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# Vedant Kulkarni



## About Me



I am an undergraduate computer science student at

[IIIT Hyderabad](https://www.iiit.ac.in). I have contributed 400+ issues/PRs

across 30+ repositories over the past eight years - starting with my first PR

for Google Code-In in 2018, to working with MIT Media Lab's Large Population

Models (LPM) team on their [AgentTorch](https://lpm.media.mit.edu/docs) project

for differentiable agent based learning in April 2024, and most recently with

Google Deepmind to

[extend and benchmark function calling in the Gemma 3 family of models](https://gamemaker1.github.io/projects/offline-function-calling)

since May 2025.



I am the co-maintainer for the popular node.js libraries

[express-rate-limit](#express-rate-limit) and

[express-slow-down](#express-slow-down) used to shield servers from DDOS

attacks, contributor to [vercel/serve](#vercelserve),

[Refined Github](#refined-github), [FPM](#jordansisselfpm),

[Beckn](https://github.com/beckn),

[Sunbird Registries and Credentials](#sunbird-rc), and have created projects

such as [Dabbu](#dabbu-knowledge-platform) (a knowledge platform),

[office-text-extractor](#office-text-extractor), as well as [yeet](#yeet) (a

package manager for Arch Linux), amongst others. I co-created and currently

maintain the [Mess Portal](https://mess.iiit.ac.in) and associated systems at

IIIT Hyderabad. I participated in the national ONDC Grand Hackathon in 2022 and

my team won a special mention award. I was also invited to give a talk titled 'A

12 Grader's Journey to Opensource Contribution via Sunbird and Beckn' at the

[Sunbird DPG Tech Fusion Conference](https://lu.ma/kinhufit) in 2024.



## Projects That I Maintain



#### [express-rate-limit](https://github.com/express-rate-limit/express-rate-limit)



> _3.2k stars, 36M dl/month_

> ([list of authored pull requests](https://github.com/express-rate-limit/express-rate-limit/pulls?q=author%3Agamemaker1))



Rewrote the library in Typescript, created the modern store interface and

continue to maintain it alongside [@nfriedly](https://github.com/nfriedly), the

original author. Help in maintaining 7 out of the 8

[stores written for the library](https://express-rate-limit.mintlify.app/reference/stores),

and

[helped rewrite](https://github.com/express-rate-limit/express-rate-limit/pull/378)

the default memory store to make it more memory-efficient.



---



#### [express-slow-down](https://github.com/express-rate-limit/express-rate-limit)



> _300+ stars, 206k dl/month_



Helped with the rewrite in Typescript, and achieving feature parity with

express-rate-limit. I continue to maintain it alongside

[@nfriedly](https://github.com/nfriedly), the original author.



---



#### [agent-torch](https://github.com/AgentTorch/AgentTorch)



> part of the Large Population Models project by MIT Media Lab



Created a custom model using the framework to simulate movement of predator and

prey on a map of Central Park, NY. Also added a feature that allows for easier

declaration of substeps using decorators.



Currently working on improving the Python API, creating interactive simulations

for various use cases such as solar panel adoption, zoning policy, as well as

integrating it with Beckn.



## Projects That I Have Contributed To



#### [vercel/serve](https://github.com/vercel/serve)



> _9.8k stars, 45M dl/month_

> ([5 merged pull requests](https://github.com/vercel/serve/pulls?q=author%3Agamemaker1))



Refactored the library, added tests, and transitioned to ESM + Typescript.



---



#### [refined-github](https://github.com/refined-github/refined-github)



> _30.1k stars, 80k+ users_

> ([14 merged pull requests](https://github.com/refined-github/refined-github/pulls?q=author%3Agamemaker1))



Contributed to 8 popular features, including useful-not-found-page,

restore-file, quick-comment-edit, linkify-code and forked-to.



---



#### [jordansissel/fpm](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm)



> _11.4k stars_

> ([1 merged pull request](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/pulls?q=author%3Agamemaker1))



Restructured the documentation, rewrote parts of the installation page, added a

getting started page, tutorials and examples, as well as a CLI flags reference

page.



