Anderson Bravalheri
Research Fellow at University of Bristol
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAnderson Bravalheri is a Research Fellow based in Bristol with 14 years of experience bridging telecommunications engineering and back-end software development. He progressed from telecom roles at CPqD to academic research on software-defined networking and network virtualization at the University of Bristol, now focusing on research-led engineering. A pragmatic contributor to prominent open-source projects—including setuptools, Read the Docs, and Ruby’s geocoder gem—he emphasizes configuration flexibility, standards compliance, and maintainable code. His work spans languages and ecosystems (Erlang, Python, Ruby), revealing a talent for improving protocol handling and metadata tooling in widely used projects. Colleagues value his blend of rigorous research mindset and practical engineering craft, often surfacing in clearer versioning, packaging, and configuration solutions.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bacharelado em Engenharia, Engenharia Elétrica e Eletrônica, Certificados de Estudo na Área de Controle, Bacharelado em Engenharia, Engenharia Elétrica e Eletrônica, Certificados de Estudo na Área de Controle at Universidade Estadual de Campinas
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Github Skills (28)
strings10
erlang10
python10
api-design10
django10
setuptools10
testing10
text-manipulation10
packaging10
configuration-management10
smtp10
smtps10
toml10
ruby10
smtpd10
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
pypa/setuptools
Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
Official project repository for the Setuptools build system
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:676 reviews, 1082 commits, 825 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Anderson primarily contributed to the Setuptools project by adding and refining support for handling license files, project metadata, and dynamic configuration in the `pyproject.toml` file. They focused on ensuring that license files and other related information are correctly included in the distribution and that the system is compatible with PEP 639 (license expressions). The user also worked on improving the usability of documentation and fixing related errors.
setuptoolsbuild-system
python-poetry/tomlkit
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
Style-preserving TOML library for Python
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 7 commits, 1 PR in 3 days
Contributions summary:Anderson primarily focused on improving string handling functionalities within the `tomlkit` library. Their contributions include allowing for more control over string types and escaping behavior through API modifications. They implemented new features related to string creation, enhanced escaping mechanisms, and addressed linting issues within the codebase. Additionally, the user fixed bugs and ensured the library's adherence to the TOML specification.
pythontoml
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