Raphael Mercier
Software Development Engineer at Amazon
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRémi Mercier is a software developer based in Quebec with 10 years of professional experience building reliable desktop and backend systems. He currently develops at Eddyfi while independently maintaining Fan Control, a popular Windows utility for custom fan management, and contributes significant hardware-monitoring integrations to the LibreHardwareMonitor project. His strengths lie in low-level hardware integration and stability work—adding support for new sensor chips and GPU APIs, fixing conversion bugs, and hardening shutdown behavior. He also handles release automation and update mechanics, having resolved distribution/security quirks like Defender triggers. Trained as a computer engineer at Université Laval, Rémi combines production-grade engineering with a hobbyist’s curiosity for PC hardware and tooling.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Saskatchewan
Github Skills (22)
monitoring10
apim10
monitor10
open-source10
controlling10
hardware10
system-monitoring10
api10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
gpu9
sys9
automation9
automations9
embedded9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Rem0o/FanControl.Releases
May 2020 - Jan 2023
This is the release repository for Fan Control, a highly customizable fan controlling software for Windows.
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:163 releases, 5 reviews, 230 commits in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Raphael primarily focused on updates to the `Updater.exe` file within the release repository for Fan Control. Their commits suggest a focus on managing the software's update process, including versioning and integration with the application's update mechanisms. The user appears to be troubleshooting and maintaining the updater's functionality as shown by the multiple updates and a revert. Additionally, they addressed a defender trigger issue, indicating knowledge of security concerns related to software distribution.
cpupwmspeedwindowsfancontrol
LibreHardwareMonitor/LibreHardwareMonitor
Jan 2020 - Nov 2022
Libre Hardware Monitor is free software that can monitor the temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of your computer.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 6 commits, 13 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Raphael primarily contributed to the Libre Hardware Monitor project by implementing features related to hardware monitoring, especially focusing on fan speed and temperature sensor integration. They added support for new hardware models such as the NCT6797 and HX1500i PSUs, and the ADL Overdrive 6 GPU API, extending the project's compatibility. They also addressed code issues by fixing a float-to-byte conversion error and improved the program's stability by setting `IsOpen` to false during closing procedures.
libre-hardware-monitormonitorhardware-monitoringlibresystem-monitor
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