Paul d'Aoust
Technical Writer And Comms Guy at Helios Communications
Canada
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Top SchoolPaul d'Aoust is a multidisciplinary technical writer and developer with 11 years of experience building web applications, databases, and developer tooling while also crafting clear communications and graphics. He blends artistic and technical strengths—designing interfaces, producing illustrations and photography, and writing precise developer-facing content—rooted in long-running freelance work as founder of Helios Communications. At Holochain and Holo.Host he contributed to developer education, community management, and backend engineering, including meaningful changes to the notable holochain-rust project around conductor logic, HDK APIs, and test automation. Comfortable wearing many hats, he moves between code, docs, and comms to accelerate adoption of decentralised software and developer workflows. Based in Canada, he brings pragmatic mentorship and a hands-on approach to turning complex distributed-system concepts into usable tools and clear narratives.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma in Sacred Studies, Diploma in Sacred Studies at JPII Bible College
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Github Skills (24)
back-end-development10
holochain10
blockchain10
rust10
cli10
test-automation10
filesystem9
wasm-pack9
rust-wasm9
escaping9
sql9
nodejs9
npm8
postal6
overlayfs6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
holochain/holochain-rust
Feb 2019 - Sep 2020
DEPRECATED. The Holochain framework implemented in rust with a redux style internal state-model.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:27 commits, 14 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Paul contributed to the Holochain-rust repository by implementing changes to the core conductor logic, including the signal multiplexer, interface management, and configuration. They also made improvements to the HDK (Holochain Development Kit) with API enhancements. Furthermore, the user added functionality to the CLI to include an option for showing NPM output during tests, indicating a focus on test automation and build processes. The commits reflect a mix of backend feature development, CLI enhancements, and build process improvements.
internalmodel-staterustreduxredux-style
holochain/holochain-blog-theme
May 2020 - Dec 2022
The Ghost theme files for blog.holochain.org
Contributions:12 reviews, 110 commits, 19 PRs in 2 years 7 months
ghostholochainghost-theme
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