Daniel Norton
Retired at Weirdo Computing
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Norton is a retired software engineer in Austin with over three decades of experience spanning embedded systems, OS internals, device drivers and modern full‑stack web and browser client development. He combines deep low‑level expertise—from Windows and Linux drivers to real‑time embedded kernels—with recent work building cloud‑hosted web services and browser UIs using Python, Java, JavaScript, GTFS‑RT and AWS. A pragmatic problem solver and clear technical communicator, he has authored a book on Windows device drivers, presented seminars, and produced technical documentation and trade articles. He prefers selective remote or Austin‑based contract work and brings the rare blend of historical protocol/communications knowledge and current server+client web engineering. An inactive TS/SCI clearance and a history of both solo contracting and team leadership underline his ability to move quickly on sensitive, high‑skill projects.
16 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
H.S. Diploma, H.S. Diploma at St. Stephen's Episcopal School (Austin)BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteH. S. Diploma, H. S. Diploma at Spring Woods High School (Houston)
Stackoverflow
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64answers
18questions
fonts
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browser
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safari
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php
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google-chrome
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smtp
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Github Skills (105)
api-client10
e-mail10
safari10
webkit10
api10
sdk10
socket-io10
docker10
css10
smtp10
signalr10
responsive10
google-chrome10
jekyll10
jekyll-theme10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
danorton/transitlib
Jan 2020 - Mar 2022
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 17 pushes in 2 years 2 months
transitcomputing
audreyt/slpjq
Apr 2010 - Sep 2010
Contributions:19 commits in 5 months
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