Oliver Blanthorn
Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolOliver Blanthorn is a physicist-turned-computer scientist with a PhD in complex networks and 11 years of experience applying mathematical insight to networked systems. He balances research and teaching—having taught formal mathematics to computer science students at the University of Manchester—with hands-on engineering, maintaining the popular Tridactyl browser extension and a constellation of personal dotfiles and niche tools. Polyglot by practice, he favors Julia for numerical work and brings rigor from theoretical physics to pragmatic software development. Based in Stevenage, UK, he thrives at the intersection of open-source craftsmanship and academic depth, often turning abstract network problems into usable software.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at The University of ManchesterPhysics, Maths, Further Maths and Economics, A*A*A*A, Physics, Maths, Further Maths and Economics, A*A*A*A at Ryde School
Github Skills (182)
programming-language10
python10
firefox-addon10
vim10
gtfs10
webextension10
spotify10
qt10
keyboard-shortcuts10
julialang10
sqf10
uinput10
firefox10
science10
vimperator10
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
bovine3dom/evolution-of-software-communities
Nov 2018 - Aug 2019
Contributions:40 commits, 1 push in 8 months
tridactyl/native_messenger
Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
Native messenger for Tridactyl, a vim-like web-extension.
Contributions:46 reviews, 94 commits, 37 PRs in 2 years
vimwebextension
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