Adam Lynch
Staff Engineer at Back Of Your Hand
Cork, Ireland
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Top SchoolAdam Lynch is a Staff Engineer and serial founder based in Cork, Ireland, with 13 years of experience building full‑stack web and desktop applications. He blends product leadership and hands‑on engineering, having led CRM and chat products at Teamwork and founded ToDesktop and Back Of Your Hand. Adam is a pragmatic build-and-release specialist with notable open-source contributions to electron-builder, nw-builder and cross-platform auto-launch tooling that improve packaging, signing and multi-OS compatibility. Equally comfortable in front-end tweaks and backend/DevOps fixes, he emphasizes testing, platform-specific edge cases and reliable delivery. Bilingual in English and Gaeilge, he also brings academic teaching experience from UCC and a practical founder’s perspective on turning features into shipped products.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Y CombinatorComputer Science CK401 Computer Science, Computer Science CK401 Computer Science at University College Cork
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Github Skills (41)
javascript10
multiplatform10
electron10
builder-pattern10
testing10
windows10
snap10
linux10
nsis10
cross-platform10
nwjs10
gruntjs10
build-automation10
g10
macos10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
nwutils/nw-builder
Apr 2014 - Oct 2017
Build NW.js applications for Linux, MacOS and Windows
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 releases, 2 reviews, 187 commits in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Adam primarily contributed to the codebase by fixing typos, refactoring code, and improving build processes. They addressed a variety of issues, including fixing platform-specific building errors, updating dependencies, and correcting typos within code comments. Their work involved modifying build configurations and making adjustments to the build process, as well as updating test files.
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Teamwork/node-auto-launch
May 2015 - Dec 2017
Launch applications or executables at login (Mac, Windows, and Linux)
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 71 commits, 25 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Adam primarily focused on expanding the cross-platform compatibility of the application, specifically for Windows and Linux, as indicated by the test suite modifications and platform-specific code additions. They implemented features to support auto-launching on macOS using AppleScript and Launch Agents, alongside Windows registry modifications and Linux desktop entry configurations. Additionally, the user contributed to Electron app support, ensuring compatibility and addressing pathing issues within the auto-launching functionality.
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