Dave Murphy
Lead Developer at devkitPro
Darlington, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Murphy is a lead developer with over 21 years of hands-on experience in low-level systems, embedded and IoT development, currently based in Darlington, England. He has led devkitPro since 2003, contributing deep platform expertise to high-profile open-source projects for Nintendo 3DS and Switch (libctru, libnx, nx-hbmenu) and tooling like stlink, often solving platform-specific build and networking challenges. Comfortable across C-level system programming, cross-platform build systems, and console/file system internals, he blends long-term stewardship with pragmatic bug fixes and feature work. His background spans game programming, military communications, and community activism—an unusual mix that underpins a disciplined, security-conscious approach to embedded development.
21 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Electronic Engineering, Electronic Engineering at Glasgow Caledonian UniversityCarrickfergus Grammar
German
Github Skills (28)
nxos10
libc10
lib10
switch10
mingw10
cortex-m10
c1110
c1710
nintendo-3ds10
homebrew10
sys10
3ds10
arm10
embedded10
stm10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
devkitPro/libctru
May 2014 - May 2022
Homebrew development library for Nintendo 3DS/Horizon OS user mode (Arm11)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 releases, 3 reviews, 194 commits in 8 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Dave primarily contributed to the development of the libctru library for the Nintendo 3DS. They made changes related to low-level system programming and networking, as evidenced by their commits adding network headers and modifying system-level types and structures. Further contributions included improvements to file system support, and console functionalities.
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switchbrew/nx-hbmenu
Mar 2018 - Jul 2021
The Nintendo Switch Homebrew Menu
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer
Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:2 releases, 10 commits, 12 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Dave primarily contributed to adapting the homebrew menu for the Nintendo Switch platform. Their work included fixing build issues on macOS, incorporating specific Nintendo Switch libraries, and adjusting code based on platform-specific directives. They also added support for nxlink, a communication protocol, and optimized file paths.
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