Jan Wilmans
C Coach And Software Architect at CopperSpice
's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands
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Top SchoolJan Wilmans is a seasoned C++ coach and software architect with over two decades in software engineering and 13 years of focused experience delivering industrial imaging, inspection and automation systems. He leads architecture and mentoring efforts across multiple companies while founding debug.vision, an open-source tool to simplify debug data collection and analysis. An active contributor to cross-platform C++ projects like CopperSpice and CMake, he frequently resolves MSVC and platform-specific build issues that keep large codebases portable. Comfortable from embedded firmware to modern C++20 libraries, he combines hands-on implementation with systems-level design and team coaching. Based in the Netherlands, he blends electronics curiosity with pragmatic code hygiene—often tackling obscure build and configuration problems that others avoid.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Ing, Information Technology, Ing, Information Technology at Hogeschool Enschede
Dutch, English, German, Japanese
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Github Skills (18)
c-language10
multiplatform10
build-system10
cross-platform10
cprogramming-language10
msvcrt10
webkit9
javascriptcore9
cpp8
lib7
android6
gradle6
debugview6
cmake6
bash6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
copperspice/copperspice
Aug 2018 - Jan 2022
Set of cross platform C++ libraries (Core, Gui, Network, Multimedia, SQL, Vulkan, etc)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 20 PRs, 1 push in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jan primarily focused on fixing macros, removing obsolete compilers, and adding missing method bodies and includes, particularly for MSVC. They addressed issues related to platform-specific configurations and dependencies within the JavascriptCore and WebKit2 components. Their contributions included modifying code related to string and math extras, configuration, and platform definitions, demonstrating a focus on cross-platform compatibility and build system maintenance.
cppwindowslinuxc-plus-plusgui
janwilmans/nowindlibraries
Aug 2017 - Jul 2024
Contributions:8 pushes in 7 years
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