Daryl Herzmann
Program Assistant at Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolDaryl Herzmann is a seasoned software engineer and program assistant based in Ames, Iowa, with 20 years of hands-on experience bridging scientific computing, back-end systems, and DevOps. With a BS in Meteorology from Iowa State University, he applies domain knowledge to open-source projects like Cartopy and MetPy, contributing features, bug fixes, and documentation that improve geospatial and meteorological tooling. He has also worked on real-time collaboration and XMPP server projects (Spark, Openfire), demonstrating competence in both front-end/full-stack fixes and back-end database/event handling. On the infrastructure side he contributes to conda-forge staged-recipes, automating builds and integrating libraries to keep scientific Python ecosystems healthy. Colleagues appreciate that he pairs pragmatic coding with careful refactors and testing, and his GitHub bio’s self-deprecating humor belies a consistent track record of impactful, low-flash contributions.
20 years of coding experience
BS, Meteorology, BS, Meteorology at Iowa State University
Github Skills (34)
xmpp10
conda-forge10
meteorology10
spark10
geometry10
python10
back-end-development10
patch10
matplotlib10
cartopy10
cmake10
plot10
java10
javas10
automation10
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
igniterealtime/Spark
Feb 2014 - Dec 2022
Cross-platform real-time collaboration client optimized for business and organizations.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:24 releases, 4 reviews, 58 commits in 8 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Daryl contributed to the Spark project by addressing both documentation and code-level issues. Their initial contribution involved fixing comment formatting. Subsequently, they updated the project's changelog, reflecting release versions and bug fixes. This user also addressed a bug related to the printing of conversation margins.
openfirexmppcollaborationsparkxmpp-client
igniterealtime/Openfire
Jun 2009 - Dec 2022
An XMPP server licensed under the Open Source Apache License.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:87 releases, 283 reviews, 990 commits in 13 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Daryl primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the Openfire XMPP server. Their work involved fixing database-related issues, improving the handling of various events within the server, and refactoring existing code to improve its efficiency. Furthermore, the user demonstrated expertise in database management and was also responsible for addressing bugs. The user also focused on improving the handling of internal components and optimizing their performance.
openfirexmpp-serverxmpplicensedapache-license
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