Edwin Amsler
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolEdwin Amsler is a pragmatic software engineer with 14 years of experience building user-focused tools, from internal IT systems and render-farm monitors to developer-facing libraries and cloud services. He has blended hands-on development roles and customer-facing support at companies including Thinkbox and AWS, bridging the gap between complex backend systems and intuitive, beautiful user experiences. Proficient across web technologies, Python, C-family languages, SQL schema design and infrastructure on Linux/BSD, he frequently turns support insights into practical features and automation. Notably, he improved usability and security in the widely used imgurpython client by refactoring examples and separating credentials into configuration files. Based in Winnipeg, he’s motivated by making people happy through software and thrives on smoothing the developer and user journey rather than chasing technical heroics.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Science, Computer Science Cooperative Option, Science, Computer Science Cooperative Option at University of Manitoba
English, French
Github Skills (10)
configuration-management10
api10
python10
apidoc10
refactor9
refactoring9
file-processing8
file-handling8
fileio8
file-access8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
Imgur/imgurpython
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Official Imgur python client library (deprecated)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 4 comments in 2 days
Contributions summary:Edwin primarily focused on improving the example code within the imgurpython library. Their contributions include creating a standalone authentication example, implementing an upload example, and refactoring code to improve maintainability. A significant effort was made to separate concerns by moving credentials to an INI file and moving non-essential functions to a separate helpers file. This work enhanced the library's usability and security for developers using the Imgur API.
imgurpythonclient-librarypython-clientpython3
RandomInsano/axp209-rs
Mar 2018 - Apr 2021
Rust driver for the AXP209 PMIC using embedded-hal. Work-in-progress! Don't use it yet. 😃
Contributions:30 commits, 2 PRs, 12 pushes in 3 years 1 month
rustin-progressrust-driverembeddedhal
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