Jonathan Wakely
Software Engineer at Red Hat
Summary
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RockstarJonathan Wakely is a seasoned software engineer with 24 years of experience and deep expertise in GCC and ISO C++ internals. He has made substantive contributions to the C++ standard library implementation—notably <chrono>, <text_encoding>, std::ranges::to, and std::format—and improved unordered container reliability and performance. His work on the high-profile gcc mirror demonstrates both low-level systems thinking and standards-driven design, bridging compiler implementation and library evolution. Based in the UK, he combines decade-spanning practical C++ craftsmanship with a focus on memory safety and performance tuning. Colleagues can expect an engineer who thrives on tricky language-level problems and delivers pragmatic fixes that influence widely used toolchains.
24 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (75)
multithreading10
c-preprocessor10
std10
gcc10
shared-ptr10
linux10
gdb10
shared-libraries10
warnings10
glibc10
boost10
c-language10
macros10
smart-pointers10
makefile10
Programming languages (34)
Github contributions (5)
gcc-mirror/gcc
Jul 2016 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 552 commits, 59 comments in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan primarily worked on the C++ standard library implementation, contributing to the <chrono> and <text_encoding> headers. They also implemented the std::ranges::to and std::format features as specified in recent C++ standards. In addition, the user made contributions to the unordered container data structure by fixing memory issues and refining performance.
jwakely/draft
Mar 2017 - Nov 2022
My personal fork of the C++ standards draft for submitting editorial fixes. You probably want the upstream, not this fork.
Contributions:53 commits, 1 PR, 171 pushes in 5 years 9 months
upstreameditorialfixesstandards
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