Aleksi Sapon
Software Engineer at BuildIT Software & Solutions Ltd.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolAleksi Sapon is a software engineer based in Montreal with 11 years of experience building reliable back-end systems and improving developer tooling. He contributes to high-profile open-source projects such as Sponge (Minecraft server API) where he implemented chunk pre-generation, world management improvements, and core API refactors, and to Microsoft vcpkg where he enhanced build automation and added optional Git LFS support. Comfortable working on both game-engine-style server internals and C++ package infrastructure, he focuses on making complex systems more maintainable and performant. A McGill-educated developer, Aleksi combines deep technical craftsmanship with a pragmatic orientation toward shipping fixes and features that unblock other developers. An under-the-radar strength is his cross-domain fluency—bridging game-platform APIs and build/release engineering to solve infrastructure and tooling gaps.
11 years of coding experience
Distinction, Distinction at McGill University
French, English
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Github Skills (26)
minecraft10
git10
c-language10
lib10
apidoc10
cmake10
spoon10
java10
javas10
pong10
automation10
api10
mixins10
automations10
package-manager10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
SpongePowered/SpongeAPI
Dec 2015 - Oct 2016
A Minecraft plugin API
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:45 commits, 31 PRs, 133 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Aleksi primarily contributed to the SpongeAPI, focusing on enhancing the API's capabilities. Their work involved adding features for pre-generating chunks within world borders, improving the `Direction` class to support cardinal directions more effectively. Further contributions included updating and refactoring core API components, such as using a Division enum, and implementing methods related to intersection, all of which suggest a strong involvement in the core structure and functionality of the API. The user also fixed existing issues with code.
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SpongePowered/Sponge
Dec 2015 - Oct 2016
The SpongeAPI implementation targeting vanilla Minecraft and 3rd party platforms.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:30 commits, 13 PRs, 98 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Aleksi contributed to the SpongeAPI implementation for Minecraft. They fixed build issues and implemented an API for pre-generating chunks inside a world border. Furthermore, the user updated the code to align with API view changes, implemented a view worker API, and made changes to the entity ray implementation. Their work involved modifying core classes and interfaces related to world management and chunk handling.
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