Carlo Gancho
Software Engineer at Oh My Zsh
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Top SchoolCarlo Gancho is a software engineer based in Barcelona with 5 years of experience building developer-focused tools for blockchain and developer productivity. He contributes to Polkadot’s tooling at Streamsphere Labs, working with TypeScript and rxJS on polkadot-js libraries and ledger integrations, and has deep hands-on experience with Rust for utilities. As a main maintainer of Oh My Zsh (one of GitHub’s most visible shell frameworks), he’s added plugins, completions and refactors that improve developer workflows for tools like Deno, Rust, Bitwarden and Volta. Previously at Zondax he integrated blockchains into Ledger hardware and contributed to Polkadot ecosystem RFCs, blending embedded C, testing infrastructure and TypeScript. A mathematician by training, he brings a methodical, tooling-first approach and an uncommon mix of open-source stewardship and low-level blockchain integration experience.
5 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics at Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna
Catalan, Spanish, English, Italian
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Github Skills (24)
crypto10
substrate10
network-configuration10
scripting10
plugin-development10
plugin10
zshrc10
script10
polkadot-js10
blockchain10
sh10
shell10
polkadot10
zsh10
cli10
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh
Apr 2021 - Jan 2023
🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,400+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.
Role in this project:
Developer
DeveloperContributions:455 reviews, 57 commits, 738 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Carlo primarily contributed to the Oh My Zsh project by adding and maintaining plugins, fixing bugs, and refactoring code related to various tools and frameworks. They added a plugin for the Deno runtime, including aliases and completion functions. Additionally, the user refactored and merged plugins for Rust toolchain components (Cargo and Rustup). Further contributions include fixing aliases, adding completion generation for various tools like Bitwarden's `rbw`, Volta, and others to support user productivity and enhance the functionality of the shell.
oh-my-zsh-pluginpythonrails-pluginszsh-configurationauto-update
polkadot-js/common
Apr 2022 - Dec 2022
Utilities and base libraries for use across polkadot-js for Polkadot and Substrate. Includes base libraries, crypto helpers and cross-environment helpers.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 10 commits, 13 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Carlo primarily contributed to adding ledger support for various blockchain networks within the Polkadot ecosystem. Their work involved modifying configuration files related to genesis blocks, ledger application mappings, and other network parameters. The user integrated support for new parachains, including Statemint, Parallel, and Ajuna, across multiple commits. This indicates a focus on expanding the project's compatibility with different networks and hardware wallets.
substratecross-environmentdocumentation-examplesblockchaincrypto
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