Joel Yliluoma
Software Engineer at W3 Group Oy
Kerava, Finland
Summary
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SeniorJoel Yliluoma is a versatile software engineer with 25 years of professional experience, specializing in C++, assembly across multiple architectures (x86, ARM, 6502, Z80), OS internals, embedded systems and complex data migrations. He blends deep legacy-platform expertise with modern engineering practices, often tackling low-level problems that span hardware, firmware and conversion tools. A certified teacher in mathematics, physics, chemistry, psychology and computer science, he brings rare pedagogical clarity to technical design and mentoring. An active free-software author and ROM hacker known as The Bisqwit, he also creates technical content as a YouTuber, founded the TASVideos community and coaches niche skills like Israeli folk dance. Based in Kerava, Finland, Joel pairs pragmatic problem-solving with an eclectic set of interests that fuel unconventional solutions to entrenched engineering challenges.
26 years of coding experience
English, Finnish, japanese (basic)
Github Skills (91)
python10
directories10
compression10
embedded10
xterm10
cpp10
crowdfunding10
ncurses10
donation10
youtube10
djgpp10
gzip10
recurrent10
text-editor10
stdin10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
bisqwit/dirr
Aug 2000 - Nov 2022
ls replacement, friendlier than ls
Contributions:122 commits, 2 PRs, 35 pushes in 22 years 6 months
unicornspipestdindirectoriesreplacement
bisqwit/cpp_parallelization_examples
May 2017 - Jan 2018
The study & production material for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc8DfEyAxzg
Contributions:45 commits, 2 PRs, 32 pushes in 7 months
productionyoutube
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