Nick Yamane
Software Engineer And Co-owner at Igalia
Amazonas, Brazil
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Top SchoolNick Yamane is a software engineer and co-owner at Igalia with roughly 11–15 years of experience specializing in open source browsers, Linux/embedded platforms, and C/C++ systems. He co-maintains Chromium's Ozone/Wayland backend and is a WebKit committer, contributing practical fixes to Wayland integration, UI behaviors and drag-and-drop across a project as prominent as Chromium. His background spans embedded Linux, automotive platforms, Android NDK work, NFC/payment security, and build-system optimization—skills reflected in enhancements to tools like compiledb and cross-platform build flows. Based in Amazonas, Brazil, he combines deep low-level systems expertise with hands-on tooling improvements and a history of leading remote teams on protocol-heavy, security-sensitive projects.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Universidade Federal do Amazonas
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Github Skills (16)
ozone10
uid10
chromium10
gnu-make10
c-language10
front-end-development10
cprogramming-language10
ui-design10
wayland10
makefile10
python10
x9
clang9
clangd9
c178
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
nickdiego/compiledb
Jul 2017 - Jul 2019
Tool for generating Clang's JSON Compilation Database files for make-based build systems.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 133 commits, 47 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Nick Yamane primarily focused on enhancing the `compiledb` tool, a utility for generating compilation databases. Their contributions included refactoring the codebase for better modularity, improving the parsing of build commands, and adding features like incremental database updates. Key changes involved rewriting the parsing logic using bashlex and incorporating the 'make' command for direct build execution and compilation database generation.
json-scompilationcppclangdatabase-files
chromium/chromium
Sep 2019 - Jan 2023
The official GitHub mirror of the Chromium source
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:50 commits in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Nick primarily contributed to the Chromium project by addressing issues related to the user interface and the Wayland platform integration. They focused on resolving bugs, refactoring code, and enhancing Wayland's support for features like cursor positioning and tooltip adjustments. Furthermore, the user improved the drag-and-drop experience and addressed potential protocol errors. These contributions demonstrate their involvement in both the UI and the platform-specific backend for Chromium.
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