Katsu Kawakami
Software Engineer at QUICKBASE, INC
Tokyo, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKatsu Kawakami is a software engineer based in Tokyo with 11 years of experience building back-end systems and developer tools. A Boston University computer engineering graduate, he contributes to open-source projects such as a Rust readline implementation where he implemented terminal I/O, raw mode toggling, and an edit API while owning documentation and project setup. He blends systems-level attention to detail with practical implementation skills, showing comfort working close to the terminal and language tooling. Known for shipping readable, well-documented components, he brings steady execution and a preference for clean, maintainable code to engineering teams.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering at Boston University
English
Github Skills (4)
system-programming10
rust10
command-line-interface9
error-handling7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
kkawakam/rustyline
Mar 2015 - Aug 2017
Readline Implementation in Rust
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 149 commits, 77 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Katsu primarily focused on implementing a Readline implementation in Rust. They began with the initial setup of a Cargo project and example. Their primary contributions include adding functionality to read from the terminal and enable/disable raw mode. The user also implemented an edit method and added documentation for the project.
windowsrustcursorscursorreadline
kkawakam/shufukai
Jan 2015 - Nov 2024
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 10 years
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