Alexander Brevig
Systems Architect at BitWave AS
Oslo, Norway
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Top SchoolAlexander Brevig is a systems architect and polyglot developer based in Oslo with 14 years of experience building embedded systems, IoT platforms, and developer tools from concept to production. He blends hands-on firmware and electronics engineering with higher-level architecture, consulting at Stolt IT while running BitWave and co-founding Sensee to deliver sensor-driven solutions and products. An active open-source contributor, he has enhanced notable projects like the Helix modal editor and the Espruino JavaScript interpreter, adding language support and core runtime fixes that improve developer ergonomics and concurrency. Trained in AI and programming technology, he favors pragmatic tooling and clean design patterns—approaching engineering with a musician’s sensibility for craft, iteration and how a solution should “feel” after scrutiny.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Maths, Physics and Chemistry, Maths, Physics and Chemistry at NUVS High SchoolBachelor Of Programming Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Bachelor Of Programming Technology, Artificial Intelligence at Norges Informasjonsteknologiske Høgskole (NITH)
Norwegian, English, Norwegian
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Github Skills (25)
javascript10
c-language10
text-editor10
c1110
c1710
lang10
kakoune10
sys10
embedded10
rust10
cprogramming-language10
arduino10
gforth9
git9
build-automation9
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
WiringProject/Wiring
Dec 2011 - Jul 2016
Wiring Framework
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 3 PRs, 3 pushes in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily contributed to the Wiring Framework, focusing on libraries related to hardware interaction and embedded systems. Their work included modifying the Button library for improved functionality and adding contributions for multipress API. They also updated the Keypad library by deprecating old methods, adding new ones and fixing compilation errors. Further, they contributed code related to MenuBackend and EEPROMVar libraries.
frameworkwiring
helix-editor/helix
Jul 2022 - Dec 2022
A post-modern modal text editor.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer (with strong focus on Editor Functionality & Language Support)
Full-stack Developer (with strong focus on Editor Functionality & Language Support)Contributions:67 reviews, 10 commits, 86 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Alexander made a series of contributions primarily focused on enhancing the Helix editor's functionality and supporting new programming languages. This involved implementing Elvish and Forth language completions and adding the Typst language. The user also refactored and improved the themelint tool, and addressed a concurrency issue in the terminal handling. Furthermore, they contributed to the OCaml syntax highlighting.
text-editorvimrustkakoune
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