Michael Seibel
Software Engineer at University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Seibel is a seasoned software engineer with over three decades of hands-on experience designing user-centered, multi-platform messaging and editor software used by tens of millions worldwide. As principal author of the Pine and Alpine messaging systems and the Pico text editor at the University of Washington, he has guided their evolution from Unix timesharing through DOS/Windows ports to web-based interfaces, emphasizing approachable UIs and scalable architectures. He combines deep expertise in distributed software, Internet standards (including early IMAP involvement), and system administration with a mathematician’s rigor from a UW BS. Based in Seattle, Michael favors elegant, practical solutions that make complex networked tools discoverable and maintainable for large, diverse user bases.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mathematics, BS, Mathematics at University of Washington
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Github Skills (48)
django-project10
django-blog10
provisioning10
external-links10
django9
soap-api9
wrapping9
ims9
bind9
django-admin8
python8
api8
soap8
sis8
django-framework8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
uw-it-aca/actions
Jan 2021 - Mar 2025
AXDD github-actions workflows
Contributions:4 releases, 12 reviews, 79 PRs in 4 years 2 months
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uw-it-aca/django-template-preprocess
Jul 2017 - Feb 2024
Contributions:3 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 7 months
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