Eli Schwartz
Software Engineer at Gentoo
Summary
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RockstarEli Schwartz is a pragmatic software engineer with 11 years of experience and deep expertise in build systems, packaging, and Python/C integration. A long-time Meson maintainer and Gentoo contributor, he routinely improves build tooling and CI test suites for high-profile open-source projects like pip, Cython, liburing, and Guake. His work spans backend development, build-system engineering, and test automation—frequently modernizing legacy code, fixing cross-platform pathing issues, and hardening test infrastructure. Notably, he combines low-level Linux tooling knowledge with Python-centric solutions, enabling reliable dependency tracking and reproducible builds across diverse environments.
11 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (62)
unit-testing10
debugging10
cinnamon10
debug10
epub10
mson10
python10
testing10
packaging10
command-line-interface10
plug10
build-system10
cmake10
c1110
refactor10
Programming languages (40)
Github contributions (5)
kovidgoyal/calibre
Apr 2015 - Dec 2021
The official source code repository for the calibre ebook manager
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Documentation Specialist
Back-end Developer & Documentation SpecialistContributions:14 reviews, 262 commits, 101 PRs in 6 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Eli primarily contributed to documentation improvements and bug fixes within the calibre ebook manager repository. Their work involved fixing documentation errors for formatting functions, allowing the editing of xpgt files as XML, and updating the description of the KINDLE2 driver. They also worked on fixing various bugs and making the codebase more python3-compliant by porting and fixing various C extensions.
ebookebook-formatsebookspythonkindle
linuxmint/cinnamon
Mar 2018 - Feb 2022
A Linux desktop featuring a traditional layout, built from modern technology and introducing brand new innovative features.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 15 PRs, 124 comments in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Eli primarily focused on back-end development tasks, particularly within the Cinnamon desktop environment. Their contributions include enhancing compatibility with different PAM modules, retiring outdated Bluetooth code, and removing unnecessary version checks. They also addressed a regression issue related to extension updates and fixed Python code issues related to literal comparisons.
electrontraditionallayoutlinuxinnovative
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