Joakim Erdfelt
Co-Owner at Webtide LLC
McAllen, Texas, United States
Summary
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RockstarJoakim Erdfelt is a seasoned back-end engineer and co-owner of Webtide with 19 years of experience building Java web infrastructure. He is a core developer on Eclipse Jetty, the widely used Java web server and servlet container, contributing deep work around HTTP/2 and HTTP/1.1, servlet compliance, URL resource factories, multipart form parsing, and cross‑JDK compatibility. His background blends hands-on system architecture and consulting roles at companies like Intalio and Cingular, enabling him to translate complex protocol and platform requirements into pragmatic, maintainable implementations. Based in McAllen, Texas, he is known for quietly shepherding long-lived codebases through refactors and compatibility work that keep server components interoperable across Java versions.
20 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Swedish
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Github Skills (44)
websocket10
java10
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javas10
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maven10
http-protocol10
jetty10
jsp9
post9
servlet-filter9
web-application9
jersey9
jakarta-ee9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
jetty/jetty.project
Jul 2009 - Jan 2023
Eclipse Jetty® - Web Container & Clients - supports HTTP/2, HTTP/1.1, HTTP/1.0, websocket, servlets, and more
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & System Architect
Back-end Developer & System ArchitectContributions:85 releases, 2861 reviews, 6551 commits in 13 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Joakim primarily contributes to the Eclipse Jetty project by implementing core functionality related to URL resource factories, and implementing changes to facilitate compatibility across different versions of Java Development Kit (JDK) and with the various requirements outlined in the HTTP/2, HTTP/1.1, and servlet specifications. They are also responsible for addressing issues related to multi-part form data parsing, and contributing to the rewrite handling. They are also responsible for maintaining the codebase through a series of refactorings.
j2eeleiningenponylanghttp2-pushmhealth
jetty-project/jetty-test-wars
Mar 2013 - Oct 2020
Jetty :: Test Webapps
Contributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 7 years 8 months
reactjettywebapps
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