Chester Husk
Program Manager at Microsoft
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChester Husk is a Program Manager and seasoned backend/web engineer with 15 years building distributed systems across .NET and Node stacks, currently based in Austin and working at Microsoft. He blends hands-on development (F#, C#, Go, JS, Python) with program-level ownership, having driven SDK, MSBuild, and template engine improvements in core .NET repos. A long-time Ionide maintainer and active contributor to prominent F# projects (dotnet/fsharp, FAKE, Fantomas, Paket, FsAutoComplete), he frequently surfaces cross-platform build and CI improvements that make tooling more reliable. His background ranges from drone tech to security-focused backend roles, and he’s notable for pragmatic automation work—rewriting builds for .NET Core, container-focused SDK enhancements, and enabling cross-platform language service tests. Colleagues see him as a developer-manager who still dives into compiler internals and build pipelines to unblock teams and improve developer experience.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Texas State UniversityBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Austin Community College
Github Skills (77)
nuget10
package-management10
testing10
websocket10
code-completion10
asp-net-core10
language-server-protocol10
asp-net10
build-automation10
netcore10
fsharp10
backend10
astm10
compiler-errors10
dotnet-new10
Programming languages (34)
Github contributions (5)
ionide/ionide-vscode-fsharp
Nov 2015 - Dec 2022
VS Code plugin for F# development
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 105 reviews, 188 commits in 7 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Chester made several contributions to the Ionide-VSCode-FSharp plugin, demonstrating a focus on improving the user experience and integrating new features. Their commits include fixing typos in the FSI output window, updating fable dependency, and adding MSBuild tasks and configuration. The user also addressed issues related to starting the plugin with no editor selected and implemented functionalities for improved Inlay hints. Their work showcases a strong understanding of F# development and VS Code plugin architecture.
editor-pluginfsharpvscodevscode-extensionionide
fsprojects/FSharp.Data
Jun 2017 - Jun 2022
F# Data: Library for Data Access
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 61 commits, 15 PRs in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Chester primarily focused on fixing build breakages and updating dependencies within the project. They also worked on refactoring tests by updating and modifying the codebase. Furthermore, the user addressed casing issues and FSharp.Core references within the C# projects. Their contributions involved modifying build configurations, test files, and core library references, indicating a focus on improving the project's build process and test suite.
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