Hudson Akridge
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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RockstarHudson Akridge is a director-level engineering leader and hands-on software engineer with 16 years building large, maintainable domain-driven systems across .NET, AWS, Elasticsearch and microservices. He leads innovation at Cox Automotive's Runway team while still contributing code, bridging director responsibilities with individual-contributor craftsmanship. An active open-source contributor to the well-known Fluent NHibernate project, his commits improved core mapping, lazy-loading and driver/config handling—evidence of deep ORM and persistence expertise. Hudson also spans adjacent fields from AngularJS front-ends to Unity3D game work and analytics platforms, comfortable switching between enterprise architectures and game-engine performance tradeoffs. Based in Littleton, Colorado, he favors pragmatic cutting-edge solutions that prioritize long-term maintainability over novelty.
16 years of coding experience
Github Skills (12)
mappings10
fluentnhibernate10
c-sharp10
orm10
fluent-api10
csharp10
nhibernate10
dotnet-core10
database9
database-connection9
server-configuration9
databases9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
nhibernate/fluent-nhibernate
Apr 2009 - Sep 2020
Fluent NHibernate!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:41 commits, 2 PRs, 2 comments in 11 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Hudson's commits primarily focus on enhancing the Fluent NHibernate library, a C# ORM. They added features like support for `<any>` mappings, added functionality for concrete base types in AutoMapper, and improved ordering of elements during mapping output. Furthermore, they addressed issues concerning unsaved values and improved the correct setting of ManyToOne attributes for lazy loading and nullability, showcasing a deep understanding of the library's inner workings. They also refined database configuration aspects, ensuring proper driver settings and connection string handling.
dotnetc-sharpnhibernatecsharpfluent-nhibernate
HudsonAkridge/WigglyWizards_GameJam
Aug 2024 - Aug 2024
Contributions:3 PRs, 54 pushes, 12 branches in 9 days
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