š Hey there, Iām Harshith.
Iām an aspiring startup founder, immersed in all things software.
Iām a Computer Science student at the University of Toronto who is extremely passionate about startups, cybersecurity and great software products. I also love learning new languages and frameworks whenever I can. Currently, Iām doing a course on Go!
ABOUT ME
A little bit about me
I suppose that I got into software development in an unusual way. When I was in Grade 8 or so, I was helping to host an event that required me to reach out to a variety of sponsors, which is when I came across the Y-Combinator startup directory which had hundreds of startups. The only issue was that going through each startupās page would take hours. I eventually found a tutorial on YouTube that showed me how to web scrape any site and easily save time. Before I knew it, I was doing even more tutorials on programming, and eventually got into web development.
As for my technical skills, Iāve worked with a couple tools in my personal projects and previous internships including React, HTML & CSS, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
EXPERIENCE
Where Iāve learned and worked in the past
In the past, Iāve had the good fortune of working with some great companies and people, which has taught me so much not only as a developer but as a person in general.
Computer Science Intern @ IBM
July 2022 - September 2022
- Integrated OpenAIās DALL-E model into the IBM Skills Networkās web app to allow course authors to passively generate cover images for their courses
- Built a REST API using Python & Flask and used Ruby on Rails to integrate into the existing app
- Resulted in a 5% decrease in total time taken to create a course.
PROJECTS
Some of my projects, under the spotlight
Here are some of the projects that Iāve working on for the past little bit. Feel free to click on any of the projects below to get more information about them.
Beacon
React
Python
Flask
MongoDB
SCSS
Everyday, thousands of consumers have to think about which grocery store to go to and whether or not the store will have the items they need in stock, all because of the pandemic. Thatās why we built Beacon - to help consumers get access to accurate, crowdsourced store data including lines and stock information for free of charge so that everyone can shop easier.
Blitz
React
Redux
Firebase
Chakra UI
Taking attendance is one of the most time consuming and complicated things in school. For starters, teachers have read through the whole list of students in the class which takes up a lot of time, especially for 1-hour classes. That's where Blitz comes in - a fully functional web app that provides realtime attendance sessions for instructors and students.
Roadrunner
React
Node.js
Express
PostgreSQL
Roadrunner is a middleware data processing service application between Trello and Google Sheets using Trello Webhooks to account for a realtime functionality and user experience. It was originally made for an internship as an internal tool and was deployed on Heroku. It also makes use of the Trello and Google Sheets APIs.
Polaris Data Visualization
HTML
Python
Django
PostgreSQL
As part of the MHacks 11 hackathon, our team built a product that took on the challenge of plotting and organizing over 50,000 data points from Polaris in an informative way. The project involved Pandas, Python and basic front-end with more emphasis placed on the backend data processing architecture. The points were then displayed on to the Google Maps API.
CONTACT ME
If you want to reach out, my inbox is always open
Iām always on the lookout for new opportunities (especially ones that involve new technologies and challenges) so feel free to send me an email and Iāll make sure to respond as soon as I can.
