Paul Rouget
Founder at PiLTD
New Taipei, Taiwan
Summary
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RockstarPaul Rouget is a founder and systems-focused engineer with 14 years of experience building high-performance web engines and embedded browser tech, currently running PiLTD from New Taipei. He helped architect and ship Servo-based integrations across desktop, mobile and XR platforms at Mozilla, including delivering Firefox Reality on HoloLens and making Servo embeddable on AppKit, UWP and Android. Comfortable across Rust, C++, JavaScript and low-level platform work, he has a track record of improving front-end browser UIs as well as windowing/OpenGL foundations in prominent open-source projects like Servo, glutin and winit. Paul blends product-minded engineering with systems craftsmanship—evident in projects ranging from experimental HTML browser shells to a Rust firmware with a dynamic loader and VM experiments—and often focuses on the glue that lets web engines run smoothly on diverse platforms.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
French, English
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Github Skills (41)
javascript10
event-handling10
servo10
css10
user-interface10
ui-design10
java10
cocoa10
javas10
front-end-development10
android10
windowing10
html10
macos10
rust10
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
paulrouget/firefox.html
Nov 2014 - May 2016
Firefox.html is an experiment: trying to re-implement the Firefox UI in HTML.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:92 commits, 10 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily contributed to the user interface of the Firefox.html project. Their work included improving the visual appearance of the tabs, implementing different looks for different operating systems, enhancing input handling, adding support for zoom functionality, and incorporating search and identity icons. The user's commits show a focus on refining the visual elements, layout, and user interaction aspects of the browser UI.
firefoxfirefox-ui
browserhtml/browserhtml
Jan 2015 - Jul 2018
Experimental Servo browser built in HTML
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:343 commits, 206 PRs, 320 pushes in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily worked on the front-end aspects of the experimental Servo browser built in HTML. Their commits focused on UI enhancements, including changes to the location bar, tab strip, and window controls. They also integrated features like the awesomebar for suggestions and support for window management. The user demonstrated proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
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