Andy Maloney
Owner at FORident Software, Inc.
Canada
Summary
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RockstarAndy Maloney is a Canadian software generalist and founder (Owner, FORident Software) with a formal 13-year track record and independent R&D dating back to 1992. He builds and refactors applied software across diverse domains — from legacy banking and insurance systems and European derivatives trading to forensic analysis, game engines, disaster-restoration field systems, and cognitive modeling — with a strong emphasis on user-centered design and architecture. An active open-source contributor, Andy has modernized and stabilized high-profile C/C++ and Go projects such as OpenCV, Godot, yaml-cpp, whisper.cpp and participle, frequently addressing memory leaks, static-analysis warnings, and API correctness. He combines forensic attention to low-level correctness (nullptr replacements, virtual-destructor fixes, memory and performance tuning) with full-stack instincts demonstrated in UI work on BookWyrm and giu. Curious and domain-driven, he enjoys translating new subject matter into practical, maintainable software — and is known to make good coffee while doing it.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (96)
parserator10
report-builder10
opencv10
godot-410
parser10
python10
image-processing10
ui-components10
c1110
opencv210
godot410
c1710
ui-component10
compression10
windows-gui10
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
assimp/assimp
Feb 2013 - Jan 2023
The official Open-Asset-Importer-Library Repository. Loads 40+ 3D-file-formats into one unified and clean data structure.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 15 PRs, 25 comments in 10 years
Contributions summary:Andy made several code modifications focused on improving the code quality and maintainability of the Assimp library. Their contributions included refactoring code to use pass-by-reference, utilizing initializer lists, and adding missing initializations. They also fixed logging messages and comments, as well as addressed errors and warnings in the COLLADA parser. The user demonstrated expertise in improving the library's internal structure and error handling.
pythonc-plus-plusobjective-cvolume-renderingfbx-exporter
godotengine/godot
Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 46 commits, 47 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Andy contributed to the Godot Engine by adding Python type hints to various Python scripts used in the documentation and build process. They also removed redundant code and updated the code to use f-strings for string formatting. These changes focused on improving code quality, readability, and maintainability within the project's tooling.
godotgamedevgodot-enginegame-development3d-game-engine
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