Daniel Holth
Web & Embedded Software Engineer at Exactech
Gainesville, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Holth is a seasoned Web & Embedded Software Engineer with 24 years of experience building reliable web systems and low-level firmware, currently based in Gainesville, Florida and long-tenured at Exactech. He blends Python-backed web development and DevOps experience with hands-on embedded C++ work for STM32 microcontrollers, demonstrating comfort across application, systems, and hardware layers. His open-source contributions include important plumbing for the Python packaging ecosystem—improvements to pip, wheel, and setuptools—and practical fixes to conda, reflecting deep familiarity with packaging, distribution, and environment management. Known for modernizing legacy workflows and improving compatibility (for example enabling wheel support and older Git compatibility in pip), he thrives on making complex systems more robust and maintainable.
24 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science, Computer Science, Bachelors of Science, Computer Science at Stetson UniversityDiploma, Diploma at Sebring High School
English, Spanish
Github Skills (33)
real-time-clock10
dependency-management10
json10
c-language10
package-management10
python10
dma10
meta10
setuptools10
testing10
scroll-wheel10
packaging10
conda10
build-system10
metadata10
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
pypa/wheel
May 2012 - Jul 2017
The official binary distribution format for Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:309 commits, 1 PR, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Daniel's contributions focused on refactoring and modernizing the wheel packaging format. They made substantial changes to the `bdist_wheel.py` and related files, converting `.egg-info` directories to `.dist-info` and enabling the creation of signed wheels. The changes involved writing record files, preserving linebreaks, replacing the metadata version, and incorporating requirements handling from `setup.cfg`.
python
conda/conda
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
A system-level, binary package and environment manager running on all major operating systems and platforms.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:631 reviews, 164 commits, 278 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributed to the conda package and environment manager, focusing on bug fixes and refactoring of core functionalities. Their work involved addressing error messages, refining the handling of repodata, and improving the download process. They also demonstrated skills in updating dependencies and improving documentation.
operating-systemcondapackage-managementpython
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