Sandip Trivedi is a cofounder and software-focused entrepreneur based in New York with 12 years of engineering experience and a background in chemical engineering from Penn State. As Cofounder of Quantierra since 2014 and an alum of Y Combinator W2015, he blends startup leadership with hands-on technical execution. He contributes to open-source projects—most notably working on dependency modernization and security-focused maintenance in the diaspora distributed social network—demonstrating attention to legacy code, package management, and safe asset handling. Sandip moves between strategic product decisions and code-level fixes, favoring practical migrations such as replacing vendored JS with Bower packages and swapping vulnerable gems. His cross-disciplinary training and startup pedigree give him a pragmatic approach to building resilient, maintainable systems. Colleagues would describe him as a founder who still enjoys digging into backend details to keep products secure and upgradable.
12 years of coding experience
W2015, W2015 at Y Combinator
Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering at Penn State University
A privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 1 comment in 8 months
Contributions summary:Sandip primarily focused on dependency management and asset replacement within the Ruby on Rails application. They replaced several vendored JavaScript assets (jquery-textchange, jquery-placeholder, jquery.idle-timer, and facebox) with their corresponding Bower packages, indicating a move towards modern package management practices. Additionally, the user replaced the `zipzip` gem with the `rubyzip` gem and made adjustments to the file export functionality related to user photo data. This suggests a focus on maintaining and updating the codebase while addressing vulnerabilities and streamlining dependencies.
Contributions:9 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 9 months
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