Shane Freeder
Junior Software Developer at Ziax
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
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Shane Freeder is a Junior Software Developer based in Liverpool with 13 years of hands-on experience spanning backend Java development, Linux system administration, and electrical engineering. A Computer Science graduate from Liverpool John Moores University, he contributes to high-profile open-source Minecraft projects (PaperMC core team, Waterfall, Velocity) where he focuses on performance, stability, and security fixes including backporting Log4j patches and compatibility work for newer Minecraft versions. At ECCGamers he maintained and extended Java services and supported system administration for MySQL and Nginx, and he currently applies that blend of ops and dev skills at Ziax. Known for pragmatic bug fixes, concurrency and exception-handling improvements, and preventing exploits in game server code, he brings reliability-first thinking to production systems. Outside work he volunteers as SpigotMC IRC staff and remains an active PaperMC project developer, demonstrating sustained community-driven engineering.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology, DDD, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology, DDD at Preston's CollegeBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Liverpool John Moores UniversityAshton Community Science College
Github Skills (23)
minecraft10
debug10
apidoc10
proxy10
proxy-server10
packet10
networking10
java10
javas10
api10
performance-optimization10
velocity10
bungeecord10
concurrency10
security9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
PaperMC/Waterfall
Jan 2018 - Dec 2022
BungeeCord fork that aims to improve performance and stability.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:52 reviews, 206 commits, 95 PRs in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Shane primarily contributed to the BungeeCord fork, focused on performance and stability. Their work involved merging upstream updates and applying patches related to the chat API, allowing for forge servers to use invalid packet ids and improving the ServerKickEvent. The user demonstrated expertise in implementing the correct server versions to work with, as well as improvements to internal logging and error handling.
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PaperMC/Velocity
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022
The modern, next-generation Minecraft server proxy.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:151 reviews, 18 commits, 78 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Shane primarily contributed to bug fixes and feature enhancements related to the Velocity proxy server. Their work included backporting a Log4j vulnerability fix, implementing support for Minecraft 1.18.2, and addressing issues related to command validation and player authentication. Additionally, the user made adjustments to the chat handling mechanism and configured a system property for authentication, demonstrating a focus on server stability, compatibility, and security.
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