Mike Fletcher
Fellow at PyOpenGL
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Fletcher is a versatile software engineer and consultant with 22 years of experience building systems that span virtual reality, 3D graphics, networking, databases, and accounting/billing platforms. As a long-time maintainer of PyOpenGL and a Fellow at the Python Software Foundation, he blends deep open-source stewardship with practical product work, including meaningful contributions to Python web asset tooling. He founded VRPlumber Consulting to deliver digital video, mobile back-ends, hospital information systems, and ISP provisioning software, often tackling high-level architecture through to implementation. His background in developer relations (including OLPC) and public speaking complements technical leadership, helping teams adopt complex technologies. Based in Old Toronto, he combines academic grounding in design epistemology and VR with a knack for pragmatic refactors and compatibility work that reduces deployment friction.
22 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BIS, Design Epistemology, Virtual Reality, BIS, Design Epistemology, Virtual Reality at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (5)
lib10
asset-management10
python10
unit-testing9
pep8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
miracle2k/webassets
Feb 2013 - Feb 2013
Asset management for Python web development.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Mike primarily focused on improving the `webassets` library, a Python asset management tool. Their contributions included modifying the code to support `.pyc` files and improve compatibility in deployments. They also implemented PEP-8 style guidelines and added a basic test suite to ensure the quality of the code and prevent regressions. Furthermore, the user refactored certain functions and optimized the code.
python-web
kawaiicthulhu/runsnakerun3
Jun 2008 - Oct 2013
Contributions:130 commits in 5 years 4 months
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