Blake Niemyjski
Principal Software Engineer at CodeSmith Tools
Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolBlake Niemyjski is a Principal Software Engineer and open source architect with 18 years of experience building reliable .NET systems and improving developer tooling. Based in Wisconsin, he currently leads architecture and delivery at SlideRoom while also serving in leadership at CodeSmith Tools, blending hands-on engineering with product and support experience. A Microsoft MVP and prolific open-source contributor, Blake has improved core .NET clients and back-end services for notable projects like Exceptionless and the Elasticsearch .NET client, focusing on performance, packaging, and cross-platform compatibility. He spans full-stack work—from front-end improvements in Chart.js and Angular dialog UX to backend fixes in OAuth2 and TinyIoC—demonstrating pragmatic attention to interoperability and build systems. Outside of software he’s a beekeeper and private pilot, a combination that reflects his methodical troubleshooting mindset and appetite for continuous learning. Practical, curious, and detail-oriented, Blake excels at turning edge-case fixes into long-term reliability gains for developer-facing platforms.
17 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BSBA Business Administration Management, BSBA Business Administration Management at University of Wisconsin-PlattevilleAAS Mathematics Computer Science, AAS Mathematics Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Richland
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (55)
nuget10
error-reporting10
javascript10
preprocessing10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
preprocess10
css10
net10
c-preprocessor10
dotnet10
asp-net-core10
ui-design10
chartjs10
netstandard10
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
exceptionless/Exceptionless
Feb 2014 - Jun 2022
Exceptionless application
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:53 releases, 79 reviews, 3145 commits in 8 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Blake primarily worked on back-end development tasks within the Exceptionless application. Their contributions included backporting performance changes related to heartbeats within the EventController. Furthermore, they fixed routing issues within the API and made modifications to usage statistics, including reducing the retention period of hourly usage stats and adding new work items to remove old usage stats. These changes demonstrate their focus on improving performance, fixing bugs, and managing data retention.
bug-tracking-toolerror-monitoringwcfloggingc-sharp
exceptionless/Exceptionless.Net
Mar 2015 - May 2022
Exceptionless clients for the .NET platform
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:44 releases, 46 reviews, 621 commits in 7 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Blake primarily worked on the .NET client for the Exceptionless platform. Their contributions focused on build and package management, with changes to PowerShell scripts for creating and deploying NuGet packages. The user also fixed bugs related to handling exceptions, including updates to the core and framework extension components. Furthermore, the user added new functionality to support session management within the .NET client.
wcfloggingc-sharpexceptionswpf
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