Yaacov Zamir is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience, currently building software at Red Hat from Israel with deep expertise in C/C++, Python, Ruby and real-time systems. He blends low-level systems programming and embedded/industrial protocols (e.g., a pure-JS MODBUS-RTU implementation) with front-end and platform work, contributing to prominent open-source projects like Ansible, OpenShift Console and ManageIQ. Yaacov’s background in physics informs a methodical approach to algorithmic problems, computer vision and signal processing, while his Linux/bash fluency and MATLAB experience support rapid prototyping and production hardening. Comfortable across the full stack, he’s known for pragmatic bug fixes, enhancements to authentication and dashboard UX, and practical tooling that improve maintainability and observability.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
DMD, Health, DMD, Health at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
A pure JavaScript implemetation of MODBUS-RTU (and TCP) for NodeJS
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:70 releases, 8 reviews, 330 commits in 7 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Yaacov primarily contributed to the core functionality of the Modbus serial library. Their commits include improvements to the ModbusRTU implementation, such as clearing data areas before writing in function code 15 and optimizing bit setting. They also made version bumps to reflect code changes. Furthermore, the user added the close method and debug output to signals in TCP port.
Contributions:333 reviews, 427 commits, 305 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Yaacov's contributions primarily involve updating and modifying the user interface elements within the OpenShift console. Their commits focused on enhancing the display of features like alerts and virtual machine templates by modifying file structures, altering existing code, and updating element labels. The user also contributed by enhancing and modifying the VM template user interface, including adding and editing new UI elements and interactions.
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