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giteshsarvaiya

Software Engineer

@giteshsarvaiya Chhattisgarh, IND joined Jun 2026

giteshsarvaiya.com github.com/giteshsarvaiya Slack: @Gitesh Sarvaiya
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    Bio

    I am a fullstack software engineer with specialization in Realtime Collaboration (RTC) apps.

    Checkout r/buildrealtime (subreddit), created by me for RTC, CRDT, OT, Distributed Systems, Local Sync, Sync Engine enthusiasts building/researching in this space.

    Interests

    RTC, Gutenberg, WordPress Editor, Community Building

    WordPress Origin Story

    I found my way to WordPress while building RTC applications and systems on my own.

    Current Job

    Software Engineer
    Present

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

    Last 30 days
    12contributions
    high1
    medium11
    score14
    Last 90 days
    12contributions
    high1
    medium11
    score14
    Last 12 months
    12contributions
    high1
    medium11
    score14

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    Time commitment

    10 hours per week
    • On my own time 10 hrs/wk

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 17 Fri · 16:41
    Core high
    Pull request #79685 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    RTC: Use requestAnimationFrame for awareness cursor resize redraws
    Jul 13 Mon · 12:30
    Core med
    Closed pull request #80181 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Fix misplaced @ts-expect-error in PreferencesModalTabs
    Jul 13 Mon · 11:23
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #80181 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Fix misplaced @ts-expect-error in PreferencesModalTabs
    Jul 08 Wed · 16:27
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #80011 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    RTC: Preserve unsaved blocks when reconciling a persisted CRDT doc
    Jul 08 Wed · 13:38
    Core med
    Created issue #80004 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    RTC: restoring a server-side autosave duplicates block content instead of merging it
    Jul 05 Sun · 15:21
    Core med
    Created issue #79869 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Details block is not reliably deleted via Backspace/Delete when selected as a…
    Jul 05 Sun · 13:28
    Core med
    Created issue #79868 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Collaborator presence doesn't distinguish multiple sessions of the same account (e.g. two…
    Jul 05 Sun · 12:42
    Core med
    Created issue #79867 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Collaborator selection awareness overlay disappears entirely when the first or last block…
    Jul 03 Fri · 10:44
    Core med
    Created issue #79847 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Improve collaborator awareness indicator placement to avoid obscuring text
    Jul 02 Thu · 21:45
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79836 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Fix/79643 rtc awareness mixed block selection