Dharun B
Engineer - System Administration
Tamil Nadu, India
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Top SchoolDharun B is a systems engineer and open-source advocate from Tamil Nadu with five years of hands-on experience in system administration, DevOps, and localization. Currently at Tata Consultancy Services and an active maintainer and organization owner for the widely used tldr-pages project, he has improved build pipelines and multilingual PDF/documentation workflows that benefit global users. A CS undergraduate specializing in AI and Data Science, he blends interdisciplinary research experience from NIT Trichy with practical skills in GNU/Linux, custom PC building, and deployment automation. He leads localization and docs teams at Vanilla OS and contributes to GNOME, demonstrating a focus on making software accessible across languages and platforms. An avid writer and community builder, he pairs technical contributions with content creation and a habit of starting each day with the latest tech news to stay ahead of emerging trends.
5 years of coding experience
High School Diploma High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School Diploma High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Blossom Public School, ThanjavurBachelor of Technology - B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering Spl in AI and Data Science, Bachelor of Technology - B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering Spl in AI and Data Science at Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research AcademyfreeCodeCamp
English, Tamil
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Github Skills (14)
github-ci10
bash10
githubaction-workflow10
cicd10
scripting9
python9
userscripts9
pdf-generation9
localization9
internationalization9
script9
shell8
command-line8
documentation7
Programming languages (40)
Github contributions (5)
tldr-pages/tldr
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
📚 Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Localization/Internationalization Specialist
DevOps Engineer & Localization/Internationalization SpecialistContributions:3 releases, 7755 reviews, 91 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Dharun primarily focused on enhancing the project's build and deployment processes, particularly for PDF generation and translation archives. They implemented and refined the build pipeline for generating PDF documentation, ensuring it supported multiple languages and platforms. Additionally, they were involved in updating and maintaining the script to set "More information" links for internationalization purposes, including adding new language support. They also made changes to the deployment script, mainly related to asset handling.
subcommandsconsolelinuxbashmanpages
tldr-pages/tldr-translation-pairs-gen
Jan 2023 - Apr 2025
Generates a structured dataset in various formats derived from tldr-pages.
Contributions:1 release, 54 reviews, 59 PRs in 2 years 2 months
structureddatasetderivedlibgenmeta-tags
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