Martin Nordholts
Sweden
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RockstarMartin Nordholts is an experienced Embedded Linux and Android software consultant with 18 years of hands-on experience delivering firmware and platform solutions for devices from cameras to payment terminals. Self-employed and currently embedded in Axis Communications' WebRTC team, he combines low-level C and kernel work with higher-level Android/CI improvements and a strong emphasis on automated testing and maintainable tooling. A prolific open-source contributor, he maintains cargo-public-api, co-maintains the popular bat utility, and has contributed diagnostics and lint improvements to the Rust compiler—showing fluency across C, Kotlin/Java and Rust. He’s known for pragmatic cleanup and integration work that reduces technical debt and simplifies release processes, and has repeatedly stepped into technical lead roles during high-pressure deliveries. Based in Sweden, he brings a blend of systems-level depth and cross-team collaboration that makes complex embedded products more robust and easier to operate.
18 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (39)
testing10
command-line-interface10
refactor10
lang10
compiler-design10
compiler-compiler10
android10
command-line10
compiler10
refactoring10
rust10
syntax-highlighting10
cli10
android-resources9
java9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
trishume/syntect
Jul 2021 - Jan 2023
Rust library for syntax highlighting using Sublime Text syntax definitions.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 40 reviews, 88 commits in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Martin focused on improving the Rust library for syntax highlighting. Their contributions include adding documentation to the `SyntaxReference` struct, allowing listing of added syntaxes in `SyntaxSetBuilder`, and fixing compilation warnings related to non-formatted panic messages. They also refactored code by moving `impl Default` for `FontStyle` and theme loading code to improve code organization and maintainability. Furthermore, they addressed code quality by removing unused traits and fixing lint warnings.
rustsublime-textsyntax-highlightingcrates
sharkdp/bat
Nov 2020 - Dec 2022
A cat(1) clone with wings.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 435 reviews, 225 commits in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Martin primarily contributed to the refactoring and bug fixing of the `bat` project. They added a pager helper to the output module, improving how the pager command is determined and managed. They fixed a bug related to how `most` and other pagers are handled, resulting in cleaner output. They also improved the handling of non-printable characters and ensured that the last line of files without a newline character is correctly handled in plain mode.
rustwingsterminalcommand-linesyntax-highlighting
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