Yao Hu
IT Support Technician Receptionist at Self-employed
Taiwan
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Top SchoolYao Hu is an undergraduate software engineer and IT support technician with eight years of practical experience blending hands-on technical support and software development. Based in Taiwan and studying Software Engineering at Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, he currently balances frontline IT responsibilities at La Asuncion Polyclinic with self-directed student projects. An active open-source contributor, Yao has contributed performance and rendering fixes to the popular Minecraft mod Sodium, adding features like smooth lighting for paintings and improving frame-rate stability. He brings a pragmatic problem-solving mindset from client-facing IT work to low-level graphics optimization, comfortable moving between user support and code-level debugging. Notably, his background in tourism marketing gives him a user-centered perspective that informs both support interactions and usability-minded development.
9 years of coding experience
Colegio de Bachilleres Plantel Chetumal Dos "Cecilio Chi"Licenciado de Ingeniería en Software Licenciado de Ingeniería en Software, Licenciado de Ingeniería en Software Licenciado de Ingeniería en Software at Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan
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Github Skills (9)
javas10
fabric10
minecraft-forge10
minecraft-fabric10
opengl10
java10
optimization10
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
CaffeineMC/sodium
Jul 2020 - Jul 2021
A high-performance rendering engine replacement for Minecraft, which greatly improves frame rates and reduces micro-stutter
Role in this project:
Software Engineer (Specializing in Minecraft Mod Development)
Software Engineer (Specializing in Minecraft Mod Development)Contributions:23 reviews, 6 commits, 27 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Yao primarily contributed to the Sodium mod, focusing on optimizing Minecraft's rendering performance. Their commits include bug fixes related to float encoding, SpriteAtlasTexture visibility tracking, and chunk section validation. They also implemented a new feature for smooth lighting for paintings and added translations for the video settings screen, improving the overall user experience and visual fidelity.
framerateminecraftrendering-enginefabricneoforge
FlashyReese/Iris
Mar 2021 - Dec 2022
(WIP) A new shaders mod for Minecraft intended to be compatible with existing ShadersMod/Optifine shaders
Contributions:9 commits, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 8 months
minecraft
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