Oscar Gutierrez
Desarrollador at Independiente / Freelance
Mexico City
Summary
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SeniorOscar Gutierrez is a creative systems programmer and game developer with a decade of experience building ultra-compact software—from 512‑byte x86 bootable OSes and interpreters to the world’s smallest chess programs in C, Java, JavaScript and 6502/x86 machine code. A five-time IOCCC winner and runner-up in JS1K and MSXdev'10, he blends deep low-level expertise with playful constraints-driven engineering that has produced multiple retro console game releases and books on programming for platforms like Atari 2600, Intellivision and ColecoVision. Working freelance from Mexico City, he also contributes to modern open-source projects, porting classic BASIC computer games to interactive JavaScript web editions. Known for squeezing remarkable functionality into tiny binaries, he brings a rare mix of historical platform knowledge, practical full‑stack skills, and a passion for making compact, elegant code.
10 years of coding experience
Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (6)
html10
javascript10
game-development10
front-end-development9
gam9
basics8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
coding-horror/basic-computer-games
Feb 2021 - Mar 2021
An updated version of the classic "Basic Computer Games" book, with well-written examples in a variety of common MEMORY SAFE, SCRIPTING programming languages. See https://coding-horror.github.io/basic-computer-games/
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:152 commits, 36 PRs, 7 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Oscar primarily focused on porting classic BASIC computer games to JavaScript, including both the game logic and the user interface. Their contributions involved converting the original BASIC code into functional JavaScript implementations, which required adapting code structures and logic. They also incorporated HTML and JavaScript to create interactive web-based versions of the games, ensuring the functionality and presentation of the games as described in the BASIC code.
memorygamebasic-computer-gamesscriptinggames
nanochess/Toledo-Atomchess
Oct 2015 - Dec 2019
Contributions:51 commits, 10 PRs, 41 pushes in 4 years 2 months
toledox86assemblyx86-assembly
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