Python sync pipeline, MySQL views, PHP API, and dashboard analytics	Python PHP MySQL JavaScript	Code
LeetCode Discord Reporter	Fetches accepted submissions daily, posts to Discord at 10:15 PM IST automatically	GitHub Actions cron-job.org	Code

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◾ Other Projects

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Social Media Follower System	Graph-based: follow/unfollow, mutual suggestions	C DSA	Code
Eclipse Attendance	QR-based, teacher/student dashboards, CSV export, fully browser-side	HTML CSS JS	Code
Smart Dustbin	IR sensor + servo motor automation	Arduino C++ IoT	—
Web Scraper	Data extraction in Java + Python using Jsoup + BeautifulSoup	Java Python	Code

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◾ Competitive Programming

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◾ Contribution Graph

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◾ Snake

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◾ Stack

Languages

Backend

Tools & DevOps

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◾ Core Concepts

• REST APIs | WebSockets | Real-Time Communication
• Data Structures | Problem Solving
• OOP | Backend Development
• CI/CD | Automation | Testing
• Open Source | Competitive Programming

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◾ Achievements

• 🏆 Selected for SIH 2025 | Technovanza 5.0 Internal Hackathon
• 🔧 IoT Bootcamp | Sansa Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
• 📜 C Programming Certification | Spoken Tutorial by IIT Bombay

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open to backend internships. open to interesting problems. not open to small talk.

profile views don't matter. projects do.