Michael Casadevall
Digital Media Content Creator
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Casadevall is a seasoned technologist and digital media creator with 17 years of experience building low-latency streaming systems, porting Linux to ARM platforms, and leading community-driven online services. He architected Mixer’s FTL protocol—delivering sub-second one-to-many video streams—and earlier led Ubuntu on ARM efforts at Canonical, contributing to early AArch64 boot standards. As founder and long-time CEO of SoylentNews he scaled a volunteer-run news site to 30k active accounts and engineered a highly available Perl-to-Docker migration that cut costs and improved uptime. Michael also contributes to open-source projects focused on security and legacy computing (notably GlobaLeaks and PC/GEOS), and runs a popular YouTube channel with 36.7k subscribers preserving computing history. He combines deep systems and embedded expertise with community stewardship and policy experience through ICANN fellowship work—an unusual mix that spans protocol design, product delivery, and digital preservation.
17 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (27)
c-language10
python10
dwarf10
plugin-development10
c-programming10
security10
fortress10
dfm10
game-development10
cprogramming-language10
dfa10
dfc10
email-notifications9
assembly9
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
globaleaks/globaleaks-whistleblowing-software
Mar 2018 - Sep 2018
GlobaLeaks is a free and open-source whistleblowing software enabling anyone to easily set up and maintain a secure reporting platform.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:300 commits, 30 PRs, 127 pushes in 6 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on improving the back-end functionality of the GlobalLeaks software. They addressed issues related to PGP key validation and encryption, which included updating dependencies and modifying code to handle asynchronous operations. Additionally, the user implemented and refined features, such as the setup of email alerts and support for password resets. These contributions indicate a strong focus on security and core back-end features.
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bluewaysw/pcgeos
Dec 2018 - Dec 2018
#FreeGEOS source codes. The offical home of the PC/GEOS operating system technology. For personal computing fans. For all developers and assembly lovers. For YOU!
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:44 commits, 14 PRs, 12 comments in 9 days
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the PC/GEOS source code, making changes to the C library and build files. Their work involved adding type casts to support building with the Watcom compiler, fixing issues related to STDIO redirection, and properly handling Watcom local procedures to enable symbol resolution. These changes were essential to the project's compatibility and build process across different compilers.
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