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LFX’24 @ Linux Kernel | GSoC’25 @ CCExtractor | 4x Hackathon Winner | Mentor @ amFOSS

About

Hacker/Tinkerer/Open Source Enthusiast/Space Nerd/Weeb. A lot of words can be used to describe me, but I personally consider myself myself a generalist who loves learning new things and skills. Some of my interests include: - Linux Kernel - DevOps/Server Infrastructure - Building fun things - Tinkering with electronics - Finance - Astronomy - Public Speaking Though, by the time you read this, the above list is probably outdated :)

Location

Quilon

AI stack

claude code

hermes agent

obsidian

Work experience

Backend Intern at tal, Sep 2026 - Present · 1 mo, Koramangala, making stuff work :)

Member at amFOSS, Nov 2023 - Present · 2 y 10 mo, Vallikavu, Committee member at one of India's longest running FOSS clubs

Google Summer Of Code Contributor at Google Summer of Code, May 2025 - Sep 2025 · 5 mos, United States, Fixing regressions, reviewing PRs, syncing GUI and preparing for CCExtractor v1.00 release

Linux Kernel Mentee at The Linux Foundation, Sep 2024 - Dec 2024 · 4 mos, Remote, - Contributed 10+ patches to the Linux Kernel, including fixing microphone support for the Realtek ALC287 codec (merged in v6.13). - Reverse-engineered vendor tools to enable Turbo profile support on Acer Nitro 5 laptops for Linux. - Collaborated with maintainers and learnt to navigate a large-scale open-source project.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Sri Sri Ravishankar vidya mandir

Public links

github: https://github.com/hrideshmg

youtube.com: https://youtube.com/@hrideshmg

hrideshmg.com: https://hrideshmg.com/