Matt Kiazyk
IOS Developer at Matter Neuroscience
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Kiazyk is an experienced iOS developer with 11 years in mobile engineering and a long tenure building production apps and developer tooling. After over a decade as a senior iOS engineer at Robots and Pencils and now at Matter Neuroscience, he combines polished UI/UX craftsmanship with deep platform knowledge. He is a hands-on full-stack contributor to the popular Xcodes projects, improving both the macOS GUI and command-line tooling to simplify installing and switching Xcode versions—and even enabling downloads without login. His work shows an emphasis on developer experience, release engineering, and practical automation like correct symlink management and robust dark‑mode support. A Brandon University computer science graduate based in Brandon, Manitoba, he brings steady product-focused engineering and a knack for smoothing tedious developer workflows.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at Brandon University
Github Skills (19)
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user-experience10
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api-design9
release-management9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
XcodesOrg/XcodesApp
Dec 2020 - Dec 2022
The easiest way to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode - with a mouse click.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:82 reviews, 218 commits, 260 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Matt focused on enhancing the user interface and user experience of the Xcode app, making it easier to use. They added the ability to create and delete symbolic links with the correct version of Xcode in the correct file path. Their work also included fixing dark mode support issues and updating the help messages. The user also improved the user experience by adding features such as allowing users to download, install, and switch between multiple versions of Xcode more easily.
mousecombinexcode-releasesswiftmacos
XcodesOrg/xcodes
Mar 2019 - Dec 2022
The best command-line tool to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:60 reviews, 46 commits, 65 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily worked on version management and installation processes for the `xcodes` tool, a command-line utility for Xcode management. Contributions included bumping the version number of the tool and modifying the build process, indicating an understanding of software release cycles. The user also added features to download Xcode without login, demonstrating a focus on enhancing the tool's functionality and usability. Changes were made to networking to improve the efficiency of downloads.
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