---



#### [timocov/dts-bundle-generator](https://github.com/timocov/dts-bundle-generator)



> _850+ stars, 910k dl/month_

> ([1 merged pull request](https://github.com/timocov/dts-bundle-generator/pulls?q=author%3Agamemaker1))



Fixed a bug where the library does not export-default an expression when

re-exporting the default export from another file.



---



#### [alexandergrooff/mermaid-ascii](https://github.com/alexandergrooff/mermaid-ascii)



> _380+ stars_

> ([1 merged pull request](https://github.com/alexandergrooff/mermaid-ascii/pulls?q=author%3Agamemaker1))



Fixed a bug where the rendered diagram is printed twice in the terminal.



---



#### [ekondis/mixbench](https://github.com/ekondis/mixbench)



> _440+ stars_

> ([2 merged pull requests](https://github.com/ekondis/mixbench/pulls?q=author%3Agamemaker1))



Modified the build process so that it auto-detects and builds the executable for

the installed CUDA version, and updated the code to compile and run with CUDA

13.0.



---



#### [flutter/flutter](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm)



> _160k stars_

> ([1 pull request](https://github.com/flutter/flutter/pulls?q=author%3Agamemaker1))



Added a host validation check to the flutter doctor tool.



---



#### [sunbird-rc](https://github.com/sunbird-rc/sunbird-rc-core)



> ([15 pull requests](https://github.com/search?q=involves%3Agamemaker1+org%3Asunbird-rc&type=pullrequests))



Documented process of creating and working with registeries, and created the

[registry-cli](https://npm.im/registry-cli) package to spin up a registry

quickly and easily.



Submitted various RFCs

([1](https://github.com/gamemaker1/electronic-registry-spec),

[2](https://github.com/orgs/Sunbird-RC/discussions/98),

[3](https://github.com/orgs/Sunbird-RC/discussions/99),

[4](https://github.com/Sunbird-RC/community/issues/103)) to improve the project.



---



#### [thecodrr/crayon](https://github.com/thecodrr/crayon)



> _50+ stars_

> ([1 merged pull request](https://github.com/thecodrr/crayon/pulls?q=author%3Agamemaker1))



Updated the library to work with the latest version of V.



---



#### [kiranwells/micro-nord-tc-colors](https://github.com/kiranwells/micro-nord-tc-colors)



> _30+ stars_

> ([1 merged pull request](https://github.com/kiranwells/micro-nord-tc-colors/pulls?q=author%3Agamemaker1))



Added installation guide to the readme.



---



#### [zyedidia/micro](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro)



> _23.7k stars_

> ([1 pull request](https://github.com/micro-editor/plugin-channel/pull/82))



Created a script to automate adding plugins to the official channel.



## Projects That I Have Created



#### [offline-function-calling](https://offline-function-calling.github.io)



> ([contributions](./projects/offline-function-calling))



This project was started as part of my

[Google Summer of Code 2025 project with Google DeepMind](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2025/projects/rexKK7eu).

The primary goal was to explore, extend, and document the function calling

capabilities of the Gemma model family, This effort included benchmarking and

writing tutorials and cookbooks for developers working with offline models like

Gemma 3.



Over 12 weeks, the project progressed from

[simple initial experiments](https://github.com/gamemaker1/gemma3-function-calling-experiments)

to creating a

[comprehensive benchmarking suite](https://github.com/offline-function-calling/benchmarks),

to the development of a

[function calling SDK](https://github.com/offline-function-calling/sdk) and a

[command-line interface](https://github.com/offline-function-calling/cli) not

unlike the Gemini CLI. This effort included writing and refining

[tutorials](https://github.com/offline-function-calling/sdk/tree/main/docs/learn),

designing and running

[benchmarks](https://github.com/offline-function-calling/benchmarks), and

ongoing efforts to support function calling via the Ollama API in Gemma 3. The

goal was to push the boundaries of function calling with offline, open-source

models like Gemma 3, and create tools and resources to help developers get

started with it.



