Eamonn Rea
Software Engineer at Liberty IT
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolEamonn Rea is a software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience, currently building solutions at Liberty IT after progressing from intern to full engineer. He blends full-stack development skills with a particular interest in Linux gaming tooling, evidenced by meaningful contributions to ProtonUp-Qt where he improved SteamTinkerLaunch support, added UI features and fixed Lutris game-detection issues. Comfortable across desktop and backend domains, he leverages a BE in Computer Software Engineering from Ulster University and a history of practical placements to deliver pragmatic, user-focused features. Colleagues know him for tackling edge cases in integrations and for a pragmatic engineering approach that values clear prompts and robust compatibility handling.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
St. Mary's CBGSBachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering at Ulster University
Github Skills (10)
pyside10
linux10
qt10
python10
automation9
automations9
user-interface9
proton8
steam8
git7
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
DavidoTek/ProtonUp-Qt
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
Install and manage GE-Proton, Luxtorpeda & more for Steam and Wine-GE & more for Lutris with this graphical user interface.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:51 reviews, 12 commits, 133 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Eamonn primarily contributed to the SteamTinkerLaunch support within the ProtonUp-Qt project, focusing on integrating and improving the compatibility tool's functionality. They implemented features to handle existing SteamTinkerLaunch installations, adding user prompts and warnings to manage installations correctly. Further enhancements included the addition of a QTableView to display information and incorporating the SteamTinkerLaunch version within the compatibility tool list. They also addressed issues related to Lutris integration, specifically fixing problems with game detection.
proton-ge-customuser-interfacepythongraphical-user-interfacewine
sonic2kk/steamtinkerlaunch-fork
Jan 2022 - Oct 2022
Linux wrapper tool for use with the Steam client for custom launch options and 3rd party programs
Contributions:2 PRs, 244 pushes, 93 branches in 8 months
steamworkspartysteam-apilinuxsteambot
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