Vitaly Pronkin
Senior IOS Developer at inMusic Inc.
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolVitaly Pronkin is a Senior iOS Developer with about 15 years in software engineering and 12 years focused on Apple platforms, combining kernel-level research and reverse-engineering chops with polished Cocoa/Cocoa Touch app development. He has shipped production iOS and macOS clients, designed embedded solutions, and built server-side components in C, Node.js and Lua, often taking projects from prototype through CI and App Store release. Comfortable both as a solo contributor and in team settings, he cares deeply about performance, low-level optimization, and the subtle polish that elevates user experiences. An active open-source contributor, he has improved Lua scripting and memory-access tooling for the well-known DFHack project, reflecting a habit of applying systems-level thinking to application problems. Based in Auckland, he pairs a strong academic background in Applied Mechanics and Control with a pragmatic love of disassemblers, hex editors and professional “secrets” that speed robust delivery.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian, English
Github Skills (14)
lua10
dfm10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
fortress10
dfu10
dfd10
dwarf10
dfa10
64-bit9
memory-management9
build-system8
windows8
api-design7
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
DFHack/dfhack
Jul 2016 - May 2018
Memory hacking library for Dwarf Fortress and a set of tools that use it
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 4 PRs, 16 comments in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Vitaly primarily focused on updating and maintaining the Lua scripting components within the DFHack project. Their work included modifying Lua configuration files, implementing 64-bit address formatting for memory access, and improving the `getItemBaseValue()` function for various item types. Additionally, the user made adjustments to plugin code, specifically the `mousequery` plugin, and core system files, which required integration of code and adjustments to existing code. Their contributions involved addressing compatibility issues and enhancing functionality.
memorydwarfdfhackdwarf-fortressmemory-hacking
pronvit/df-structures
Jul 2018 - Jan 2023
Dwarf Fortress data structure descriptions
Contributions:24 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 7 months
dwarfdwarf-fortressdescriptionsdata-structurefortress
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