Oscar Paterson
Co-Founder at Paper Snake
Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolOscar Paterson is a Co-Founder and engineer with six years of professional software experience and a strong background in game art and animation from Anglia Ruskin University. He brings a hybrid skill set—moving from senior animation roles at Frontier Developments to building backend features for open-source RSS tools like RSSHub and a Telegram RSS bot—demonstrating proficiency in data integration, API work, and reliability-focused fixes. Based in Norwich, he combines product-minded engineering with hands-on backend contributions that improve tooling for content aggregation and subscription management. Notably, his open-source work shows attention to edge cases and operational control (pause/active all, import fixes), reflecting a practical, user-focused approach to building resilient features.
6 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Computer Games and Visual Effects, 1st, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Computer Games and Visual Effects, 1st at Anglia Ruskin UniversityAnimation, Animation at Animation A TeamLitcham High SchoolA Level, A Level at Dereham Sixth Form College
Github Skills (13)
r-telegram-bot10
apim10
rss10
cheerio10
nodejs10
javascript10
go10
api10
telegram-bot10
url-parsing9
telegram8
apidoc7
testing5
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
DIYgod/RSSHub
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
🧡 Everything is RSSible
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 24 commits, 37 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Oscar primarily focused on adding and fixing RSS feed routes for various universities and blogs, as well as adding a route for a new feature (BTBYR趣味盒). Their work involved modifying existing code, adding new files, and integrating external APIs to fetch and format RSS data. They also made updates to the routing configuration and implemented logic to handle URL and title retrieval, indicating a strong focus on data processing and integration within the RSSHub framework.
everythingrssrss-readertiktokwechat
indes/flowerss-bot
Jun 2020 - Jul 2020
A telegram bot for rss reader. 一个支持应用内阅读的 Telegram RSS Bot。
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 3 PRs, 4 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Oscar contributed to the development of a Telegram bot for RSS reading. Their work involved adding new features such as setting the refresh frequency, and adding commands like activeall and pauseall to manage subscriptions. They also fixed bugs related to group imports and update problems, demonstrating a focus on improving the bot's functionality and reliability.
telegram-botrssrssbottelegram-rssrss-reader
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