Uri Shaked
Keepin' It Chippin' at Wokwi.com
Israel
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Top SchoolUri Shaked is a seasoned embedded systems and software engineer with 25 years of experience, currently building Wokwi’s online simulator and lowering the barrier to ASIC manufacturing at Tiny Tapeout. He blends low-level firmware and BLE expertise—demonstrated by contributions to the Espruino JavaScript interpreter for nRF5x devices—with full-stack skills in documentation, back-end systems and front-end frameworks. A former Senior Software Engineer at BlackBerry, he has deep experience in security, Java server-side architectures, and integration platforms. Uri is an active open-source maintainer and technical writer who improves developer experience through clear docs and practical tooling. Based in Israel, he pairs maker curiosity with production-grade rigor—able to take a digital design from prototype simulation to real silicon. An interesting detail: he contributes both to tiny, educational chip runs at Tiny Tapeout and to popular projects like Espruino, showing a rare span from hobbyist platforms to industrial security work.
25 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at The Open University of Israel
Hebrew, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (57)
objective-c10
javascript10
ios10
mobile-development10
titanium10
firmware10
testing10
bluetooth-le10
websocket10
c1110
microcontroller10
c1710
iot10
momentjs10
websockets-client10
Programming languages (29)
Github contributions (5)
urish/firebase-server
Sep 2014 - Sep 2020
Firebase Realtime Database Server Implementation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:27 releases, 185 commits, 58 PRs in 6 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Uri primarily contributed to the implementation of a Firebase Realtime Database server. Their commits focused on core functionalities such as handling client connections, message processing, and data updates. They also made improvements to the server's reliability and maintainability by adding error handling and implementing testing and CI/CD integrations. The user also added support for Firebase 2.0 and 3.0 by making changes to existing APIs.
realtimefirestorefirebasefirebase-realtimedatabase
wokwi/wokwi-docs
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
Documentation for the Wokwi Simulator
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:9 reviews, 306 commits, 168 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Uri primarily contributed to the documentation of the Wokwi Simulator project. Their commits focused on adding and updating guides, references, and examples for various components like the keyboard shortcuts, GDB debugging, serial monitor, libraries, and diagram reference. They significantly expanded the documentation by adding guides for Arduino boards, components, and features, enhancing the overall usability and understanding of the Wokwi platform.
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