Michael Snoyman
Vice President Of Engineering at O'Reilly Media
Israel
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Top SchoolMichael Snoyman is a Vice President of Engineering with 17 years of experience building high-performance, developer-friendly tooling and platforms. As founder and lead maintainer of major Haskell projects like Yesod, Conduit, Stack, and Stackage, he combines hands-on systems design with engineering leadership at FP Complete. He specializes in Haskell and Rust, with deep contributions to flagship projects such as GHC, Cabal, and the TechEmpower benchmarks that demonstrate a focus on performance and build reliability. Michael bridges production engineering, DevOps, and education—authoring a Haskell book for O’Reilly and frequently speaking and writing about best practices. His background in applied mathematics and actuarial work gives him a rare blend of statistical rigor and practical software craft. Based in Israel, he also writes about health and personal interests, reflecting a disciplined approach to productivity and long-term thinking.
17 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Math/applied science, actuarial focus, specializing in computing, Bachelor of Science, Math/applied science, actuarial focus, specializing in computing at University of California, Los Angeles
English, Hebrew
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Github Skills (44)
markdown10
caching10
debug10
sqlite10
package-management10
back-end-development10
http10
yesod10
build-system10
network-programming10
compiler-design10
markdown-it10
ghc10
cabal10
web-framework10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
yesodweb/yesod
Jul 2009 - Nov 2022
A RESTful Haskell web framework built on WAI.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:84 reviews, 3193 commits, 299 PRs in 13 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Michael's contributions focused on removing and modifying the implementation of subsite features within the Yesod web framework, specifically addressing the `Yesod/Handler.hs` and `Yesod/Widget.hs` files. The user also made changes to media-related code and configuration in the test suite, indicating involvement in backend functionality and potentially web application architecture. These changes included modifications to route attributes and adjustments to the handling of exceptions within the framework.
apirestfulhaskellframeworkwebframework
snoyberg/http-client
Oct 2013 - Jan 2023
An HTTP client engine, intended as a base layer for more user-friendly packages.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:74 reviews, 612 commits, 178 PRs in 9 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Michael's commits primarily focus on the development of the `http-client` library, specifically involving request header parsing, chunk parsing, and response body handling. The user implemented key features such as the creation of a chunked reader for handling chunked response bodies, which improves the efficiency of network communication. These additions contributed to a functional core of the library, forming the basis for user interactions with HTTP servers. Furthermore, the user made enhancements and fixes to enable complete HTTP support within the library.
http-clienthaskellhttp-serveruser-friendlyclient-engine
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