Kartik Agarwala
SDE 1 at Blackfig Technologies
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Summary
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Top SchoolKartik Agarwala is a compiler and low-level software engineer with 10 years of hands-on experience building system-level features and tooling. Now an SDE I at Blackfig Technologies after an internship there, he has a strong background in compiler/runtime debugging, toolchain support for RTOSes, and Rust crate/platform work. His open-source contributions span prominent projects like ScummVM—where he rearchitected engines, optimized rendering and reduced defect density—and libctru, adding HTTP, power management and service integrations for Nintendo 3DS userland. He’s also applied security-minded testing techniques through differential fuzzing during a Summer of Bitcoin project, finding and responsibly disclosing bugs across Bitcoin implementations. Based in Prayagraj, India, Kartik combines deep systems expertise with practical cross-platform engineering and a knack for squeezing performance from constrained environments.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Class 12th, 95%, Class 12th, 95% at City Montessori SchoolBachelor of Technology, Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science at BML Munjal University
Github Skills (22)
unit-testing10
libc10
c-language10
strings10
lib10
text-manipulation10
c1110
c1710
homebrew10
3ds10
cprogramming-language10
adventure9
apidoc9
http9
sys9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
devkitPro/libctru
Apr 2017 - May 2019
Homebrew development library for Nintendo 3DS/Horizon OS user mode (Arm11)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 21 PRs, 20 comments in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Kartik primarily contributed to implementing core functionalities within the libctru library. Their work included implementing an error applet and adding features for HTTP communication, specifically post data handling. Further contributions involved adding functions for power management unit functions, and friend-related services, demonstrating a focus on system-level interaction and service integration.
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scummvm/scummvm
Feb 2023 - Nov 2023
ScummVM main repository
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 16 PRs, 6 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Kartik contributed to the implementation of string manipulation methods and testing within the ScummVM project. The commits demonstrate the addition of `replace()` methods for the `U32String` class, along with corresponding unit tests. They also worked on adding features that enhance the graphical user interface of ScummVM, specifically, features related to text selection and copy functionality.
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