Derek Roe
Streamer at Twitch
United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolDerek Roe is a longtime technologist-turned-creator who blends 11 years of software and security experience with a full-time career as a live streamer and preservation-focused content creator. Streaming weekdays on Twitch since 2018 and publishing weekly YouTube content, he pairs audience engagement skills with hands-on video production, photography, and social media consulting. His background includes roles at Google (safety/anti-spam), Mozilla (JavaScript/FirefoxOS porting and docs), and contributions to open-source emulation projects like the N64 Project64 repository, emphasizing maintainable code and documentation. Comfortable working independently across technical and creative disciplines, he often bridges developer tooling and creator workflows. Colleagues know him as “Turtle,” a nickname that reflects a steady, community-minded approach to projects and preservation efforts.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, Digital Arts, High School Diploma, Digital Arts at Olathe North Sr High School
Github Skills (7)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
code-readability10
code-formatting9
coding-style9
code-standards9
documentation8
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
project64/project64
Feb 2021 - Oct 2022
N64 Emulator
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 279 commits, 62 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Derek's commits primarily focused on code style improvements and comment adjustments within the `N64 Emulator` project. These changes included updating copyright headers, fixing title case, and adding spaces to improve readability, specifically within the `N64System.h` and `main.cpp` files. Furthermore, the user switched to markdown for the changelog and updated the readme file, demonstrating a focus on code maintainability and documentation.
emulatorn64sdl2emulationdirect3d
DerekTurtleRoe/N64-DOCS
Jun 2016 - Feb 2022
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.