David Sackstein
Israel
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Top SchoolDavid Sackstein is a Senior Software Engineer based in Israel with 10+ years of professional experience building high-quality software across C#, C++, Java and Python. He pairs deep systems and embedded expertise—especially in video encoding/streaming—with pragmatic consulting and training skills developed as a longtime consultant and former VP R&D/CTO. At FundGuard and through his consultancy Code Precise he emphasizes clean code, Agile practices and simple solutions to complex problems, often bridging desktop, server and real-time embedded domains. David is an active contributor to OpenCover, improving its .NET profiler logging and timer-driven buffer flushes—demonstrating attention to low-level reliability and tooling. He holds engineering and mathematics degrees summa cum laude from Technion and an MBA from Tel Aviv University, blending rigorous technical depth with business perspective. Colleagues rely on him for analytical system-level thinking and practical, production-ready implementations.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Summa cum laude, Summa cum laude at Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyMBA, Business Studies, MBA, Business Studies at Tel Aviv University
English, Hebrew
Stackoverflow
540reputation
106kreached
12answers
31questions
Github Skills (23)
timers10
c-language10
windows10
timer10
windows-xp10
profiling10
code-coverage10
cprogramming-language10
command-line-arguments9
dotnet9
net9
command-line9
command-line-parser9
asp-net9
integration-testing6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
OpenCover/opencover
May 2017 - May 2017
A code coverage tool for .NET 2 and above (WINDOWS OS only), support for 32 and 64 processes with both branch and sequence points
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:David primarily focused on enhancing the OpenCover code coverage tool, specifically interacting with the profiler component. They removed legacy logging methods and implemented an ATLTRACE-based approach. Additionally, the user added functionality to flush buffer periodically to the host via a timer and introduced logging in the profiler and timer components. The user also made changes to the command-line parser, adding the ability to configure the timer interval.
code-coveragedotnetopencovercoverage
david-sackstein/clean-it
Sep 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:30 commits, 3 PRs, 6 pushes in 6 days
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