Robert Heller
Linux System Admin And General Linux Guru at Deepwoods Software
Wendell, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolRobert Heller is a veteran Linux systems administrator and seasoned programmer with decades of hands-on experience in UNIX/Linux environments, system administration, and C/C++/Tcl-Tk development. He ran Deepwoods Software, provided long-term system programming and support at UMass Amherst’s CS department for nearly 30 years, and continues to serve his local community as the part-time Linux guru for the Wendell Free Library. An active contributor to open-source projects, he has fixed subtle backend bugs in the widely used JMRI model-railroad project, demonstrating a knack for debugging legacy code and improving reliability. Robert combines academic-era systems work (including Lisp and vision systems) with practical small-business and volunteer operations, making him comfortable across research, production, and community-focused computing.
10 years of coding experience
University of Massachusetts Amherst
some klingon
Stackoverflow
11reputation
3kreached
2answers
3questions
Github Skills (11)
model-building10
j10
javas10
railway10
modeling10
java10
printing6
symlink6
filename6
bash6
jquery6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
JMRI/JMRI
Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
JMRI model railroad digital command & control software
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 4 PRs, 31 comments in 10 days
Contributions summary:Robert primarily worked on the backend logic of the JMRI software, focusing on resolving bugs and enhancing the functionality of specific components. They fixed issues related to double prefixes in ClientActions.java and addressed a "leading zero bug" by rewriting methods related to address creation and retrieval within OlcbTurnoutManager and OlcbSensorManager. Additionally, the user removed unused variables, indicating an effort to improve code clarity and efficiency.
jmri-model-railroadrailwayjmrimodeldigital-command-control
RobertPHeller/openmrn
Aug 2018 - Oct 2019
OpenMRN (Open Model Railroad Network)
Contributions:9 PRs, 37 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 1 month
openmrnmodel-railroadrailroad
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