Neil Minton
Software Engineer at Internet Archive
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNeil Minton is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building resilient back-end systems, currently contributing to the Internet Archive from San Francisco. He has a strong eCommerce and enterprise background from six years at Walmart eCommerce and now focuses on improving long-term web preservation—contributing to the Wayback Machine by hardening CSS parsing, content-type handling, and time map features. A pragmatic tinkerer and self-described dork, he combines careful engineering with curiosity for edge cases (e.g., URLs with parentheses and compressed CSS rules) that often break replay fidelity. With a B.S. in Web Management & Internet Commerce, he blends web fundamentals and production-scale engineering to keep digital history accessible.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Web Management & Internet Commerce, B.S., Web Management & Internet Commerce at Johnson & Wales University
Github Skills (7)
css10
regular-expression10
javas10
http-header10
parse10
java10
testing9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
internetarchive/wayback
Jan 2016 - Apr 2021
IA's public Wayback Machine (moved from SourceForge)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 23 PRs, 29 pushes in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Neil primarily focused on enhancing the Wayback Machine's core functionality. Their work included implementing features such as overriding content types for CSS files and adding time map functionality. Additionally, the user expanded the CSS parsing capabilities of the system, specifically addressing issues related to inline styles, compressed rule sets, and URLs containing parentheses. These changes aimed to improve the accuracy and robustness of the archived content replay.
wayback-machinewaybacksourceforge
BitBaron/wayback
Jan 2016 - Apr 2021
IA's public Wayback Machine (moved from SourceForge)
Contributions:4 PRs, 47 pushes, 71 branches in 5 years 3 months
wayback-machinewaybacksourceforge
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