Frank Li
Software Engineer at Freescale Semiconductor
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFrank Li is a seasoned software engineer and architect with 17 years of experience designing embedded and platform software, currently based in Austin, Texas. He has deep expertise in BSP and Linux/WinCE low-level development from roles at Intel and Motorola and has been shaping software architecture at Freescale since 2008. As founder and long-time maintainer of TortoiseGit, he has hands-on open-source credibility adapting msysGit/Git-for-Windows code for MSVC and Windows-specific behaviors (e.g., C runtime and O_BINARY handling). Frank combines embedded systems rigor with practical cross-platform engineering, frequently addressing subtle portability issues that bridge Unix and Windows toolchains. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Electrical and Electronics/Communications Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
17 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Github Skills (9)
c1710
mingw10
ws-api10
c1110
winapi10
wp-api10
multiplatform9
cross-platform9
git4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
msysgit/git
Aug 2009 - Aug 2009
msysGit-based Git for Windows 1.x is now superseded by Git for Windows 2.x
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits in 2 days
Contributions summary:Frank primarily focused on adapting the codebase for Microsoft Visual C++ compatibility. They addressed issues related to C99 standards and the behavior of the Microsoft C runtime, particularly around `vsnprintf`. Furthermore, they refactored code to use `WIN32` symbols for conditional compilation targeting Windows environments, demonstrating a focus on platform-specific adjustments. Key contributions include explicitly using the `O_BINARY` flag when opening files to accommodate Windows file handling.
git-for-windowsmsysgitwindows
lznuaa/dt-format
Sep 2024 - Mar 2026
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 1 year 6 months
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