Bill Abt
Open Source Developer at Freelance
Brookline, New Hampshire, Other
Summary
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RockstarBill Abt is an experienced open source developer and former senior consulting design engineer with over 40 years in software development, including 20 years architecting and leading projects on Apple platforms. Based in Brookline, New Hampshire, he combines deep systems-level expertise in C, C++, Objective-C and Swift with hands-on contributions to projects like Kitura/BlueSocket, where he improved socket reliability, tests, and cross-platform compatibility. A longtime mentor and the primary Apple expertise contact at IBM, he now focuses on Apple-platform open source work both to stay current and because he finds it enjoyable, while remaining open to short-term contracts. His career blends legacy systems experience from Wang Laboratories through enterprise-scale consulting at IBM with a pragmatic, test-driven approach to modern Swift development.
10 years of coding experience
37 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (10)
macos10
swift10
socket10
networking10
testing9
linux9
xcode6
kitura6
ios6
iphone6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Kitura/BlueSocket
Feb 2016 - Nov 2019
Socket framework for Swift using the Swift Package Manager. Works on iOS, macOS, and Linux.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 releases, 250 commits, 65 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Bill primarily contributed to the `bluesocket` repository by addressing socket-related issues and making minor style improvements. Their work involved fixing datagram handling interruptions and rolling back fd_set extension changes. The user also implemented and improved tests to ensure correct functionality, including testing for readable and writable states. Further contributions included documentation updates and adjustments for API compatibility and architecture concerns.
swift-package-managersocketswift-packagelinuxnetworking
Kitura/BlueSSLService
May 2016 - Nov 2019
SSL/TLS Add-in for BlueSocket using Secure Transport and OpenSSL
Contributions:19 releases, 235 commits, 39 PRs in 3 years 6 months
securesocketsslsecuritylinux
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