Kian Kasad
Organizer at Purdue Hackers
California, United States
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Top SchoolKian Kasad is a Purdue Computer Science undergraduate and Linux Engineer Intern at Jane Street, focused on systems programming, security, and self-hosted infrastructure. He brings eight years of practical experience from roles including a SWE internship at Theom, head developer TA for CS 240 where he managed Git-based assignment workflows, and research at Purdue’s SecArch lab. An active open-source contributor, he has improved front-end UX and accessibility for the popular Hugo PaperMod theme—adding copy-to-clipboard, dark-mode fixes, and JS-free color detection. Outside of code, Kian’s background as an Eagle Scout, former pole vaulter and gymnastics coach, and amateur radio operator informs a disciplined, hands-on approach to engineering and homelab experimentation. Based in California, he blends classroom rigor with real-world systems work and a knack for making tools reliable and user-friendly.
8 years of coding experience
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at California High School (San Ramon CA.)Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Purdue University
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Github Skills (10)
html10
css10
ui-theme10
hugo10
wp-theme10
wordpress-themes10
tumblr-theme10
javascript9
markdown-it8
markdown8
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod
Oct 2020 - Jun 2021
A fast, clean, responsive Hugo theme.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:29 reviews, 10 commits, 18 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Kian primarily contributed to the Hugo theme's front-end aspects. Their work includes adding features like a user-defined copyright notice in the footer and custom taxonomy URLs, along with modifications to image captions. Furthermore, the user enhanced the theme by adding a copy button to code blocks and implementing automatic color theme detection based on user system preferences when JavaScript is disabled. They also fixed issues related to dark mode scrollbar rendering.
mit-licensepapermodhugofeature-richclean
troop834/sanramonscouts.org
May 2022 - Jun 2024
Hugo site files for https://sanramonscouts.org
Contributions:2 PRs, 31 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 1 month
hugo-sitehugohugo-theme
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