Hariom Verma is a backend engineer with 7 years of experience specializing in C and Go, based in Bengaluru. He has contributed to high-profile open-source projects like the Git source tree—making maintenance-focused refactors and feature improvements—and helped advance the Gno blockchain VM and NFT standard implementations. His professional background spans roles at All In Bits, Gitopia, and sustained contributions to the Git development community, plus mentorship in Google Summer of Code and Kharagpur Winter of Code. Known for pragmatic refactors that improve maintainability and tooling (e.g., worktree handling and precompiled imports), he combines systems-level C expertise with production Go development for distributed and blockchain-adjacent platforms.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Engineering at Shri G S Institute of Technology & Science
Gno: An interpreted, stack-based Go virtual machine to build succinct and composable apps + gno.land: a blockchain for timeless code and fair open-source.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:341 reviews, 7 commits, 94 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Hariom contributed significantly to the Gno project, focusing on core functionality and utility improvements. They refactored code to remove deprecated packages and address linting issues, enhancing code quality and maintainability. The user also implemented new features such as precompiling imports and made changes to the `gnodev` test tool, improving its functionality and user experience. Their contributions also included implementing the GRC721 standard for NFTs, demonstrating familiarity with smart contract development.
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:20 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Hariom primarily contributes to the Git source code, demonstrating expertise in C and shell scripting. Their work includes refactoring and optimizing existing code, such as converting bitfield constants to bit shift format, removing legacy definitions, and improving path handling. The user also enhances the functionality of the Git repository, as seen by their contribution to improve worktree handling and add new features to ref-filter. They demonstrate a strong understanding of the codebase and contribute to improving the overall functionality and maintainability of the Git project.
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