Christopher Miles
Nothing at Home
Hangzhou City, Zhejiang, China
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Miles is a self-taught software engineer based in Hangzhou with 14 years of hands-on experience shipping tooling and back-end web features. He prefers Unixy workflows—Linux, Emacs, Org Mode and Lisps like Clojure—and contributes to well-known open-source projects that improve developer ergonomics, including prominent Vim plugins (neocomplcache, indentLine) and the Emacs Application Framework. His contributions span full-stack plugin work, context-aware code completion, customizable editor visuals, and Org Mode integrations, reflecting deep practical knowledge of editor internals and developer UX. After a stint as a back-end developer at a Zhejiang web company, he continues to learn and iterate independently at home, favoring gradual, curiosity-driven improvement over formal credentials.
14 years of coding experience
大学辍学诸暨学勉中学
English, Chinese, Japanese
Stackoverflow
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7answers
22questions
Github Skills (30)
javascript10
package-management10
org-mode10
vimscript10
configuration-management10
autocomplete10
vim-plugin10
pdf-viewer10
vim10
emacs10
elisp10
github9
customisation9
colours9
html8
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
dimitri/el-get
Jul 2014 - Jun 2015
Manage the external elisp bits and pieces upon which you depend!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:36 commits, 23 PRs, 4 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Christopher primarily contributed to the project by adding recipes, which appear to be configurations or definitions for integrating various Emacs packages. These recipes specify package names, descriptions, types (e.g., github, http), and dependencies. The user demonstrates proficiency in Elisp by modifying the recipes and fixing existing ones to ensure the functionality.
elispspacemacsmagitemacsbits
emacs-eaf/emacs-application-framework
May 2020 - Feb 2021
EAF, an extensible framework that revolutionizes the graphical capabilities of Emacs
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 10 PRs, 91 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Christopher primarily contributed to integrating EAF with Org Mode, enhancing its functionality. Their work involved creating new files, modifying existing code to support Org Mode features like link storage and opening, and adding support for various applications. They also focused on refining the interaction between EAF and different applications, including PDF viewer and video players, within the context of Org mode. The user's contributions also included improvements related to overriding and managing PDF links within the system.
webviewactionscripttext-editingbrowserrss-reader
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