Philip Mcgrath
Software Developer at Self-Employed
Greater Chicago Area United States
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Top SchoolPhilip Mcgrath is a software developer with 11 years of experience building and maintaining web tools, currently developing a suite of TEI XML-based scholarly applications for the international Digital Ricœur project in Greater Chicago. He combines long-standing freelance web development practice with institutional software work, establishing encoding standards and practical tooling that support humanities research workflows. An attentive technical writer in open source, he has contributed documentation improvements to the well-known Racket repository, clarifying libraries like contracts, places, networking, and JSON. With an academic background in music and language study in Vienna, he brings a multidisciplinary perspective and attention to detail that informs both code and documentation.
11 years of coding experience
Diploma with Highest Honors, Diploma with Highest Honors at Fox Chapel Area High SchoolZeugnis, Deutsch A1/2, Sehr gut, Zeugnis, Deutsch A1/2, Sehr gut at Universität WienAB, Music, AB, Music at University of Chicago
Latin, German
Stackoverflow
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373reached
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Github Skills (7)
racket10
documentation10
contract7
json7
cordova6
localhost6
networking6
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
racket/racket
Apr 2017 - Oct 2022
The Racket repository
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:72 reviews, 52 commits, 62 PRs in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Philip primarily contributed to the Racket repository by correcting documentation and fixing typos across multiple files within the documentation and reference sections. Their work involved clarifying existing documentation, adding cross-references, and correcting minor errors. These changes included updates to the documentation for contracts, places, networking, and the `json` library, improving the clarity and accuracy of the information presented.
code-golfschemepolyglotlanguage-designprogramming-languages
LiberalArtist/ChezScheme
Mar 2021 - Aug 2024
Contributions:22 pushes, 17 branches, 2 tags in 3 years 5 months
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