jethornton
Software Engineer
Summary
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RockstarSeasoned Software Engineer with 15 years of hands-on experience, known for embracing technical challenges and a "tell me it can't be done" attitude. An active open-source contributor, they have improved clarity and usability in the widely used LinuxCNC project through careful documentation, G-code examples, and content cleanup—work that helps machinists and makers use complex CNC tooling more effectively. Comfortable across code and docs, they blend practical engineering with user-focused communication to make intricate systems accessible. Colleagues would describe them as pragmatic, detail-oriented, and unafraid to tackle problems others shy away from.
15 years of coding experience
Github Skills (4)
html10
gcode10
documentation10
technical-writing10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
LinuxCNC/linuxcnc
Jul 2010 - Aug 2022
LinuxCNC controls CNC machines. It can drive milling machines, lathes, 3d printers, laser cutters, plasma cutters, robot arms, hexapods, and more.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:682 commits, 15 PRs, 96 pushes in 12 years 2 months
Contributions summary:jethornton primarily contributed to documentation updates within the LinuxCNC repository. Their commits focused on expanding descriptions in documentation files, correcting links, and fixing markup issues, specifically within the HTML documentation of G-code. Furthermore, the user addressed issues with the table of contents and corrected typos, demonstrating a focus on improving the clarity and accuracy of the documentation. They also added G-code examples and cleaned up descriptions for better readability.
linuxcnclaserinkscapemachines3d-printer
jethornton/mesact
Jul 2022 - Dec 2022
Mesa Configuration Tool
Contributions:10 releases, 377 commits, 3 PRs in 5 months
mesa
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