Heat Wave
Owner at HeatWave management and talent scouting
Chula Vista, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarHeat Wave is an entrepreneurial software professional and owner of HeatWave management and talent scouting with a decade of experience blending hands-on mobile development and business leadership. Based in Chula Vista, California, Heat has contributed to notable open-source projects like Popcorn Time, focusing on Android bug fixes, feature enhancements, and multimedia playback improvements. They bring practical expertise in Android tooling, appcompat updates, ABI support, and media UX refinements that improve cross-device experiences including Android TV. As an owner-operator, Heat pairs technical delivery with talent management instincts, helping bridge product needs and people strategy. Known for a concise, energetic approach (aptly summarized on GitHub as “Boom!”), they favor pragmatic fixes that unlock better user experiences.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (7)
javas10
android-sdk10
android10
java10
android-tv9
mobile9
streaming5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
popcorn-official/popcorn-android
Dec 2018 - Nov 2020
Popcorn Time is a multi-platform, free software BitTorrent client that includes an integrated media player ( Android / AndroidTV ) A Butter-Project Fork
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:23 commits, 45 PRs, 94 pushes in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Heat primarily contributed to the Android application, focusing on bug fixes and feature enhancements. They addressed issues related to trailer playback, including opening trailers in the YouTube app. The user also updated build tools and appcompat versions, fixed preferences on Android TV, and improved image quality for header images. Additionally, they supported new APK abis and fixed update file opening.
butterplayerpopcorntimeintegratedbittorrent
popcorn-time-ru/popcorn-android
Dec 2018 - Aug 2020
Popcorn Time is a multi-platform, free software BitTorrent client that includes an integrated media player
Contributions:6 commits in 1 year 7 months
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