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├── location    : Hyderabad, India
├── 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    : open source — GSSoC 2026, NSoC 2026, SSoC 2026
│                 LeetCode Discord Reporter — live, zero maintenance
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├── grinding    : LeetCode | CodeChef | Codeforces | SmartInterviews
│                 daily contests. consistency over everything.
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└── open to     : Backend Internships · OSS · Interesting problems

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◾ About

Backend-focused CS student based in Hyderabad, India. I build real-time applications using Node.js and Socket.IO, and practice DSA daily in Java. Clean backend logic, real projects, no fluff.

Currently seeking Backend Internship opportunities for Summer 2026.

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◾ Open Source

Selected for GSSoC 2026, NSoC 2026, and SSoC 2026.

Rocket.Chat — GSoC 2026 Preparation

3 PRs merged into develop via batch PR #39853 with 10 contributors.

• Fixed timestamp parsing inside formatted text: #39455
• Added test coverage for isNodeOfType guard: #39737
• Wrote tests for emoji parsing behavior in reducePlainTexts: #39733

NSoC 2026 — 12 PRs Merged

Foodie

• #582 · #586 · #590 · #614

Smart Campus Utility Hub

• #44 · #56 · #106 · #107

GSoC-Org-Finder-

• #189 · #193

Vector-social-media

• #123

SkillsSphere-AI

• #123

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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

Project	Description	Stack	Link
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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◾ GitHub Stats

  

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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
• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• Backend Development
• CI/CD & Automation
• Testing
• Open Source & Competitive Programming

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◾ Achievements

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

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Actively seeking backend internships and open to collaborations.

Profile views don't matter — projects do.