Kevin Deldycke

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Summary

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Rockstar

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Kevin Deldycke is an experienced engineering leader and hands-on developer with 15+ years building teams and products across billing, payments, IAM and R&D. He combines technical depth in Python back-end systems and open-source contributions (notably to widely used projects like Babel, Click and the DataStax Cassandra driver) with a track record of shipping robust code, tests and localization utilities. Skilled at founding and scaling teams, he focuses less on being the top coder and more on enabling engineers to be productive and autonomous. His background in electrical and software engineering informs a pragmatic, system-level approach to product and engineering decisions. Outside work he pursues adventurous hobbies—scuba diving, solo skydiving and rock climbing—which mirror his appetite for building resilient, self-sustaining cultures.

53 years of coding experience

Master's degree, Software and Industrial Engineering, Master's degree, Software and Industrial Engineering at Ecole centrale de Lille

Baccalauréat, série Scientifique, Baccalauréat, série Scientifique at Lycée Arthur Rimbaud

Undergraduate university degree, Electrical and Industrial Engineering, Undergraduate university degree, Electrical and Industrial Engineering at Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis

French, English

Github Skills (61)

unit-testing10

decimals10

restructuredtext10

strings10

pytest10

python10

onclick10

i18n-node10

testing10

text-manipulation10

clicking10

command-line-interface10

bigdecimal10

internationalization10

bitbar10

Programming languages (23)

PowerShellC#JavaCSSC++CRustMakefile

Github contributions (5)

matryer/xbar-plugins

Jul 2016 - Apr 2022

Plugin repository for xbar (the BitBar reboot)

Role in this project:

Full-stack Developer

Contributions:3 reviews, 15 commits, 20 PRs in 5 years 10 months

Contributions summary:Kevin primarily contributed to a plugin repository for `xbar` (the BitBar reboot), as indicated by the commits focusing on adding functionality to the plugin. The commits involve creating and extending the package manager plugin, integrating support for multiple package managers such as Homebrew, Cask, Pip, npm, apm, gem and mas. The user demonstrates proficiency in Python by implementing the functionality of the plugin, including defining core classes, syncing packages, and generating CLI commands.

xbarpluginbitbarpluginsplugin-repository

getpelican/pelican-plugins

Oct 2015 - Jan 2021

Collection of plugins for the Pelican static site generator

Role in this project:

Technical Writer

Contributions:16 commits, 16 PRs, 93 comments in 5 years 4 months

Contributions summary:Kevin primarily focused on updating the repository's documentation, particularly the `Readme.rst` files within various plugin directories. Their contributions involved adding disclaimers indicating plugin migrations to the new Pelican Plugins organization and updating the plugin inventory with migration statuses. The user also refined the documentation, including emoji tweaks and clarifications of plugin statuses.

pelican-static-site-generatorstatic-sitesite-generatorpelicanstatic-site-generator

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