David Silver
Owner at Home & Garden Design Solutions
Morris, Connecticut, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Silver is a seasoned horticultural entrepreneur and Master Gardener with over 30 years of specialty experience in bonsai and a 14-year record of software-related contributions. As owner of Bantam Bonsai since 1986, he designs, builds, and maintains Japanese, perennial, rock, water and vegetable gardens while lecturing and writing for industry publications and garden clubs. He studied with Japanese, Chinese, and American bonsai masters and has been published in Bonsai Today and the Journal of the American Bonsai Society, reflecting deep technical knowledge and respected craftsmanship. David also translates his curiosity into digital collaboration—contributing to open-source projects by resolving backend integration issues and merge conflicts that keep codebases healthy. Based in Morris, Connecticut, he combines practical garden installation skills with education work for Advanced Master Gardeners and outreach writing on gardening and weather. His background in dental medicine and gardening gives him an uncommon blend of precision, patience, and attention to living systems.
14 years of coding experience
Master Gardener, Master Gardener at University of Connecticut Agricultural Extension ServiceD.M.D., D.M.D. at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Github Skills (5)
git10
integrate10
system-integration10
integrations10
data-integration10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Nuku/Flexible-Survival
Jun 2011 - Jan 2023
Flexible Survival is an Inform based text game.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:2695 commits, 1201 PRs, 1260 pushes in 11 years 8 months
Contributions summary:David fixed merge conflicts related to code differences in the file. The user's contributions involved resolving merge conflicts between different branches, indicating they worked on code integration and maintaining the codebase. This suggests a role in maintaining and integrating changes in the code base. The specific nature of the fixes, however, are not provided in the given data.
2d-gamegameinformrpgtext-game
Sundered-Dragon/Flexible-Survival
Jul 2024 - Aug 2024
Flexible Survival is an Inform based text game.
Contributions:2 pushes in 21 days
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