Hi there, I am
Yash
Software Developer
Freelancer
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I believe that Constant Learning
means Constant Growth
MS CS @ UC Riverside
Graduated from UC Riverside with a Masters degree in CS in March 2025 with a GPA of 3.76/4.0
Bachelors in CS
Completed my Bachelors in Engineering from Pune Institute of Computer Technology in July 2023 with a GPA 9.2/10
Scholar
I have received 3 prestigious state-level scholarships revolving around Physics, Chemistry and Maths
Product Hunt
Published 3 products on Product Hunt with one of them reaching a daily rank #20.
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Some of my noteworthy Projects
BlurGuard
Blur sensitive parts of your screen while sharing it on calls with this easy-to-use chrome extension.
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Westside Detector
This project is a real-time computer vision application that detects the iconic "Westside W" hand gesture using your webcam. When the gesture is detected, the app celebrates by displaying a bold message and (on first detection) opening Ice Cube's classic track "It Was A Good Day" on YouTube.
ML
Kahoot King
Developed a cross-platform Python automation tool that leverages OCR and OpenAI’s GPT models to automatically extract and answer multiple-choice questions from live Kahoot quiz screens.
AI
Rainbow DQN
Implemented a Rainbow DQN with Prioritized Experience Replay for Atari games (Space Invaders, CartPole), achieving more efficient learning, faster convergence, and higher performance than traditional DQN.
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Pygit
A Git client written in python to create a repo, commit, and push itself to GitHub within 500 lines of code.
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Chat with YouTube Video
A Streamlit app that lets you query YouTube video transcripts using GPT‑4’s Retrieval Augmented Generation for context‑grounded Q&A.
AI
Snapgram
Built a modern social media application with a native mobile feel using React JS, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS and Appwrite for BaaS.
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Arxiv Research Chatbot
A conversational research assistant for searching and summarizing arXiv papers, it leverages Anthropic's Claude LLM
AI
Live Markdown Preview
A modern Markdown Editor that lets you write, preview, and share your markdown documents in real time.
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Skills & Experience
JavaScript
Node
C++
React
Python
TypeScript
MySQL
Git
PyTorch
2020
Software Engineer Intern
Mainstreet Marketplace
- Developed and deployed a production-grade recommendation system using a combination of collaborative filtering (matrix factorization), content-based filtering (TF-IDF and cosine similarity), and hybrid ensemble models.
- Leveraged Python (scikit-learn, Pandas) and integrated these models into RESTful microservices deployed on AWS, boosting user engagement and conversion rates by 30%.
- Developed RESTful microservices in Golang with Echo, interfacing with PostgreSQL and MongoDB to reduce response times by 40% and enhance scalability to support independent seller listings.
- Integrated secure authentication (JWT) and real-time data synchronization using WebSockets, creating a new revenue stream by increasing product listings and sales margins without additional inventory investment.
2022
Software Engineer Intern
Vidyo AI
- Spearheaded development of a real‑time content discovery engine using a microservices architecture with Node.js/Express and a React/Redux front end. Integrated third‑party trend analytics APIs with Redis caching for near‑real‑time topic recommendations; deployed containerized services via Docker & Kubernetes.
- Engineered a web‑based video editing tool using Vue.js with Vuex and integrated WebAssembly modules to accelerate frame‑level processing from 1s to 250 ms, and dynamic templating.
- Implemented Web Workers for offloading intensive computations and integrated FFmpeg pipelines for media processing.
2023
React Developer Intern
Bajaj Health
- Developed a QR code–based health plan payment gateway using React, Redux, and RESTful APIs. Improved secure payment flows with custom middleware and lazy loading. Reduced reimbursement wait times from 48 hours to 8 hours.
- Engineered a modular EMR system with React functional components, Hooks, and Context API. Implemented responsive design and REST API integration for patient demographics, history, and scheduling. Reduced per-patient consultation time by 10 minutes for doctors.
- Refactored the portal using a modular React architecture with Redux and middleware (Redux Thunk/Saga) for handling async workflows. Leveraged code splitting and dependency pruning to reduce codebase size by 20%
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