Joachim De Fourestier
Applications Developer
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJoachim De Fourestier is an applications developer with 13 years of software experience who blends a strong earth sciences background (B.Sc.H, 3.9 GPA) and ongoing industrial PhD work in materials science to build tools for high-resolution correlative microscopy and FIB applications. Based in Ottawa, he pairs hands-on full‑stack contributions—most notably to the AutoHotkey compiler and documentation—with front-end fixes to popular projects like OpenSeadragon, demonstrating both low-level tooling and UX sensibilities. As manager of the AutoHotkey Foundation he combines community stewardship, server administration, and conflict resolution with practical coding and feature delivery. An open‑source MIT-license enthusiast with an interest in InfoSec, he favors pragmatic, well-documented improvements such as command-line support and robust search behavior. He’s comfortable moving between microscopy instrumentation software and web/automation ecosystems, bringing a rare intersection of geoscience domain knowledge and production-grade software engineering.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Industrial PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Industrial PhD, Materials Science and Engineering at McMaster UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Earth Sciences, Honours, 3.9 GPA, Bachelor’s Degree, Earth Sciences, Honours, 3.9 GPA at Carleton UniversityPréuniversitaire / DEC, Natural Sciences, Préuniversitaire / DEC, Natural Sciences at Cégep de l'Outaouais
Spanish, Russian, English, French, Chinese, German
Stackoverflow
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118answers
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Github Skills (30)
autohotkey10
javascript10
viewer10
image-viewer10
compiler-design10
front-end-development10
openseadragon10
html10
css9
error-handling9
bugtracking9
zooming9
cli8
command-line-interface8
command-line8
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
AutoHotkey/Ahk2Exe
Aug 2014 - Sep 2022
Official AutoHotkey script compiler - written itself in AutoHotkey
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 33 commits in 8 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Joachim primarily contributed to the AutoHotkey script compiler, making changes to both the compiler's core logic and the user interface. They added features such as exit code implementation, support for command-line options, and improved error handling within the compiler. In addition, the user addressed various bugs and usability issues, demonstrating a focus on improving the overall functionality and user experience of the software.
autohotkeycompiler
AutoHotkey/AutoHotkeyDocs
Sep 2014 - Jul 2020
Documentation for AutoHotkey
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 12 commits, 8 PRs in 5 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Joachim primarily focused on enhancing the search functionality of the AutoHotkey documentation. They updated the search bar to utilize Google CSE, improving consistency and search result accuracy. Their contributions include optimizing search queries by encoding special characters, preventing processing of extra spaces, and fixing search results for function names. Furthermore, they addressed user interaction issues by implementing paste events for the search input and adjusting the index search functionality.
autohotkey
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