Brian Decker
Software Engineer at IBM
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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RockstarBrian Decker is a seasoned software engineer based in Minneapolis with eight years of professional experience and a long-standing role at IBM. He focuses on backend development, contributing to high-profile open source projects like Open Liberty where he has improved Java EE compatibility by porting and hardening tests around interceptors and AroundTimeout behavior. Comfortable working within complex application server internals, he brings a pragmatic approach to test-driven development and configuration refinement. Colleagues can expect a dependable engineer who pairs enterprise-scale discipline with hands-on contributions to open source infrastructure.
8 years of coding experience
Github Skills (9)
javaee10
appserver10
javas10
interceptor10
junit10
application-server10
openliberty10
java10
testing10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
OpenLiberty/open-liberty
Jan 2018 - Oct 2021
Open Liberty is a highly composable, fast to start, dynamic application server runtime environment
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:106 reviews, 64 commits, 44 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Brian's commits primarily involve porting and adding tests related to interceptors and around timeout functionality within the Open Liberty application server. These contributions include adapting existing tests from other environments to the Open Liberty framework, specifically focusing on Java EE 8 compatibility and handling various scenarios with and without exception handling in AroundTimeout methods. The user also addresses configuration issues and refines existing test cases. Furthermore, the user added explicit validation to several tests related to the application server.
open-libertyruntimelibertycomposableruntime-environment
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