---



#### [dabbu-knowledge-platform](https://github.com/dabbu-knowledge-platform/cli)



> ([website](https://dabbu-knowledge-platform.github.io))



The Dabbu Knowledge Platform was created with an aim to rethink the way we

organize and traverse large amounts of knowledge, no matter where it is stored.

Dabbu allows you to access any of your personal information (Gmail, Google

Drive, OneDrive, your hard drive, etc.) as simple files and folders from the

Dabbu CLI.



You can also go into the knowledge drive where you can pivot information by

topics/people/places. For example, `k:/$ cd austin` will return you all your

information from Gmail, GDrive, OneDrive that has a reference to the place

Austin. You can further narrow your search by running

`k:/austin$ cd ravi@example.com`. This would show you all emails and files that

are related to Austin and from/to ravi@example.com.



The feature that allows you to organise/search your files based on topics in the

files' text, uses the Latent Dirichlet Algorithm to extract the topics. In the

future, I'd like to generate a one-pager/summary related to a certain set of

topics/places/people. For example, `k:/austin/ravi@example.com$ one-pager`

should give me a neatly organized one pager of all Austin related things I have

discussed with ravi@example.com. This could be tackled using small AI models, or

simple natural language processing.



---



#### [verifiable-presentation/generation-service](https://github.com/verifiable-presentation/spec)



> ([reference impl](https://github.com/verifiable-presentation/impl))



The specification and minimal reference implementation for a plugin-based

service that allows issuers to render verifiable presentations, based on the

[W3C verifiable credential specification](https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model)

from templates, and store it in a queryable database for holders to

list/retrieve.



---



#### [office-text-extractor](https://github.com/gamemaker1/office-text-extractor)



Yet another library to extract text from docx, pptx, xlsx, and pdf files. What

sets it apart is that it parses files based on their mime types, and not their

file extensions. It does not spawn a child process to use a tool installed on

the device, and it reads and returns text from the file if it contains plain

text.



While the parsers for pdf, docx, and xlsx files use popular libraries, the

parser for pptx files is written and maintained by me.



---



#### [yeet](https://github.com/gamemaker1/yeet)



A minimalistic pacman wrapper written in bash.



---



#### [bak](https://github.com/gamemaker1/bak)



A minimalistic backup tool written in bash.



---



#### [tau](https://github.com/gamemaker1/tau)



tiny, adorable urls: a url shortener, written in python using flask and sqlite3.



---



#### [http-negotiator](https://github.com/gamemaker1/http-negotiator)



A HTTP content negotiator for V that allows you to parse the Accept header of an

HTTP request and get the preferred response media type specified by the client.



---



#### [micro-plugin-prettier](https://github.com/gamemaker1/micro-plugin-prettier) and [micro-plugin-xo](https://github.com/gamemaker1/micro-plugin-xo)



Plugins to format and lint code using [Prettier](https://prettier.io) and

[XO](https://github.com/xojs/xo) for my favourite editor,

[Micro](https://micro-editor.github.io).



---



#### [subtitle-translator](https://github.com/gamemaker1/subtitle-translator)



A python that uses Deeplator to translate subtitles in .srt files to and from

six different languages. This project was one of my first open source projects,

and my submission to Google Code-In in 2018.



## Areas of Interest



The following are topics I would like to research in the near future.



- Explanability of AI models

- Causal information extraction, and creating knowledge graphs

- Security of AI models during training or inference

- Scaling model size down while keeping their capabilities intact

- Sustainable AI, running inference on edge TPUs and CPUs



The following are areas that I have previously explored and really loved:



- Building custom ROMs for Android phones (compiled LineageOS succesfully for my

  own phone)

- Playing around with low level languages to better understand how the computer

  works (followed tutorials to write a kernel in assembly and rust)

- Multimodal tool/function calling with LLM agents, and benchmarking the

  function calling capabilities of different model sizes and quantizations (did

  this as part of my GSoC project)

- Agent based modelling involving LLMs (worked on applications of this as part

  of my work on AgentTorch)