harsh@arch:~$ whoami --verbose
➜ EE undergrad @ NIT Hamirpur # '24 → '28
➜ I live one layer below the app # firmware, CLIs, build tooling, CI
➜ Daily driver: Arch Linux # VS Code + a terminal that never closes
➜ Currently: turning STM32CubeIDE pain # ...into a 4 MB Rust binary|
🛰️ What I'm into
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⚡ Right now |
STM32CubeIDE locks embedded devs into a 2 GB Eclipse fork, a click-through pin GUI, and opaque XML you can't diff or run in CI. Nucleus replaces both lock-ins with a 4 MB Rust CLI and a VS Code extension:
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# stm32.toml — diffable hardware
[chip]
mcu = "STM32F411CEU6"
[pin.PA5]
mode = "output"
label = "led"
[trace]
itm = true # real-time ITM
baud = 2_000_000 |
// snap blocks → get this C++
void setup() {
pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
}
void loop() {
digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
delay(500);
} |
A lightweight, native PyQt6 desktop IDE that wraps Google Blockly in a maker-lab shell so beginners on Linux can learn embedded the friendly way:
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Active contributor to GNOME (GitLab @harshverma) — building the kind of unglamorous infra that keeps big projects honest.
| Project | Contribution | Impact |
|---|---|---|
| GIMP | Built a unit-testing framework from scratch for core libraries | Covered 65+ files, wired into GitLab CI, surfaced a hidden env-var bug |
| BABL · GEGL | Fixed CI flaw spawning duplicate pipelines on every commit | Cut runner resource usage by ~50% |
| GIMP | Replaced weighted blur with Gaussian-distributed kernels | Sharper, spec-aligned blur strength |
Languages
Embedded · Hardware
Backend · Mobile · Cloud
Automation · Systems
"The best way to predict the firmware is to flash it." — me, debugging at 3am