Siddhartha Kasivajhula
Organizer at Drym.org
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSiddhartha Kasivajhula is a seasoned software engineer and organizer based in San Francisco with 15 years of experience spanning startups and enterprise environments. He co-founded Lucidifi and served as a senior engineer at Chegg, blending product-focused engineering with hands-on systems and research experience from roles at Wyse and Sun Microsystems. An active open-source contributor, he’s improved developer ergonomics through documentation work on Pylons/colander and extended Emacs keybindings in evil-collection, highlighting a knack for tooling and developer UX that’s not obvious from titles alone. As the long-time organizer of Drym.org, he pairs technical depth with community-building, mentoring others and shaping collaborative projects. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford, reflecting a strong academic foundation behind his practical impact.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of TechnologyMS, Electrical Engineering, MS, Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
Github Skills (7)
binding10
documentation10
emacs-lisp10
data-serialization4
serialization4
validations4
validation4
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
emacs-evil/evil-collection
Dec 2020 - Dec 2020
A set of keybindings for evil-mode
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 8 commits, 3 PRs in 17 days
Contributions summary:Siddhartha contributed to the `evil-collection` repository by adding and modifying Emacs Lisp code to provide keybindings for various Emacs modes such as `occur`, `dictionary`, and `ripgrep`. They extended the functionality of these modes by introducing new bindings and adjusting existing ones. Furthermore, the user added basic support for different Emacs modes and made minor code adjustments within the project structure.
evil-modekeybindingsemacsbindings
Pylons/colander
May 2018 - May 2018
A serialization/deserialization/validation library for strings, mappings and lists.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 2 comments in 14 days
Contributions summary:Siddhartha primarily contributed to documentation within the `pylons/colander` repository. Their commits focused on fixing typos, correcting table entries, improving documentation hierarchy, and renaming sections related to changes. They updated and expanded documentation, specifically concerning new features and handling of null values within the library, and also renamed a document.
deserializationserializationvalidation
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