Finlay Davidson
Student at Metis Montessori Lyceum
Summary
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RockstarFinlay Davidson is a Computer Science student and experienced software engineer with six years of hands-on development, specializing in embedded systems and C/C++ projects. As a maintainer for InfiniTime, he contributes to Pinetime smartwatch firmware—improving safety by replacing C-style casts with static_cast, refining battery discharge behavior, and standardizing code style and toolchains. He also contributes to high-performance C libraries like clay, fixing C99 compliance issues, eliminating NULL dereferences, and simplifying complex macros to boost maintainability. Based in the Netherlands, Finlay combines low-level systems rigor with a pragmatic focus on code quality and tooling, and he brings an uncommon attention to standards compliance and reproducible builds for embedded and systems software.
6 years of coding experience
Github Skills (16)
c1710
freertos10
firmware10
c9910
embedded10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
ui-design10
bluetooth-low-energy10
c1110
clang-format10
nrf5210
layout9
smartwatch9
cpp9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
InfiniTimeOrg/InfiniTime
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
Firmware for Pinetime smartwatch written in C++ and based on FreeRTOS
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:320 reviews, 24 commits, 74 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Finlay primarily contributed to the firmware development for the Pinetime smartwatch. Their work involved refactoring code, specifically replacing C-style casts with static_cast for improved code safety and maintainability. They also applied clang-format to ensure consistent code style across the codebase. Further contributions included modifications to the battery discharge curve and updating the clang-format workflow and toolchain.
nrf52cppfirmwarebazelpinetime-smartwatch
nicbarker/clay
Dec 2024 - Mar 2025
High performance UI layout library in C.
Role in this project:C Developer
C DeveloperContributions:14 reviews, 11 PRs, 44 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Finlay primarily contributed to improving the `clay` library by addressing C99 compliance issues and simplifying macro implementations. They fixed several standards-compliance problems and made improvements to the project's build and code structure. Furthermore, the user fixed a NULL pointer dereference in an example. The user also introduced new macros to improve code readability and maintainability.
layoutui
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