Vincent Tiu is a software engineer and UPenn Computer Science and Business student (4.0 GPA) with seven years of hands-on coding experience building tools and platforms that connect communities and address social needs. He has shipped production software across internships and fellowships—from Infura and Ramp to short stints at Moonhub and Jane Street—and currently contributes to mission-driven engineering at Hack4Impact. As a backend contributor to the notable git-bug project, he improved output formats, added editing and removal commands, and implemented cache eviction to keep an offline-first bug tracker performant. He’s also co-founded and led blockchain- and community-focused initiatives like Ion Protocol and FranklinDAO, blending product, business analysis, and technical execution. Based in Philadelphia and self-described as “eternally hungry,” Vincent pairs pragmatic engineering with an entrepreneurial instinct for sustainable, community-oriented solutions.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Engineering - BSE, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Engineering - BSE, Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania
International Baccalaureate Diploma, General Studies, International Baccalaureate Diploma, General Studies at British School Manila
Jerome Fisher M&T Program
Bachelor of Science - BS, Economics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Economics at The Wharton School
Distributed, offline-first bug tracker embedded in git, with bridges
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:3 reviews, 47 commits, 12 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Vincent primarily contributed to enhancing the `git-bug` tool's functionality related to bug tracking and data formatting. Their work included adding support for different output formats (plain text, JSON, and org-mode) to the `ls` and `show` commands, improving usability for different users. They also added the ability to remove bugs and local identities from the repository, demonstrating a focus on managing and manipulating bug data. Furthermore, they refactored code for improved JSON output and added a new command `comment edit` and updated tests, and implemented a cache eviction system to manage memory usage.
Contributions:21 PRs, 37 pushes, 26 branches in 1 year 9 months
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