waddlesplash
Software Engineer
Kentucky, United States
Summary
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Rockstarwaddlesplash is a seasoned software engineer with 25 years of hands-on experience specializing in cross-platform porting, build systems, and compatibility work, particularly for the Haiku operating system. A prolific open-source contributor, they’ve tackled complex porting challenges across projects like haikuports, Dolphin, QupZilla, mGBA, and LMMS, and have made UX-focused front-end improvements to widely used projects such as Mozilla’s pdf.js. Comfortable across the stack, their contributions range from MSVC portability patches and build-system surgery to UI tweaks and keyboard shortcut refinements. Based in Kentucky, they combine deep systems knowledge with a tinkerer’s curiosity—often patching source code and adapting software in non-obvious ways to make mainstream projects run on niche platforms.
25 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (36)
javascript10
c-language10
qt10
multiplatform10
css10
pdfjs10
build-system10
cross-platform10
ui-design10
gameboy-advance10
haiku10
uid10
front-end-development10
cprogramming-language10
emulation10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
haikuports/haikuports
Feb 2014 - Jan 2023
Software ports for the Haiku operating system.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:100 reviews, 739 commits, 1016 PRs in 9 years
Contributions summary:Waddlesplash primarily contributed to the Haikuports project by developing and refining recipes for various software packages. Their work involved creating recipes for projects such as FFmpeg, Qt Creator, and OpenSSH, as well as fixing build issues and adapting existing software to work within the Haiku operating system environment. They also demonstrated proficiency in patching source code to address compatibility problems and integrate well with the Haiku platform. The contributions show a focus on the build and porting aspects of software development within a specific operating system context.
haiku-osoperating-systemhaikupackage-managerlinux
dolphin-emu/dolphin
Sep 2015 - Dec 2020
Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 20 commits, 22 PRs in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Waddlesplash primarily contributed to the DolphinQt project, implementing features and refactoring code to boot games. This included the initial commit for the DolphinQt user interface, alongside the stubbing of Host_* functions and resource system integration. The user's contributions also involved the implementation of a game list and support for high-resolution display features. Furthermore, the user made adjustments to the build process and UI elements.
gameboycppemulatorgamesplatforms
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