Chris Talkington
Springfield, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Talkington is a pragmatic senior software engineer and founder with 14 years of web development experience, specializing in PHP, Laravel, WordPress, and backend systems. He has led engineering teams as a Technical Lead at Brado and shipped enterprise web solutions at MWI, after running his own web startup while studying microcomputer programming. A hands-on tinkerer and active open-source contributor, he improved the widely used grunt-contrib-copy plugin and added robust Jellyfin integration features to the Home Assistant core. Chris combines startup grit with institutional delivery, comfortable refactoring build processes, adding tests, and implementing persistent device integrations. Based in Springfield, Illinois, he donates significant free time to OSS and continually explores new challenges across the full stack.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate of Microcomputer Programming, Certificate of Microcomputer Programming at Lincoln Land Community College
English
Github Skills (18)
javascript10
file-management10
python10
asyncio10
gruntjs10
jellyfin10
g10
home-assistant10
nodejs10
testing9
unit-testing9
internet-of-things9
automation9
iot9
home-automation9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
gruntjs/grunt-contrib-copy
Sep 2012 - Jan 2013
Copy files and folders.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 2 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Chris focused on refactoring and improving the `grunt-contrib-copy` Grunt plugin. Their contributions included fixing bugs, adding support for new features such as copying empty directories and single files, and converting the project to Grunt v0.4 conventions. The changes involved modifying the build process, testing framework, and plugin's core functionality, improving the plugin's overall usability and efficiency.
copy-files
home-assistant/core
Feb 2020 - Oct 2022
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:750 reviews, 252 commits, 685 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the Home Assistant core, specifically focusing on the Jellyfin integration. Their work involved implementing persistent device IDs for Jellyfin requests, which included modifications to config flow tests and other related files. Furthermore, they added new tests for Jellyfin initialization and enhanced the client information reported to Jellyfin. They also added sensor platform to Jellyfin to monitor watching sessions.
raspberry-pipythonhouseprivacy-firstasyncio
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