Richard Gibson
Software Engineer at Agoric
Milford, New Hampshire, United States
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Richard Gibson is a software engineer with 14 years of experience designing consistent APIs, distributed systems, and language features, currently building secure, JavaScript-compatible object-capability systems at Agoric. He led architecture and platform design for DNS at Dyn, driving Unix-philosophy-inspired APIs and fault-tolerant, asynchronously-connected services at Internet scale. A pragmatic polyglot, he contributes across the open-source ecosystem—from ECMAScript standards (tc39/proposal-temporal and ecma262) and DNS libraries (miekg/dns, PowerDNS) to security tooling (DOMPurify) and developer tooling (highlight.js, QUnit). He combines deep protocol and parsing expertise (notably ISO 8601 duration parsing, numeric literal matching, and robust regex work for URL extraction) with strong test automation and QA instincts. Based in Milford, NH, he pairs systems-level thinking with hands-on fixes and test coverage improvements to make complex systems more robust and maintainable. He has a B.S. in Computer Science/Computer Engineering from Kettering and a track record of turning standards-level nuance into practical, interoperable implementations.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Science, Computer Engineering, B.S., Computer Science, Computer Engineering at Kettering University
Github Skills (74)
parser10
python10
testing10
powerdns10
test-framework10
security10
ruby10
lua10
javas10
qunit10
dns10
specification10
iso10
xss10
smart-contracts10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
jquery/jquery
Dec 2011 - Jan 2022
jQuery JavaScript Library
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:71 reviews, 408 commits, 151 PRs in 10 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Richard made several contributions to the jQuery JavaScript Library, focusing on enhancing and maintaining various features. Their work involved fixing bugs and implementing improvements related to the offset, data, dimensions, and event handling modules. The user specifically addressed issues like chainability, preventing exceptions on detached elements, handling data attributes, and ensuring correct display behavior. They also addressed issues related to browser inconsistencies, showcasing expertise in frontend development and Javascript.
javascript-libraryjquery-javascriptjqueryjavascriptjquery-ui
Agoric/agoric-sdk
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
monorepo for the Agoric Javascript smart contract platform
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 releases, 990 reviews, 8 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily focused on updating and maintaining the Agoric SDK's codebase. They updated URLs and fixed broken links within the documentation and codebase. Moreover, the user improved the test suite, adding tests for contracts and ensuring the existing tests matched upstream sources. They also addressed code-level details, such as commentary cleanup and durable contract upgrades.
monorepoagoricsmart-contractethereumjavascript
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