Alessandro Foresi
Software Programmer at EUMETSAT
Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolAlessandro Foresi is a seasoned software programmer with 11+ years of professional experience and a long-standing career at EUMETSAT and Advanced Computer Systems, blending systems, build engineering, and application development. He has deep Unix and DevOps expertise, having improved build systems and CI for large open-source projects like Cataclysm-DDA and contributed full-stack fixes and game-module optimizations to the ACE3 Arma 3 mod. Comfortable across compiler/linker configuration, MSVC/vcpkg integration, and Ninja/Visual Studio environments, he specializes in making complex build environments reproducible and maintainable. Based in Germany, Alessandro pairs hands-on coding with systems administration experience accumulated since the 1990s, enabling him to bridge development and operational concerns effectively. Notably, his open-source contributions reveal a pragmatic focus on tooling and developer experience rather than feature glamour, accelerating real-world collaboration on sizable C++ and scripting codebases.
11 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Istituto Professionale Industria e Artigianato "Ezio Vanoni" Rieti
Italian, English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (22)
c-language10
cmake10
sqf10
scripting-language10
script10
build-automation10
arm10
modx10
cprogramming-language10
msvcrt10
ace10
msbuild9
devops9
windows8
xml6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
acemod/ACE3
Apr 2015 - Dec 2018
Open-source realism mod for Arma 3
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:41 commits, 12 PRs, 9 comments in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Alessandro contributed to the ACE3 mod by addressing bugs, integrating translations, and optimizing code. They corrected an error in an event handler call and merged translation updates. Furthermore, the user made changes to the medical module by removing unnecessary diagnosis elements and updating hit point armor values for soldier classes. This demonstrates proficiency in modifying and maintaining various aspects of the game mod.
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CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA
Mar 2021 - Dec 2022
Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Build & Release Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Build & Release EngineerContributions:44 reviews, 127 commits, 80 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Alessandro primarily focused on improving the build process and environment configuration for the project. They made numerous changes to the MSVC build scripts, including incorporating vcpkg, setting up environment variables, and configuring compiler and linker flags. The user also addressed issues with the Ninja build system and improved the integration with Visual Studio's development environment.
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