Sam is a computer scientist based in Nottingham with a decade of practical software engineering experience and active studies in Computer Science at the University of Nottingham. He contributes to notable open-source tooling—most prominently improving the Binary Ninja API—where he fixed SSA-related bugs, added move semantics to core data structures, and smoothed CMake builds and test compilation. Comfortable in backend systems and low-level code, he combines academic grounding with hands-on fixes that improve reliability and developer workflows. Colleagues would describe him as detail-oriented and pragmatic, often tackling subtle correctness and build issues that others overlook.
Public API, examples, documentation and issues for Binary Ninja
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Contributions:5 commits, 5 PRs, 15 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Sam primarily focused on enhancing the Binary Ninja API, demonstrated through bug fixes and the introduction of new functionalities. Their contributions included modifications to the `MediumLevelILInstructionBase` class and the `DataBuffer` class, which involved fixing errors related to SSA form and introducing move constructors and assignment operators. Furthermore, the user improved the build process by improving CMake builds and resolving compilation issues for the test suite.
Contributions:1 review, 47 commits, 32 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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