Daniel Boulet
Geek Emeritus at Obtuse Systems Corporation
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Top SchoolDaniel Boulet is a seasoned software engineer and architect with over 40 years in software development and a deep specialty in distributed systems, OS kernel hacking, concurrency, and high-performance Unix/Linux/Java environments. Based in Winnipeg, he has held senior technical and leadership roles from research scientist and architect positions to founding consultancy work, and currently serves as Geek Emeritus at Obtuse Systems. He blends hands-on low-level systems expertise with practical front-end sensibilities—evidenced by contributions improving Backdrop CMS admin-bar performance and user experience. A Freeman of the City of London, Daniel pairs academic lecturing experience with industry rigour to deliver highly available, scalable solutions and clean, maintainable code.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Honours), BSc (Honours) at University of AlbertaOlds Junior Senior High School
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Github Skills (8)
ajax10
css10
backdrop10
responsive-design10
cms10
javascript10
php9
html7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
backdrop/backdrop
Jan 2014 - May 2016
Backdrop core code repository.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 9 PRs, 7 comments in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Daniel focused on optimizing the Backdrop CMS admin bar's performance and user experience. They improved responsiveness by adjusting the admin bar's behavior on page load and window resize, and also prevented page content from jumping during loading. The user addressed issues related to the admin bar's rendering and caching, including sending AJAX requests earlier and caching responses. Additionally, they made several code cleanups by removing unused code, and reorganizing existing functionality.
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dboulet/Gecka-Terms-Ordering
Oct 2015 - Jan 2020
Allow to order any taxonomy term in Wordpress
Contributions:1 push, 5 branches in 4 years 3 months
wordpressphpwordpress-plugintaxonomyterm
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