Stanford Code in Place
Led a 10-15 student remote section for Stanford Code in Place, walking Python from problem statement to readable code. Main focus on making decisions under uncertainty and treating bugs as information, not just perfect syntax.
HARSH
KUMAR
Building production RAG systems that ship reliably, fail gracefully, and behave predictably under real load.
According to official records*, I am a software engineer based in Redmond, WA.
Just another Not your typical backend developer.
Known to colleagues for:
- production RAG systemsthat actually work
- fault-tolerant architecturebecause failures happen
- thinking in systemsnot just code
I care more about how things break than how they look in the demo*.
* Yes, this is true.
Currently accepting interesting problems and strong coffee.
I teach
Still learning, sometimes from the front of the room. These days that means a small Code in Place section on Zoom; earlier, it meant classrooms at ASU where the goal was to make web dev, algorithms, Git, and beginner CS less intimidating.
Software Developers Association (SoDA), ASU
As Technical Development Director for SoDA, I led a team of 5 to design and run weekly workshops for 90-100 ASU students - competitive programming, web dev, interview prep, tooling, beginner CS - and ran live coding sessions for our Leetcode meetings. I also spearheaded the 2022 Annual Coding Bootcamp, a 2-hour hands-on seminar in Kotlin, XML, and Android Studio for 150 participants, where 92% successfully built and deployed their first Android app."
* When not debugging, probably listening to:
Recently played
Put It In This Fist
Hiroaki Tsutsumi
** Or silence. Debugging requires silence.