Arnold Chand is a versatile software engineer from Trinidad and Tobago with a decade of hands-on experience building web, mobile, and embedded systems. He blends full-stack web work (PHP/WordPress, JavaScript) with low-level firmware and IoT expertise (C/C++ on microcontrollers, Golang microservices, BLE/TCP/IP), reflecting roles from Android IoT developer to systems architect. Currently engineering at Cherami Ltd, he has also contributed meaningful enhancements to the popular dense-analysis/ale Vim/Neovim plugin—adding language-server integrations for PHP, Deno, and Vue—to improve developer tooling. Comfortable across the stack, Arnold pairs academic training in electrical engineering with practical product delivery and version-controlled collaboration. He brings a builder’s mindset rooted in island-born freelance grit and a proven ability to translate hardware constraints into reliable software solutions.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Electrical Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Electrical Engineering at Western Michigan University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Electrical and Computing Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Electrical and Computing Engineering at Andrews University
Check syntax in Vim/Neovim asynchronously and fix files, with Language Server Protocol (LSP) support
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:6 PRs, 14 comments, 4 issues in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Arnold significantly contributed to extending the functionality of the `ale` plugin, which provides asynchronous linting and fixing for Vim and Neovim. Their work focused on integrating language servers for various languages, including PHP, Deno (JavaScript/TypeScript), and Vue (via Volar), demonstrating a focus on expanding language support within the project. The user also addressed bug fixes and added features, such as integrating with volar, to improve the user experience.
Contributions:63 commits, 2 PRs, 27 pushes in 1 month
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