TJ Kandala
Founder (YC W23) at LinkGrep (YC W23)
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTJ Kandala is a founder and front-end engineer with seven years of experience, currently leading LinkGrep (YC W23), an AI browser copilot designed to make the browser more team-friendly. He brings deep TypeScript and UX expertise from two engineering roles at Sourcegraph, where he shipped front-end improvements to their Code AI platform—fixing extension link issues, enhancing the command palette, and improving sign-in and performance flows. An active open-source developer, he created Baahu, a tiny and fast TypeScript UI framework that models every component as an explicit state machine, and previously founded PodSoda, a podcast clipping and sharing app. His Anthropology and Innovation studies at the University of Florida inform a human-centered approach to product design, combining technical rigor with attention to team workflows. Based in Jacksonville, he blends startup grit with practical engineering to improve how teams use the web.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Anthropology, Innovation, Anthropology, Innovation at University of Florida
Github Skills (13)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sourcegraph/sourcegraph-public-snapshot
Jul 2020 - Jun 2022
Code AI platform with Code Search & Cody
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:829 reviews, 359 commits, 406 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:TJ primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Sourcegraph platform, focusing on improving the user interface and user experience. Their work involved fixing browser extension link issues by modifying TypeScript files and refactoring components. The user also implemented new toggle components and addressed performance issues related to enabling/disabling extensions. Furthermore, they enhanced the command palette and implemented changes to the sign-in page.
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sourcegraph/sourcegraph-search-export
Sep 2020 - Jul 2021
Export search results as CSV (Sourcegraph extension)
Contributions:3 reviews, 16 commits, 8 PRs in 9 months
csvsourcegraphexportsourcegraph-extensionsearch
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