Andrew Martin
Software Developer at Layer 3 Communications
Cumming, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolAndrew Martin is a software developer with 12 years of experience, based in Cumming, Georgia, currently building back-end systems at Layer 3 Communications. He has deep practical expertise in Haskell, contributing substantial enhancements to major open-source projects including aeson, Yesod, GHC, and Opaleye—work that ranges from JSON key serialization and form parsing improvements to compiler proposal docs and query operators. His background spans web development and research, including building plugins and robotics routines during his time at Georgia Tech, which reflects a habit of bridging theory and practical implementation. Known for improving type safety and reducing duplication in complex codebases, he brings a detail-oriented, systems-level mindset to developer tooling and libraries. He combines formal CS training from Georgia Tech with hands-on production experience across startups and established projects. An understated strength is his ability to document and communicate complex language and compiler changes clearly, making deep technical changes more accessible to other contributors.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyNorth Forsyth High School
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Github Skills (30)
json10
lib10
yesod10
data-serialization10
type-safety10
forms10
data-structure10
serialization10
use-form10
compiler-design10
sql10
ghc10
data-structures10
web-framework10
functional-programming10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
haskell/aeson
May 2016 - Sep 2018
A fast Haskell JSON library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:21 commits, 9 PRs, 93 comments in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily contributed to the `aeson` library, a Haskell JSON library. Their work centered around enhancing the library's key serialization capabilities, adding new instances for `ToJSONKey` and `FromJSONKey`, and fixing related bugs. These changes included adding instances for common data types like `Bool`, `Char`, `Int`, and tuples, thereby expanding the library's functionality for handling JSON data. The user also added instances for various array types from primitive.
haskelljson-libraryservanthackagejson
ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals
Dec 2017 - Nov 2019
Proposed compiler and language changes for GHC and GHC/Haskell
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:24 commits, 6 PRs, 131 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Andrew's contributions primarily involve authoring and refining documentation related to proposed compiler and language changes for GHC and GHC/Haskell. Their work includes creating and modifying proposal documents, clarifying technical details, and updating sections like "Costs and Drawbacks" and "Effects and Interactions". The commits demonstrate a focus on detailing the functionality of unboxed newtypes, unlifted arrays, and pointer representations, with a clear aim of documenting new features and their impact.
language-changesghchaskellcabalcompiler
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