Hamish Willee
Senior Technical Writer at Auterion
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Hamish Willee is a Senior Technical Writer and developer-relations specialist based in Melbourne with over two decades empowering developer communities and 12 years of focused experience in technical writing and docs-driven developer engagement. He designs and automates documentation infrastructures for complex open-source robotics and UAV projects—notably PX4, MAVLink and PX4-user_guide—while contributing hands-on to both front-end and back-end code to improve developer experience. Comfortable mentoring newcomers and building moderator networks, he removes barriers to participation through clear APIs, tutorials and tooling like sitemap generators and markdown generators. His background ranges from Symbian-era systems engineering to modern WebAssembly and Emscripten docs, giving him a rare blend of embedded systems knowledge and web documentation craft. As a long-time freelancer and senior contributor at Auterion, he pairs consultancy agility with deep project stewardship across high-profile open-source ecosystems.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Batchelor of Engineering, Engineering, Batchelor of Engineering, Engineering at University of TasmaniaMaster of Engineering, Engineering, Master of Engineering, Engineering at RMIT University
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Github Skills (84)
px410
restructuredtext10
expressjs10
python10
testing10
bash10
ubuntu10
code-generation10
build-automation10
ros10
markdown10
mongoose10
javascript10
mavlink10
django10
Programming languages (33)
Github contributions (5)
mdn/django-locallibrary-tutorial
Nov 2016 - Oct 2022
Local Library website written in Django; example for the MDN server-side development Django module: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Django.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:38 reviews, 90 commits, 102 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Hamish's contributions primarily revolve around enhancing and maintaining the back-end functionality of the Django-based local library website. They have modified and added test cases to ensure functionality. Moreover, the user updated and refactored the existing code by integrating Django 2 and Python3 formatting. This includes updating model definitions, fixing bugs, and refactoring code for better readability and maintainability.
pythonlocal-librarydjangolibrary-websiteus-en
dronekit/dronekit-python
Mar 2015 - Jun 2022
DroneKit-Python library for communicating with Drones via MAVLink.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:1 release, 3 reviews, 286 commits in 7 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Hamish's contributions primarily focused on improving the project's documentation. They made numerous edits to the documentation, including adding new sections, fixing typos, improving code snippets, and updating examples to reflect the latest API changes and best practices. The contributions show a focus on clarifying instructions, providing more detailed explanations, and improving the overall usability of the documentation.
python-librarypythondronekit-pythondronesdronekit
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