Nick Breitling
Peer Mentor at Northwestern University
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Breitling is a computer science student and researcher with eight years of hands-on experience building compilers, programming-language experiments, and full-stack applications. He mentors peers in Northwestern's Programming Languages course while conducting novel research on trace contracts and autonomous "Rational Programmer" strategies to replace integration tests. Past internships include JIT compiler infrastructure work for R and graphics research using Vulkan, reflecting a comfort with low-level systems and performance-driven engineering. He also ships practical tools—like a Flask-based delivery management app—and mentors learners from ages 7 to 14, showing a consistent mix of teaching and production development. A self-described Emacs and Nix enthusiast, he pairs deep toolchain fluency with an experimental bent toward automated program transformation.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
UX Design, 11, UX Design, 11 at VANTAGEBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Northwestern UniversityComputer Science, Computer Science at Northeastern UniversityMinnetonka Senior High School
Stackoverflow
13reputation
221reached
1answer
2questions
Github Skills (26)
json9
eslint9
java9
language-server-protocol9
client-library9
php9
language-server9
swift9
cpp9
rust8
html8
angular8
python8
emacs8
typescript8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
breitnw/micromusic
Oct 2022 - Jun 2024
Contributions:6 releases, 35 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
breitnw/AdSubtractor
Feb 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:1 release, 26 commits, 16 pushes in 2 years 4 months
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