Kishan Sagathiya
Content Creator
Singapore
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Top SchoolKishan Sagathiya is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in blockchain, distributed systems and backend engineering, currently based in Singapore. He has driven parachain workstreams at ChainSafe and was a core developer on IPFS Cluster at Protocol Labs, contributing practical API and telemetry improvements to notable open-source projects. Comfortable across Go and Java, Kishan has a track record of refining legacy protocol implementations (ethereumj) and building production tooling for AI and vision platforms. Beyond engineering, he creates community-focused health content about reversing type 2 diabetes, demonstrating an uncommon blend of deep technical expertise and public-facing content creation.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Mechanical, Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Mechanical at L.D. College of EngineeringPhysics Mathematics Chemistry, Physics Mathematics Chemistry at Central Board of Secondary EducationBachelor of Technology (BTech) Information Technology, Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Information Technology at National Institute of Technology Karnataka
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Github Skills (21)
strings10
apidoc10
text-manipulation10
ipfs10
java10
libp2p10
javas10
go10
api10
ethereum10
blockchain10
logging10
json9
rpc9
telemetry9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
ChainSafe/gossamer
Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
🕸️ Go Implementation of the Polkadot Host
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1075 reviews, 124 commits, 215 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Kishan primarily worked on refactoring and improving the `dot/types` package, specifically modifying the `Body` type to use `[]types.Extrinsic`. They implemented and integrated the `sync_state_genSyncSpec` RPC call within the `dot/rpc` module. Furthermore, the user contributed to telemetry, adding messages related to block finalization and transaction pool import. They also addressed code quality issues.
golangsubstratehostp2pblockchain
ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster
Sep 2018 - Dec 2019
Pinset orchestration for IPFS
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:173 commits, 80 PRs, 361 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Kishan's contributions focused on enhancing the `ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster` repository by implementing improvements to the API and core functionalities. The user added the `peername` parameter to `PinInfo` and `GlobalPinInfo` for more meaningful output during status queries. Additionally, the user contributed to the extraction of the IPFS Proxy from `ipfshttp` to a separate `api` module. The user also addressed various bugs related to the API and implemented improvements.
orbit-dbipfsorchestrationp2pipfs-cluster
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