Tony Ibbs
Developer Educator
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTony Ibbs is a developer educator and long-term software engineer based in Cambridge, UK, with 23 years of hands-on experience spanning Python since 1994, C, and Ruby on Rails. He moved into Developer Relations in 2022, focusing on clear, maintainable documentation and tooling using reStructuredText, Sphinx, Vale and modern content workflows. Tony pairs deep backend experience—REST/HATEOAS, build systems, embedded Linux and IoT services—with a practised knack for toolsmithing and reproducible developer experiences. An organiser of the Cambridge Python User Group for 15 years and a contributor to beginner-friendly projects like the mu editor, he blends community-building with practical technical guidance. Notably, his background includes open-source infrastructure work (muddle, KBUS) and long-term stewardship of docs and build processes that keep complex projects shipshape.
22 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Computer Science, Master of Arts - MA, Computer Science at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
Github Skills (5)
documentation10
python9
qt8
editor7
editors7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mu-editor/mu
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
A small, simple editor for beginner Python programmers. Written in Python and Qt5.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 day
Contributions summary:Tony's contributions primarily revolve around improving the project's documentation and installation instructions. They added and updated installation guides for macOS users, including instructions for installing PyQt5 and QScintilla. Additionally, the user created a changelog to track project updates and made minor adjustments to the contributing guidelines.
pythonpython-beginnerpygameqt5simple-editor
tibs/dotFish
Dec 2017 - Aug 2024
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 8 months
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