Yorick Laupa
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolYorick Laupa is a software engineer based in Montreal with 13 years of experience specializing in distributed systems, databases, and language runtimes. He contributes to open-source projects such as EventStoreDB, where his backend work improved persistent subscriptions, projection handling on link events, and robustness against malformed events. Known for continuous learning and knowledge sharing, he blends deep systems thinking with pragmatic engineering to solve production-grade problems. His background includes an engineer's degree in Information Technology from EFREI and an early STEM foundation from Collège/Lycée de Juilly. Beyond day-to-day coding, he pays attention to the subtle operational details—like timeout tracking and CLI behaviors—that make distributed systems reliable. He describes himself simply as someone who writes code, but his contributions reflect a focus on durability and correctness in complex architectures.
14 years of coding experience
Engineer's degree Information Technology, Engineer's degree Information Technology at EFREI - Grande école du numériqueBaccalauréat Science, Baccalauréat Science at Collège/Lycée de Juilly
English, French
Github Skills (11)
net10
eventstore10
asp-net10
databases10
dotnet10
projection10
cqrs10
csharp10
event-sourcing10
database10
dotnet-core10
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
kurrent-io/KurrentDB
Sep 2019 - Jan 2023
KurrentDB is a database that's engineered for modern software applications and event-driven architectures. Its event-native design simplifies data modeling and preserves data integrity while the integrated streaming engine solves distributed messaging challenges and ensures data consistency.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:223 reviews, 81 commits, 122 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Yorick primarily contributed to the `EventStoreDB` project by enhancing the persistent subscription feature. Their work included adding client connection names to persistent subscription info and addressing several related bug fixes. Further modifications involved implementing projection on link events and refining the handling of invalid or malformed events within the system, specifically for projections. They also fixed an issue related to the WhatIf command-line option and a timeout tracking bug.
data-consistencydata-modelingdatabaseevent-driven-architecturecqrs
YoEight/pyro
May 2023 - Sep 2023
A π-calculus programming language and interpreter
Contributions:8 PRs, 142 pushes, 9 branches in 4 months
interpreterprogramming-language
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