Alice Ryhl
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Alice Ryhl is a software engineer at Google with 11 years of experience, based in Copenhagen, who contributes to systems-level Rust projects including the Rust-for-Linux effort. As a long-time maintainer of Tokio, she blends low-level compiler and runtime work with a strong focus on developer experience—improving documentation, tutorials, and usability as well as adding production-grade features like StreamReader. Her contributions span core Rust (compiler flags and soundness fixes), async runtimes, bytes and mio libraries, and practical tooling like CI and sanitizer support, demonstrating both deep technical rigor and attention to reliability. She pairs backend and devops skills with front-end and tutorial work on the Tokio website, making complex async concepts more accessible to users. An alumna of DTU with consistently high grades, she brings a rare mix of systems programming expertise and community-focused maintenance.
11 years of coding experience
Technical University of Denmark
Danish, English
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Github Skills (64)
algorithm10
asynchronous10
algorithms10
javascript10
non-blocking10
numerical10
website-development10
operation10
redis10
async10
testing10
io10
linux-kernel10
networking10
data-structure10
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
tokio-rs/mini-redis
May 2020 - Jun 2022
Incomplete Redis client and server implementation using Tokio - for learning purposes only
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:55 reviews, 15 commits, 51 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Alice contributed to the mini-redis project by addressing minor issues, and enhancing the functionality of the Redis server. They fixed a broken sentence in the server code and simplified the `Subscribe::apply` function, indicating a focus on code quality and clarity. The user also added a blocking client implementation, expanding the project's usability. These contributions suggest involvement in core server logic and client development within a Tokio-based environment.
redisredis-client
tokio-rs/tokio
Jan 2020 - Jan 2023
A runtime for writing reliable asynchronous applications with Rust. Provides I/O, networking, scheduling, timers, ...
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Documentation Specialist
Back-end Developer & Documentation SpecialistContributions:55 releases, 3625 reviews, 366 commits in 3 years
Contributions summary:Alice primarily contributed to improving the documentation of the Tokio project by adding links, improving examples, and providing additional details on the usage of various IO and time functions. They also updated and rewrote the documentation around handles, clarifying runtime usage. Additionally, the user implemented a new `StreamReader` allowing conversion from a stream of chunks of bytes to an `AsyncRead`. Their commits demonstrate a focus on improving the project's usability and making the API more accessible.
non-blockingasynchronousschedulingrustevent-loop
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