Ernő Zalka
Software Engineer at MEMLEAK Kft
Fót, Hungary
Summary
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Top SchoolErnő Zalka is a pragmatic software engineer with 12 years of experience who blends low-level systems expertise with modern development practices. He has contributed significant CPU emulation and FPU fixes to the well-known DOSBox-X project, demonstrating deep familiarity with x86 instruction sets and cross-platform input handling. Ernő has held development roles across startups and established firms, most recently at YottaDB and HARMAN, tackling backend and system-level challenges. A longtime demo-scene enthusiast and junior Rust programmer, he brings a dataflow-minded approach and curiosity-driven craftsmanship to open-source and production code alike. Based in Fót, Hungary, he pairs formal training in library and information science with a track record of shipping focused, low-level improvements that unexpectedly improve user-facing compatibility.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS), Computer Programming, Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS), Computer Programming at Széchényi István Egyetemhigh school, organizer, high school, organizer at Deák Ferenc (was: Lengyel Gyula) High School, Győr, Hungary
English, Hungarian
Github Skills (12)
cpu10
fpu10
assembly10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
architectures10
emulation10
computer-architecture10
architecture10
x8610
instruction-set10
sdl9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
joncampbell123/dosbox-x
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
DOSBox-X fork of the DOSBox project
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 7 days
Contributions summary:Ernő primarily contributed to the DOSBox-X project by implementing features and fixing bugs related to CPU emulation, particularly focusing on x86 instruction set support. Their work included adding and refining instructions such as `FCOM`, `FCOMI`, and related conditional move operations, as well as addressing a MacOS-SDL keyboard input issue. These modifications involved changes to CPU core files, FPU implementations, and keyboard input handling for different operating systems.
dossdl2dosbox
ern0/kolorwheel.js-website
Jun 2015 - Sep 2019
Website for KolorWheel.js
Contributions:6 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
javascript
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