William Furr
Software Engineer at Google
Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolWilliam Furr is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building usable, impact-driven tools and currently works on ChromeOS at Google. He has a strong background in full-stack development and infrastructure from roles at TripAdvisor and earlier ERP and research projects, including leading the Read n' Karaoke prototype to help children learn to read aloud. An active open-source contributor, he has improved the high-profile emscripten project by fixing bugs, refactoring Embind code, and enhancing NodeJS externs to better integrate with Closure Compiler. Based in Massachusetts, he brings an engineer’s attention to quality documentation and cross-platform compatibility, pairing practical production experience with a passion for software that helps people.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at University of MississippiM.S., Computer Science, M.S., Computer Science at Northeastern University
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (28)
kotlin10
closure10
javascript10
c-language10
type-check10
jetpack10
google-closure-compiler10
android10
emscripten10
type-checking10
webassembly10
cprogramming-language10
testing9
compose9
uitest9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
emscripten-core/emscripten
Oct 2014 - Jan 2020
Emscripten: An LLVM-to-WebAssembly Compiler
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 6 PRs, 25 comments in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:William primarily contributed to the Emscripten project by fixing bugs, enhancing documentation, and refactoring code related to the Embind system. They addressed issues in JavaScript engine detection, corrected code related to error reporting for graphics libraries, and added stubs for pthread functions. The user also updated NodeJS externs to head, improving the integration with closure compiler and overall code quality.
emscriptenwebassemblycompilerwasmllvm
wffurr/emscripten
Jan 2015 - May 2024
Emscripten: An LLVM-to-JavaScript Compiler
Contributions:34 pushes, 8 branches in 9 years 5 months
emscriptenjavascript-compilerjavascriptcompilerllvm
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