Matt Hargett
Founder at Rebecker Specialties Inc
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarMatt Hargett is a founder and seasoned product and technology leader with nearly two decades of hands-on engineering experience and 25+ years of industry involvement driving performance, stability, and cost improvements for major platforms like Roblox and PlayStation. Based in San Francisco, he now leads Rebecker Specialties to make software histories and futures accessible through Mixed Reality for executives, analysts, and university learners. He combines strategic roadmap leadership with deep engineering chops—contributing to open source projects such as React Native for Windows and PMD where he improved build systems, parsers, and cross-platform integrations. Known for refactoring complex systems and reducing delivery times, he pairs practical technical problem-solving with a flair for translating complexity into teachable experiences. Outside of work he’s a songwriter and active community member, bringing a creative perspective to engineering and product design.
19 years of coding experience
English
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Github Skills (28)
static-analysis10
react-native10
windows10
net10
dotnet-new10
dotnet10
asp-net10
lua10
code-analysis10
antlr10
react10
chakra9
javascript9
java9
chakracore9
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/react-native-windows
Aug 2016 - Oct 2018
A framework for building native Windows apps with React.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:44 commits, 131 PRs, 149 pushes in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Matt contributed to the React Native Windows project by addressing various issues and implementing improvements. They removed unused code, optimized build processes, and integrated external dependencies like ChakraCore. Their work included refactoring code, updating dependencies to newer versions, and enhancing the overall project structure and functionality, demonstrating a strong focus on maintaining and improving the codebase. The user also worked on bug fixes and incorporating upstream changes.
dotnetreactuwpxboxwindows
pmd/pmd
Jul 2022 - Sep 2022
An extensible multilanguage static code analyzer.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 2 PRs, 11 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily contributed to the Lua parser within the PMD project, a static code analyzer. Their work involved enhancing the Lua grammar to correctly parse various Lua dialects, including those used by World of Warcraft and Luau. The user's contributions included fixing parse errors, adding support for new syntax, and updating the test suite to reflect these changes. Furthermore, the user refactored the ANTLR grammar file and added tests to improve CPD support.
lintercode-analyzercode-qualityresharperstatic-code-analyzer
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