Chenlei Hu
Founding Software Engineer at ComfyUI
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChenlei Hu is a founding software engineer with 9 years of experience building performant C++ systems and modern frontends, currently based in New York. At ComfyUI he led a frontend modernization to Vue + TypeScript and turned a technical research tool into an accessible Electron desktop app, improving onboarding for non‑technical creatives. Previously at Google he shipped low-level C++/ARM work for Chrome—creating a custom stack unwinder that raised reliability from ~50% to >95%—and contributed to privacy and developer tooling like permissions policy and origin trials. Chenlei blends systems-level debugging, performance optimization, and UX-driven product work, with hands-on experience across C++, TypeScript, Python, and ARM assembly. He’s an active open-source contributor to AI tooling, improving backend stability and ControlNet integrations for popular Stable Diffusion web UI projects. His background in computer engineering and security tooling gives him a pragmatically rigorous approach to making complex systems usable and reliable.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer’s Degree Computer Engineering, Engineer’s Degree Computer Engineering at University of Toronto
Github Skills (9)
net10
debug10
stable-diffusion10
gradio10
python10
apidoc9
api9
webui9
git8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
lllyasviel/stable-diffusion-webui-forge
Feb 2024 - May 2024
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 reviews, 66 PRs, 52 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Chenlei primarily contributed to the back-end aspects of the Stable Diffusion web UI Forge project. Their work includes bug fixes related to script execution, the implementation of error handling, and the modification of code to reference existing A1111 checkouts. The user also made code adjustments to enhance the ControlNet extension, addressing functionalities such as thumbnails, masks, and various API endpoints. These commits indicate a focus on stability, integration, and feature improvements within the project.
huchenlei/sd-webui-controlnet
Apr 2023 - Jul 2024
WebUI extension for ControlNet
Contributions:327 pushes, 337 branches in 1 year 2 months
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