Harminder Virk
Creator Of AdonisJS
Faridabad, Haryana, India
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Top SchoolHarminder Virk is a seasoned software engineer and creator of the AdonisJS framework with 13 years of experience building backend systems and developer tools. Based in Faridabad, India, he combines hands-on engineering with open-source stewardship, having implemented advanced ORM features like read/write replicas, self-managed transactions, and custom connection modes in adonisjs/lucid. He has contributed notable backend improvements to the Medusa commerce platform, focusing on refactors that increase flexibility and maintainability. Harminder has held senior engineering and technical lead roles across product-focused companies including Kayako, ABOUT YOU, and Paytm, and he continues to drive AdonisJS forward as an active maintainer. Known for pragmatic, developer-friendly APIs and a passion for JavaScript, he quietly balances framework leadership with day-to-day code contributions across widely used projects.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
12th Commerce, 12th Commerce at Army School
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Github Skills (30)
back-end-development10
ecommerce10
charts10
typescript10
database-design10
typescript-types10
google-visualization10
nodejs10
typescripts10
javascript9
jquery-plugin9
xml-parsing9
sql9
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
adonisjs/lucid
Feb 2016 - Oct 2022
AdonisJS SQL ORM. Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL, Redshift, SQLite and many more
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:107 releases, 31 reviews, 1608 commits in 6 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Harminder implemented new database features related to the query client to define modes and profilers. They added methods to define custom database connections and implemented support for read/write replicas. They also added support for self-managed transactions. The user also added code for model instances to get information from the adapter.
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medusajs/medusa
Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
The world's most flexible commerce platform.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:356 reviews, 296 PRs, 1002 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:Harminder's contributions primarily focused on refactoring and enhancing the Medusa e-commerce platform's back-end functionalities. They removed obsolete code related to inventory management, validated URL-safe handles for products and collections, and updated the product module to support the latest changes. They also made adjustments to improve the flexibility and maintainability of the code by implementing query suggestions and addressing dependencies, emphasizing improvements in core application logic.
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