Alfonso González
Cofundador at Psyches Media
Atlántico, Colombia
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Top SchoolAlfonso González is a seasoned software developer and cofounder with 17 years of experience specializing in .NET and Free Software. He authors the Theraot Libraries (backports for .NET) and created the young PHP framework Paladio, blending pragmatic engineering with ecosystem-minded tooling. His open-source contributions include performance and correctness improvements to Mono’s BigInteger and substantive bug fixes and tests for the widely used Godot game engine, showing strength in numerical libraries and cross-platform robustness. Based in Atlántico, Colombia, he pairs systems engineering and computer security training with hands-on backend development. Colleagues know him for quietly improving critical runtime behavior and for shipping focused, test-driven enhancements that punch above their size.
17 years of coding experience
Computer Security Specialist, Systems Engineering, Computer Security Specialist, Systems Engineering at Corporación Universitaria AmericanaEngineer's degree, Systems Engineering, Engineer's degree, Systems Engineering at Fundación Universitaria San Martín
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
godotengine/godot
Aug 2021 - Mar 2022
Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Tester
Backend Developer & TesterContributions:24 reviews, 7 commits, 16 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Alfonso primarily contributed to the Godot Engine by fixing bugs and enhancing existing functionality. They addressed issues related to Windows-specific path handling, expanding tests for various path functions, and adding an optional parameter to the AStar2D methods. The user also made adjustments to the GLTFSkin binding and improved code related to validating identifiers and onready variables. This demonstrates a focus on code quality, functionality improvements, and ensuring the engine's robustness.
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mono/mono
Mar 2014 - Mar 2014
Mono open source ECMA CLI, C# and .NET implementation.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Alfonso primarily focused on improving the `BigInteger` implementation within the Mono project. Their contributions included adding new helper methods like `LeadingZeroCount`, optimizing casting operations to `double` and `float`, and integrating comprehensive test cases to validate these conversions. Furthermore, the user refactored the casting to floating-point numbers using a custom `BuildDouble` method, leading to performance enhancements. This work directly impacts the numerical capabilities of the .NET runtime.
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