Hostile Hacker
Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolHostile Hacker is a seasoned software engineer with 17 years of experience, based in Boston, Massachusetts, currently working at Tech Mahindra. He has a strong background in game development from a nearly decade-long tenure at Gameloft and holds an MCA focused on computer games and programming from Boston University. He contributes to legacy and niche open-source projects such as the Rebol interpreter, where his backend work improved cross-platform build processes, environment handling, and memory management. Comfortable across systems-level code and game-oriented development, he brings practical expertise in platform-specific tooling and build environments. Known for blending production software delivery with attention to low-level consistency and portability, he often surfaces improvements that aid long-term maintainability. Outside typical engineering roles, he stays engaged with video game news and community-facing content, reflecting a continued passion for games beyond code.
17 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Computer Games and Programming Skills, Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Computer Games and Programming Skills at Boston University
English
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Github Skills (26)
posixct10
qt10
c1110
c1710
posix10
rebol10
javascript9
user-interface9
keyboard9
environment-variables9
multithreading9
windows9
parsing9
model-view-controller9
declaration9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
rebol/rebol
Dec 2012 - Feb 2014
Source code for the Rebol interpreter
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 13 PRs, 13 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Hostile contributed to the Rebol interpreter's codebase by making several targeted changes, primarily focusing on platform-specific build processes and environment variable handling. These changes included modifications to the build process for HaikuOS, updates to system configuration files to support different operating systems, and the addition of environment variable manipulation functions. The user also addressed memory management concerns and improved the code's consistency.
code-golfprogramming-languageinterpreterrebol
hostilefork/ren-c
Sep 2022 - Feb 2023
Source code for the Rebol interpreter
Contributions:82 commits, 261 pushes, 133 branches in 5 months
code-golfrebolprogramming-languageinterpreteremacs-packages
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