Nicholas Schlabach
Software Engineer at Indexable (YC P26)
Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolNicholas Schlabach is a software engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience and a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Arizona. He contributes to performance- and compatibility-focused open-source projects—work that includes improving server stability for PaperMC/Waterfall and implementing numeric protocols and Python 3.11 compatibility for rust-cpython. Nicholas has deep systems and backend expertise in Rust, demonstrated by no_std MessagePack improvements and cross-language bindings work, and a background tutoring STEM subjects in K–12 through an AmeriCorps-affiliated program. Based in Vail, AZ, he combines strong formal math training with practical engineering chops, and his profile reflects a long-standing interest in compilers and even semi-retired game modding.
12 years of coding experience
The University of ArizonaHigh School Diploma High School, High School Diploma High School at Cienega High School
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Github Skills (30)
python10
data-serialization10
networking10
java10
serialization10
binding10
rust-no-std10
javas10
performance-optimization10
bungeecord10
rust10
messagepack10
nox10
decoding9
ffi9
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
PaperMC/Waterfall
May 2016 - May 2017
BungeeCord fork that aims to improve performance and stability.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 10 PRs, 28 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Nicholas primarily contributed to improving the performance, stability, and functionality of the BungeeCord fork. Their work involved optimizing UUID conversions, adding properties for handling invalid ping packets, improving connection closing, and adding server list ping logging. Furthermore, they addressed race conditions related to disconnection and implemented support for FML with IP forwarding, along with other minor optimizations, showcasing their focus on server performance and stability.
bungeecordpapermc
dgrunwald/rust-cpython
Aug 2021 - May 2022
Rust <-> Python bindings
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 7 commits, 2 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Nicholas primarily worked on implementing and maintaining the `NumberProtocol` within the `rust-cpython` library. Their contributions involved adding support for various number operations like addition, subtraction, exponentiation, and bitwise operations. They refactored existing code, improved naming consistency, and fixed method calls within the `NumberProtocol`. Additionally, the user made adjustments for Python 3.11 beta compatibility, modifying the code to account for changes in internal data structures within the Python runtime.
python-bindingsrust
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