Sean Farmar
Founder at Bosca Software Solutions Ltd.
Wicklow, Ireland
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Top SchoolSean Farmar is a founder and seasoned solutions architect with 13 years of experience building scalable SOA and messaging-based systems, particularly with NServiceBus and .NET. He has led architecture and engineering teams at companies from Wonga and Microsoft to startups he co-founded, and now runs CloudLoq while consulting through Bosca Software Solutions. Sean is a hands-on backend developer with notable open-source contributions to the core NServiceBus project and its documentation, improving examples around ordering, fault tolerance and publish/subscribe patterns. He combines deep practical expertise in building resilient distributed systems, CI-driven delivery and team mentorship with an entrepreneur’s instinct for productizing infrastructure. Based in Wicklow, Ireland, he brings rare continuity across large-scale platform builds and developer-facing tooling.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
University of Hard Knocks :-)
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Github Skills (19)
messaging10
net10
dotnet10
distributed-systems10
asp-net10
nservicebus10
csharp10
dotnet-core9
database9
powershell9
documentation8
build-automation8
ravendb7
unit-testing7
microservices6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Particular/docs.particular.net
Nov 2013 - Jun 2021
All content for ParticularDocs
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 263 commits, 27 PRs in 7 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Sean primarily contributes to the `particular/docs.particular.net` repository, which serves as documentation for the NServiceBus framework. The commits involve adding code samples and examples showcasing NServiceBus usage, including configuration and handler implementations. The changes focus on illustrating various aspects of NServiceBus, like ordering, fault tolerance, and pub/sub patterns, primarily within .NET projects. These contributions directly enhance the educational value of the documentation for NServiceBus users.
pythonnservicebus
Particular/NServiceBus
Jun 2013 - Mar 2017
Build, version, and monitor better microservices with the most powerful service platform for .NET
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:1 review, 16 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Sean primarily contributed to the core functionality of the NServiceBus framework by modifying code related to registry reading, RavenDB persistence, and PowerShell scripts for configuration. They addressed build issues and added test handlers for message processing. Additionally, the user refactored and updated sample code to showcase the full duplex communication functionality. Their work included updates to project files, indicating a focus on improving the build and deployment process.
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