Lyle Solla-yates
Software Platforms And Technology Lead
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLyle Solla-Yates is a software platforms and technology lead with nine years of experience combining technical leadership, GIS and game-development chops, and a deep interest in housing policy and conservation. Based in Charlottesville, he leads platform work at the University of Virginia School of Architecture while serving as a Planning Commissioner, blending public-sector planning insight with practical engineering. His open-source contributions include backend work on the popular Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead game, where he focused on core gameplay logic, inventory and character systems—an indication of strong systems thinking applied to complex stateful code. Earlier roles at The Nature Conservancy and in consulting honed his skills in IT operations, procurement, GIS, and sustainability planning, enabling him to translate policy and planning requirements into robust technical solutions. Collected training and teaching experience rounds out a profile that pairs hands-on development with cross-disciplinary communication and civic-minded problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
M.A., Urban & Environmental Planning, M.A., Urban & Environmental Planning at University of Virginia
Github Skills (9)
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c-language10
game-development10
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json8
data-structure7
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA
Jun 2017 - Jan 2023
Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:250 reviews, 425 commits, 403 PRs in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Lyle's contributions primarily involve modifying the game's core mechanics and internal systems. They made changes across various files, including `src/item_factory.cpp`, `src/npc.cpp`, `src/character_attire.cpp`, `src/item_contents.cpp`, and `src/iuse.cpp`, indicating a focus on gameplay logic. Their work included adjustments to inventory management, item interactions, character behavior, and other fundamental aspects of the game, particularly in relation to JSON configuration and data structures.
gametrinitycorecataclysmset-inazerothcore
he2002/Cataclysm-DDA
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world.
Contributions:24 commits in 1 day
gamecataclysmset-inpost-apocalypticsurvival
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