Andrew Kachnic
Founding Engineer at Aaru
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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RockstarAndrew Kachnic is a Founding Engineer based in New York with seven years of software experience building front-end features and integrations for developer-focused tools. He has a strong track record contributing to the popular open-source uploader Uppy—adding AVIF thumbnail support, cross-framework components (React, Svelte, Vue), and fixes that improved folder upload counts and mobile permission handling. His background spans startup and support roles, including engineering at Elda Bio and hands-on product support at Transloadit, giving him a blend of customer-facing troubleshooting and feature-driven development. At Aaru he’s applying that mix of practical engineering and open-source fluency to early-stage product work, bringing both implementation detail and ecosystem awareness to shipping robust web experiences.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (18)
webbrowser10
javascript10
browser10
file-upload10
react10
vue9
svelte9
typescripts8
typescript-types8
typescript8
react-native8
discord-py6
mongodb6
php6
uppy6
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
transloadit/uppy
Jul 2020 - Oct 2021
The next open source file uploader for web browsers :dog:
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:22 reviews, 21 commits, 25 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily focused on enhancing the Uppy file uploader's front-end capabilities. They added support for AVIF image thumbnails, fixed incorrect file counts when uploading folders, and implemented a React Native fix related to permissions. They also added a FileInput component to React and contributed to the Svelte and Vue integrations by adding components and fixing build issues, which expanded Uppy's framework support. Additionally, they addressed build errors and corrected StatusBar types to ensure proper documentation.
dropboxwebbrowsertusuppybrowsers
ajkachnic/bliss
Feb 2021 - Jun 2021
An elegant, dynamically typed programming language
Contributions:51 commits, 23 PRs, 28 pushes in 3 months
code-golflanguage-designcompilertypedmojo
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