About Vraj Shiroya
Open-Source Developer, AI Engineer & Cybersecurity Researcher
Vraj Shiroya is a software developer, open-source contributor, and AI-focused builder from Gujarat, India. He develops software products, AI-powered applications, developer tools, and experiments across intelligent systems and cybersecurity.
1. Verified Open-Source Contributions
Real pull requests submitted to upstream open-source repositories:
- google/artemis PR #186: Normalized message part order for Vertex AI Gemini tool turns (fixes #156). Complying with Google Vertex AI Gemini conversational turn specifications.
- vercel/swr PR #4362: Avoid redundant _k cache write on mount. Improved cache mutation lifecycle in React/Next.js data-fetching runtime.
- ollama/ollama-vscode PR #91: Show thinking settings in Ollama: Diagnose Models (closes #81). Displayed thinking settings and improved long chat stream error handling.
Explore all open-source contributions by Vraj Shiroya on GitHub (@VG31OP) →
2. AI Development & Intelligent Systems
As a Google Gemini Student Ambassador, Vraj conducts developer demonstrations, explores multimodal Gemini API applications, and advances understanding of structured tool use, system instruction engineering, and LLM turn normalization. He also engineered BgZero (bgzero.shiroya.in), executing computer vision image segmentation directly in client memory without external server uploads.
3. Cybersecurity Research & Privacy Architecture
Vraj Shiroya focuses on defensive privacy architecture, secure protocols, and client-side sandboxing. His work includes client-side zero-storage sandboxing across the Shiroya Tool Lab, WebRTC DTLS direct device streaming in Drop (drop.shiroya.in), bandwidth bonding research in Network-Speed-Combiner, and academic coursework in Network Security at Gujarat Technological University.
4. Software Products & Repositories
- Drop (VG31OP/drop): WebRTC peer-to-peer encrypted file sharing with zero cloud storage.
- BgZero (VG31OP/BGZero): In-browser AI image background remover and compressor.
- Web Shiroya (VG31OP/web-installer): Self-hosted website crawler and source downloader packaging assets into downloadable ZIP archives.
- Network-Speed-Combiner: Desktop download manager splitting file downloads across concurrent network interfaces.
- PDF Tools: In-memory browser PDF manipulation suite.
- VG31OP/shiroya.in: Platform source code and kinetic UI.
5. Education & Verified Credentials
- B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering — Gujarat Technological University (GTU), India.
- Google Gemini Student Ambassador — Google Developer Community.
- Founder — Orbitra Solution.
6. Connect
Email: vraj@shiroya.in | GitHub: @VG31OP | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/vrajshiroya