Stephen Thirlwall
Programmer at Logicly
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Thirlwall is a seasoned programmer with 15 years of professional experience and a 14-year track record in game development, specializing the past decade as an engine systems programmer. He designs, implements and optimises game engines across multiple console generations, with deep expertise in C/C++/Assembly, multithreaded/multicore programming and low‑level hardware interfacing (DMA, IO ports, interrupts, shared memory). He also builds and maintains asset pipelines, networked debugging and tuning tools, and has extended open-source projects to add secure networking (SSL/TLS) and core language fixes. Based in Melbourne, his credits span major console and PC titles and demonstrate an ability to ship on constrained hardware while improving tooling and automation. Notably, he pairs low-level systems craftsmanship with practical scripting and tooling (Perl/C#/C++) to close the loop from exporters to optimized ISOs.
15 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Melbourne
Github Skills (16)
c1710
lisp-interpreter10
http10
c-language10
download-manager10
cprogramming-language10
c1110
openssl10
networking10
lisp10
ftps10
testing9
accelerator9
cpp9
acc9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
kanaka/mal
Mar 2015 - Oct 2017
mal - Make a Lisp
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:31 commits, 8 PRs, 13 comments in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily contributed to the core functionality of a Lisp interpreter, focusing on testing and improving the `apply` function, which is crucial for user-defined functions. They addressed bugs related to function application, added test cases to ensure correct behavior, and fixed typos within the code. Their work also involved the implementation of core language features such as `with-meta` and the adaptation of the C++ implementation to utilize C++11 features.
pythonc-plus-plusmalc-sharpcommon-lisp
axel-download-accelerator/axel
Mar 2016 - Nov 2016
Lightweight CLI download accelerator
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:32 commits, 15 PRs, 8 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily focused on enhancing the Axel download accelerator by implementing features related to HTTPS and FTPS support. They introduced the capability to handle secure connections, including adding SSL/TLS functionality and integrating it into existing networking code. Key contributions include the introduction of optional OpenSSL support, enabling secure downloads, and improving the overall robustness of the application by fixing certificate verification and proxy handling.
downloaderlightdownload-acceleratorftpaccelerator
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