Dongie Agnir is a pragmatic software developer with 13 years of experience building and maintaining distributed systems for the State of Hawaii, where he helped design the state's first Digital Archives and continues to lead architecture, ingestion pipelines, and system administration. He pairs backend engineering with QA discipline—contributing tested, core browser-engine improvements to Servo (notably HTMLSelectElement behavior) and fixes across the AWS SDK for Java v2. Comfortable mentoring teams and managing Scrum sprints, he has a track record of reviewing large proportions of codebases and guiding student capstone projects. Based in Waipahu, Hawaii, he blends hands-on implementation with thoughtful system design and a focus on reliability at scale. An eye for rigorous testing and protocol-level fixes sets him apart from many generalist backend engineers.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, 3.8, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, 3.8 at Hawaii Pacific University
Contributions:884 reviews, 652 commits, 922 PRs in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Dongie's commits primarily focused on code changes related to the AWS SDK for Java v2, indicating a back-end development role. The commits involve removing debugging-related configurations, fixing checkstyle violations, switching from Date to Instant in generated models, and handling connection issues. Their contributions involved code modifications across different modules of the SDK, particularly related to protocols, and network connections.
Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Contributions:17 commits, 6 PRs, 32 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Dongie primarily worked on implementing and refining features related to the HTMLSelectElement within the Servo web engine, specifically focusing on its reset and selection behaviors. They implemented the `ask_for_reset` and `pick_option` functionalities, which involved modifying existing code and adding new methods within the `htmlselectelement.rs` and `htmloptionelement.rs` files. Additionally, the user updated and created new tests within the WPT framework to ensure the correct functionality and behavior of the select element. This indicates a focus on core engine functionality and rigorous testing.
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Dongie Agnir - Software Developer at State of Hawaii