Chirag Aggarwal is an analyst and hands-on engineer with 10 years of experience running production infrastructure and building web platforms, currently managing critical hosting systems and cloud architecture initiatives. As Co-Founder of VapourHost he bootstrapped a hosting business that now powers tens of thousands of websites across India, combining operational rigor with customer-focused product work. He pairs server administration and backend development with contributions to low-level open-source tooling—most notably improving GDB-based reverse-engineering tools in the pwndbg project, including kernel symbol support and debugging feature enhancements. Based in Delhi and studying computer science, he is transitioning toward DevOps and cloud architecture while keeping a practical focus on reliability, automation, and developer tooling. Notably, his background blends startup-scale operational ownership with deep debugging expertise that helps bridge production incidents and developer workflows.
10 years of coding experience
AISSCE, Science, 94.2%, AISSCE, Science, 94.2% at Rainbow English Sr. Sec. School
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science at Manipal University Jaipur
Exploit Development and Reverse Engineering with GDB & LLDB Made Easy
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Debugging Tools Specialist
Contributions:12 reviews, 13 PRs, 56 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Chirag primarily contributed to the `pwndbg/pwndbg` repository, a tool for exploit development and reverse engineering. Their work focused on improving compatibility with different versions of GDB, cleaning up code, and fixing flake8 warnings. The user also added features like the "next" flag for the `malloc_chunk` command and implemented the "dump" flag, enhancing the tool's debugging capabilities. Additionally, they worked on integrating support for uncompressed kallsyms, demonstrating skills in kernel debugging and symbol resolution.
Contributions:11 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 3 years
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