Dillon Pentz
UX Designer & Software Developer at VodBox
Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolDillon Pentz is a UX designer and software developer with nine years’ experience building accessible, broadcast-grade tools and interactive viewer experiences from Victoria, Australia. He’s a key contributor and former contractor to the OBS Project, improving C++ browser tooling, UI/UX, accessibility, and TypeScript definitions for one of the world’s most-used open-source streaming apps. At Support Class and as VodBox he designs and implements live graphics, control interfaces and viewer interactions for major events (including AGDQ), often delivering fast, production-ready solutions under tight timelines. He combines front-end UX sensibility with low-level performance fixes and a knack for making technical systems fairer and more inclusive—plus a subtle sense of humor that informs his user-focused work.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Commercial Law, Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Commercial Law at The University of Auckland
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Github Skills (28)
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
obsproject/obs-studio
Mar 2017 - Nov 2021
OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording
Role in this project:
UI/UX Developer
UI/UX DeveloperContributions:31 reviews, 68 commits, 59 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Dillon primarily contributed to the user interface (UI) of OBS Studio, focusing on improvements and new features within the UI. They implemented features such as a theme fallback mechanism, color coding for scene items, and a filter for the hotkeys settings menu. The user also made significant changes to the preview window and added a transition preview feature to the properties window. Additionally, they addressed accessibility concerns and updated settings in the application.
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obsproject/obs-browser
Aug 2018 - Jan 2022
CEF-based OBS Studio browser plugin
Role in this project:C++ Developer
C++ DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 7 PRs, 3 pushes in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Dillon primarily contributed to the OBS Browser plugin by adding features, fixing bugs, and improving performance. They implemented an option for custom framerate control in the browser source, addressing issues related to frame rate synchronization. Furthermore, they fixed critical issues related to local file loading and network paths, and improved CEF 4638 browser source performance. In addition, the user corrected function names, and addressed an issue with stale frames.
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